The Zenata (Berber: Iznaten, ⵉⵣⵏⴰⵜⴻⵏ or Iznasen, ⵉⵣⵏⴰⵙⴻⵏ; Arabic: زناتة‎‎ Zanātah) were a massive Berber tribal confederation of the pre-Islamic Berber world spread across North Africa from western Egypt to Morocco, along with the Sanhaja and Masmuda. Their lifestile was partly nomadic and partly sedentary.They adopted Islam early, still in the 7th century (while other Berber tribes continued to resist the Arab invasion well into the 8th century) and were were quickly Arabized, and formed a substantial contingent in the subsequent Muslim invasion of Iberia.The 14th-century historiographer Ibn Khaldun reports that the Zenata were divided into three large tribes, Dejrawa, Maghraouas and Banu Ifren. Formerly occupying a large portion of the Maghreb, they were displaced to the south and west i