Zyayda

Map of the historical Chaouia province and the territories of Chaouia tribes

Zyayda (Arabic: زيايدة) is an Arabic-speaking tribe in Morocco, belonging to the Chaouia tribal confederacy. According to French colonial-era orientalist Édouard Michaux-Bellaire [fr], they are of Sanhaja origin.

The Zyayda tribe has integrated Arab and Berber elements of various origins throughout its history and, between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, absorbed the Beni Oura tribe, a small tribe of Maghraoua Berber origin.[better source needed]

See also other tribes

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References

  1. ↑ "Tribus du Maroc - قبائل المغرب: قبيلة الزيايـدة". tribus-maroc.blogspot.fr. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  2. ↑ Hart, David M. (2014-05-12). Tribe and Society in Rural Morocco. Routledge. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-135-30254-2.
  3. ↑ Mission Scientifique du Maroc (coll.), Villes et Tribus du Maroc: Casablanca et les Chaouïa, Ed. E. Leroux (Paris), 1915, Tome II, pp. 45-70