Zyayda () is an Arabic-speaking tribe in Morocco, belonging to the Chaouia tribal confederacy. According to French colonial-era orientalist , 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.Mission Scientifique du Maroc (coll.), Villes et Tribus du Maroc: Casablanca et les Chaouïa, Ed. E. Leroux (Paris), 1915, Tome II, pp. 45-70
See also other tribes Sless Maqil Beni Ahsen Beni Hassan Mzab
See also Arab tribes Maghreb Maghrebis
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