Zyayda (Arabic: زيايدة) is an Arabic-speaking tribe in Morocco, belonging to the Chaouia tribal confederacy.[1] According to French colonial-era orientalist Édouard Michaux-Bellaire [fr], they are of Sanhaja origin.[2]

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

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.[3][better source needed]

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