Idris I (or Idris ibn Abdullah) (Arabic: إدريس بن عبدالله‎) was the first ruler and founder of the Idrisid Dynasty, ruling from 788 to 791 AD. He is credited with founding the dynasty that was instrumental in the early Islamization of Morocco^[1] and Spain.

[edit] History

Idriss I was the great grandchild of Hassan, son of Ali the cousin of prophet Muhammad. He escaped from Syria after the defeat of the Alids by the Abbasids at the battle of Fakhkh in 787 and took refuge in Morocco.

The Tomb of Idris I (green roofed structure, bottom left)

In 789 arrived in Walīla, the site of the Roman Volubilis. It was then occupied by the Berber tribe of the Awraba, under Ishaq ibn Mohammd. He married Kanza, of the tribe, fathering a son, Idriss II. He then procedded to conquer large parts of northern Morocco, and founded the city of Fes, which his son Idriss II would make capital city of the Idrissid dynasty. Morocco became the second Muslim State after Al Andalus to cut off relationships and became independent from the Muslim Abbasid caliphate of Baghdad.

Idriss I then captured Tlemcen (modern day Algeria) which became part of the kingdom. This succession of events prompted vengeance from the Abbasid caliph Harun Al-Rashid, who sent emissaries to kill him. Idriss I died poisoned in 791. His son, Idriss II, was brought up by the Awraba, and left Walīla for Fes in 808.

[edit] External links

• (Arabic) Muslim rulers at hukam.net

[edit] See also

• Idris II
• Idrisid dynasty
• History of North Africa
• List of Shi'a Muslims

[edit] Notes

1. ^ A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period, Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, 1987, p. 52

[edit] References

• Julien, Charles-André, Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830, original edition in 1931, new edition by Payot, Paris, 1994
• Abum-Nasr, Jamil M. (1987). A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period.

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