Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan(Tifinagh

Tifinagh

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: ⵉⵖⵎⵓⵔⴰⵙⵏ ⴱⴻⵏ ⵣⵉⵢⴰⵏ, pronounced Iɣmorasen benZiyan, , long name:Yaghmurasan ben Ziyan ben Thabet ben Mohamed ben Zegraz ben Tiddugues ben Taa Allah ben Ali ben Abd al-Qasem ben Abd al-Wad), was the founder of the Abdelwadid dynasty. Under his reign the Abdelwadid kingdom extended over present-day north-western Algeria

Algeria

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 and eastern Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

. He was of the Zenata

Zenata

Zenata were an ethnic group of North Africa, who were technically an Eastern Berber group and who are found in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco....

 Berber

Berber

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 tribe.

He was successful in his military campaigns against the Merinids and the Maqil

Maqil

The Maqil were an Arabian nomadic tribe that emigrated to the Maghreb region, with the Banu Hillal and Banu Sulaym tribes, in the 11th century. They mainly settled in and around Morocco's Saharan wolds and oases; in Tafilalet, Wad Nun , Draa and Taourirt...

 Arab tribe.

The proponents of the Abdalwadid

Abdalwadid

Zayyanids or Abd al-Wadids , or Banu Zayan, is the name of a Berber zenata dynasty in North Africa. The Zayyanids, whose capital was Tlemcen existed from 1235 to 1556...

s claimed that Yaghmurasen descended from Idris II

Idris II

Idris II was son of Idris I, the founder of the Idrisid dynasty in North Africa. He was born in Volubilis two months after the death of his father.-History:...

, the son of Idris I

Idris I

Idris I was the first ruler and founder of the Idrisid Dynasty, ruling from 788 to 791 AD. He is credited with founding the dynasty that was instrumental in the early Islamization of Morocco.-History:...

 and founder of the Idrisid

Idrisid

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 dynasty which would have made him a Sharif

Sharif

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, i.e. a descendent of Muhammad

Muhammad

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, the prophet of Islam

Islam

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. He commented about this claim and famously said in his native Berber

Berber languages

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language:

"If this is true, it will benefit us in God's heaven. But we conquered this low earth by our swords "