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1. Za Dynasty
   The `Za Dynasty` or `Zuwa Dynasty` were rulers of a kingdom based in the towns of Kukiya and Gao on the Niger River in what is today modern Mali. Oral history and the Tarikh al-Sudan: Al-Sadi`s seventeenth century chronicle, the Tarikh al-Sudan, provides a early history of the Songhay ...
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2. Zagwe Dynasty
   line of 12th- and 13th-century Ethiopian kings who combined a nomadic military life with an impassioned desire to build monuments to their Christian ... [2 related articles]
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3. Zagwe dynasty
   The `Zagwe dynasty` ruled Ethiopia from approximately 1137 to 1270, when Yekuno Amlak defeated and killed the last Zagwe king in battle. The name of the dynasty is thought to come from the Ge`ez phrase Ze-Agaw, meaning "of Agaw" and referring to the Agaw people. Its best-known king ...
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4. Zand Dynasty
   (1750–79), Iranian dynasty that ruled southern Iran.[3 related articles]
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5. Zand dynasty
   The `Zand dynasty` () ( (formally known as the Zandieh dynasty) ruled southern and central Iran (1750–1794) in the 18th century. History : Karim Khan Zand : The dynasty was founded by Karim Khan, chief of the Zand tribe which was from the Lek / Laki. Lakki is the language of Kurdish tribes...
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6. Zangid Dynasty
   Muslim Turkish dynasty that was founded by Zang (q.v.) and which ruled northern Iraq (al-Jazrah) and Syria in the period 1127–1222. After Zang`s ... [6 related articles]
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