Post by Aurelia on Jan 10, 2020 13:45:36 GMT -5
Idrīs I (745-791 AD) - also known as Idris ibn Abdallah - was the founder of the Idrisid Dynasty and also credited with the founding of Morocco.
Idrīs I reigned from 789–791 at Walīla - he was a sharif, or princely descendant of Muhammad (his father was Ali ibn Abi Talib and his mother was an unnamed granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad) and was one of the few survivors of the battle of Fakhkh - a battle in which many of the Alids were killed by the Abbāsids... for this reason it is also referred to as the Massacre of Fakhkh.
Apparently his parentage made him a target for Abbāsid persecution and Idris fled west and succeeded in conquering Berber tribes in northern Morocco and a part of the Atlantic plains. While his son Idris II is credited with founding the Moroccan city of Fez, it seems that both father and son founded walled and highly autonomous sites on opposite river banks... within the next 20 years, the Idrisid Dynasty would consist of 8 states, each ruled by an Idrisid brother...
It was only after having made the mistake of siding with the Fatimids that the Caliphate of Córdoba hunted down and executed the last members of the Idrisid dynasty...
From some reason, when Idrīs I's tomb was found (outside of the Roman walls, on a site believed to be his headquarters) it was moved to Moulay Idriss... and I'm not sure why. Was it reverence? Or was it for less amicable reasons (as Idris was suspected to have been poisoned)?
Idrīs I reigned from 789–791 at Walīla - he was a sharif, or princely descendant of Muhammad (his father was Ali ibn Abi Talib and his mother was an unnamed granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad) and was one of the few survivors of the battle of Fakhkh - a battle in which many of the Alids were killed by the Abbāsids... for this reason it is also referred to as the Massacre of Fakhkh.
Apparently his parentage made him a target for Abbāsid persecution and Idris fled west and succeeded in conquering Berber tribes in northern Morocco and a part of the Atlantic plains. While his son Idris II is credited with founding the Moroccan city of Fez, it seems that both father and son founded walled and highly autonomous sites on opposite river banks... within the next 20 years, the Idrisid Dynasty would consist of 8 states, each ruled by an Idrisid brother...
It was only after having made the mistake of siding with the Fatimids that the Caliphate of Córdoba hunted down and executed the last members of the Idrisid dynasty...
From some reason, when Idrīs I's tomb was found (outside of the Roman walls, on a site believed to be his headquarters) it was moved to Moulay Idriss... and I'm not sure why. Was it reverence? Or was it for less amicable reasons (as Idris was suspected to have been poisoned)?