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This article is about Idris I of the Idrisid dynasty. For information on Idris I of Libya, see Idris I of Libya.

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

Idris I was the great grandchild of Hassan, son of Ali the cousin of prophet Muhammad. He escaped from the rule of the Abbasids in 786 and took refuge to North Africa (nowadays Morocco) to establish the Idrisid dynasty.

The Tomb of Idris I (Green Structure, Bottom Left)

He first settled nearby the Roman site of Volubilis where he founded the town of Moulay Idriss near the hill of Zarhon surrounding the native Berber tribes. Later on, he founded the city of Fes and his son Idris II made it the capital city of his dynasty.

At first he conquered a small territory in the north of Morocco, thus making him being recognized by Berber king of the tribe of Awraba. This event is considered a consolidation and the birth of both the Idrisid dynasty and the birth of Morocco, the second Muslim State after Al Andalus which cut off relationships and became independent from the Muslim Abbasid caliphate of Baghdad.

Idris I then captured Tlemcen (modern day Algeria) in 789 which became part of the kingdom. This succession of events prompted vengeance from the Abbasid caliph Harun Al-Rashid, who sent an emissary called Al-Chamakh to poison Idris. He is buried in Moulay Idriss.

• (Arabic) Muslim rulers at hukam.net

• Idris II
• Idrisid dynasty
• History of North Africa

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

• 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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