History of the Arab States
Arab Caliphate  Rashidun 632-661 Umayyads 661-750 Abbasids 750-1258 Fatimids 909–1171
Mashriq Dynasties  AD Tulunids 868-905 Hamdanid dynasty 890-1004 Ikhshidid dynasty 935-969 Uqaylid Dynasty 990-1096 Zengid dynasty 1127-1250 Ayyubid dynasty 1171-1246 Bahri Mamluks 1250-1382 Burji Mamluks 1382–1517
Maghrib Dynasties  Muhallabids 771-793 Rustamid dynasty 776-909 Idrisid dynasty 788-985 Aghlabids 800-909 Almoravid dynasty 1073-1147 Almohad dynasty 1147-1269 Hafsid dynasty 1229-1574 Marinid dynasty 1258-1420 Wattasid dynasty 1420-1547

The Wattassids (وطاسيون waṭāsīyūn) or Banû Watâs (بنو الوطاس banū al-waṭās) were an Amazigh dynasty of Kingdom of Fez. They followed the Amazigh Marinids and were followed by theSaadi, also of Amazigh descent.

Like the Marinids, they had their origins in the Berber Zenatas. The two families were related, and the Marinids recruited many viziers from the Wattasids. These viziers assumed the powers of the Sultans, 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 in 1465.

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

The Wattasids were finally replaced by the Saadi Dynasty in 1554.

Contents 1 Coinage 2 The dynasty 2.1 Wattasid Viziers 2.2 Wattasid Sultans

[edit] Coinage

Known Wattasid coins include a few extremely rare gold coins and also square silver dirhams and half dirhams, still following the Almohad standard of roughly 1.5 grams.^[1]

[edit] The dynasty

[edit] Wattasid Viziers

• 1420-1448 : Abu Zakariya Yahya
• 1448-1458 : Ali ibn Yusuf
• 1458-1459 : Yahya ibn Abi Zakariya Yahya

[edit] 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

Preceded by Marinid Dynasty

Wattasid Dynasty 1472–1554

Succeeded by Saadi Dynasty

1. ^ Album, Stephen. A Checklist of Islamic Coins, Second Edition, January 1998, Santa Rosa, CA