Waṭṭāsids | North African dynasty | Britannica (original) (raw)

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association with the Marīnid dynasty

• In Marīnid dynasty
  …branch of the Marīnids, the Waṭṭāsids (Banū Waṭṭās), assumed rule over Morocco in 1465, but it collapsed when the Saʿdī sharifs took Fès in 1548.
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history of North Africa

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  In North Africa: Morocco under sharifian dynasties
  …and Morocco’s own rulers, the Waṭṭāsids. The latter was a branch of the Marīnid dynasty that had usurped power in Fez in 1472 and pursued a policy of coexistence with the Portuguese. After occupying Marrakech in 1525 and consolidating their authority in southern Morocco, the Saʿdīs conquered Agadir in 1541.…
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