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The Wattassids (??????? wa?asiyun) or Banû Watâs (??? ?????? banu al-wa?as) were an Amazigh dynasty of Kingdom of Fez
Kingdom of Fez

The Kingdom of Fez was a state of North Africa. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea to its north, Spain to the northeast, Abdalwadid to the east, Saadi dynasty by Oum Er-Rbia River to the south, Atlantic ocean to the west, and Portugal to the northwest....
. They followed the Amazigh Marinids and were followed by theSaadi
Saadi Dynasty

The Saadi Dynasty , began with the reign of Sultan Mohammed ash-Sheikh in 1554. From 1509 to 1554 they had ruled only in the south of Morocco....
, also of Amazigh descent.

Like the Marinid
Marinid

The Anglicised name used for this article derives from the Arabic Banu Marin .The Marinid dynasty was a Berber dynasty formed in 1244....
s, they had their origins in the Berber
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 Zenata
Zenata

The Zenata are one of the main divisions of the medieval Berber people, along with Senhaja and Masmuda. They were traditionally nomads whose main home was the Middle Maghreb , an area stretching, roughly speaking, from the Rif to Chlef Province....
s. The two families were related, and the Marinids recruited many viziers from the Wattasids. These viziers assumed the powers of the Sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
s, seizing power when the last Marinid, Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haqq, who had massacred many of the Wattasids in 1459, was murdered during a popular revolt in Fez
Fes, Morocco

Fes or Fez is the fourth largest city in Morocco, after Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech with a population of 946,815 . It is the capital of the F?s-Boulemane Region....
 in 1465.

Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Mahdi was the first Wattasid Sultan, but controlled only northern Morocco, the south being dominated by the Saadi dynasty
Saadi Dynasty

The Saadi Dynasty , began with the reign of Sultan Mohammed ash-Sheikh in 1554. From 1509 to 1554 they had ruled only in the south of Morocco....
.

The Wattasids were finally replaced by the Saadi Dynasty
Saadi Dynasty

The Saadi Dynasty , began with the reign of Sultan Mohammed ash-Sheikh in 1554. From 1509 to 1554 they had ruled only in the south of Morocco....
 in 1554.








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The Wattassids (??????? wa?asiyun) or Banû Watâs (??? ?????? banu al-wa?as) were an Amazigh dynasty of Kingdom of Fez
Kingdom of Fez

The Kingdom of Fez was a state of North Africa. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea to its north, Spain to the northeast, Abdalwadid to the east, Saadi dynasty by Oum Er-Rbia River to the south, Atlantic ocean to the west, and Portugal to the northwest....
. They followed the Amazigh Marinids and were followed by theSaadi
Saadi Dynasty

The Saadi Dynasty , began with the reign of Sultan Mohammed ash-Sheikh in 1554. From 1509 to 1554 they had ruled only in the south of Morocco....
, also of Amazigh descent.

Like the Marinid
Marinid

The Anglicised name used for this article derives from the Arabic Banu Marin .The Marinid dynasty was a Berber dynasty formed in 1244....
s, they had their origins in the Berber
Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
 Zenata
Zenata

The Zenata are one of the main divisions of the medieval Berber people, along with Senhaja and Masmuda. They were traditionally nomads whose main home was the Middle Maghreb , an area stretching, roughly speaking, from the Rif to Chlef Province....
s. The two families were related, and the Marinids recruited many viziers from the Wattasids. These viziers assumed the powers of the Sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
s, seizing power when the last Marinid, Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haqq, who had massacred many of the Wattasids in 1459, was murdered during a popular revolt in Fez
Fes, Morocco

Fes or Fez is the fourth largest city in Morocco, after Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech with a population of 946,815 . It is the capital of the F?s-Boulemane Region....
 in 1465.

Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Mahdi was the first Wattasid Sultan, but controlled only northern Morocco, the south being dominated by the Saadi dynasty
Saadi Dynasty

The Saadi Dynasty , began with the reign of Sultan Mohammed ash-Sheikh in 1554. From 1509 to 1554 they had ruled only in the south of Morocco....
.

The Wattasids were finally replaced by the Saadi Dynasty
Saadi Dynasty

The Saadi Dynasty , began with the reign of Sultan Mohammed ash-Sheikh in 1554. From 1509 to 1554 they had ruled only in the south of Morocco....
 in 1554.

The dynasty


Wattasid Viziers

  • 1420-1448 : Abu Zakariya Yahya
  • 1448-1458 : Ali ibn Yusuf
    Ali ibn Yusuf

    Ali ibn Yusuf was an Almoravid dynasty ruler in North Africa and Al-Andalus who was an ethnic Berber people, reigned 1106–1142....
  • 1458-1459 : Yahya ibn Abi Zakariya Yahya


Wattasid Sultans

  • 1472-1504 : Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya
  • 1504-1526 : Abu Abd Allah al-Burtuqali Muhammad ibn Muhammad
  • 1526-1526 : Abu al-Hasan Abu Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad
  • 1526-1545 : Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad
  • 1545-1547 : Nasir ad-Din al-Qasri Muhammad ibn Ahmad
  • 1547-1549 : Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad
  • 1554-1554 : Abu al-Hasan Abu Hasun Ali ibn Muhammad