Muhammad ibn Idris

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Muhammad bin Idris
محمد بن إدريس
Sultan of Morocco
Reign828–836
PredecessorIdris II al-Azhar bin Idris
SuccessorAli bin Muhammad
Bornunknown
Fes, Morocco
Died836
Fes, Morocco
SpouseRoqiya bint Ismail al-Azadi[1]
IssueAli bin Muhammad
Names
Muhammad bin Idris
DynastyIdrisid
FatherIdris II
ReligionIslam

Muhammad bin Idris bin Idris bin Abdullah (Arabic: محمد بن إدريس بن إدريس بن عبد الله) was the third Idrisid sultan of Morocco.

Life[edit]

He was the oldest of the twelve sons of Idris II. Upon the death of his father in 828, acting on the advice of his grandmother he divided the Idrisid realm among his older brothers, keeping only the capital, Fes, for himself.[2] This weakened his authority and immediately gave rise to civil war and the decline of the Idrisid dynasty.[2]

When the fourth brother, Isa, ruler of Wazeqqur, revolted against Fes, Muhammad sought the assistance first of Qasim, ruler of Tangier, but was refused. He then turned to Umar, ruler of the Rif Mountains, who defeated both Isa and Qasim, receiving in return the governorship over Tangier.[2] The descendants of Umar and of Qasim would later rival for the leadership of the Idrisid realm after Muhammad's line went extinct.[3]

Muhammad died in March/April 836 in Fes, and was buried there. He was succeeded by his son, Ali, who was only nine years old at the time.[4]

Genealogy[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ al-Fāsī, ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Abī Zarʻ; al-Gharnāṭī, Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (1860). Roudh el-Kartas: Histoire des souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc) et annales de la ville de Fès (in French). Impr. impériale. p. 64.
  2. ^ a b c Eustache 1971, p. 1035.
  3. ^ Eustache 1971, pp. 1035–1036.
  4. ^ Eustache 1971, pp. 1035, 1036.

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Preceded by Idrisid emir of Morocco
828–836
Succeeded by