Idrisid dynasty

Idrisid dynasty
الأدارسة
Idrisid dynasty الأدارسة
788–974
	Idrisid state, around 820 CE, showing its maximal extent.
Capital	Walilli (788–808) ; Fez (808–927) ; Hajar an-Nasar (927–985)
Common languages	Arabic, Berber languages
Religion	Islam – Sunni or Zaydi Shia (disputed)
Government	Hereditary monarchy
Emir
• 788–791	Idris I
• 954–974	Al-Hasan ibn al-Qasim
Historical era	Medieval
• Established	788
• Disestablished	974
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Berber revolt
Zenata kingdoms
Caliphate of Córdoba

The Idrisid dynasty or Idrisids (Arabic: الأدارسة al-Adārisah) were an Arab Muslim dynasty. They ruled from 788 to 974. They ruled in most of present-day Morocco. They also ruled in some present-day western Algeria. They Idrisid dynasty is named after its founder, Idris I. The Idrisids were an Alid dynasty. The Idrisids were descendents of Muhammad through his grandson Hasan.^[1]^[2] Their reign was important in the Islamization of Morocco. In this time, many Arabs immigrated to this area. Many cities became more Muslim.^[3]^: 52^[4]^: 83–84

Notes and references

↑ Eustache, D. (1971). "Idrīs I". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 1031. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3492. OCLC 495469525.
↑ Brett, Michael (2017). Fatimid Empire. Edinburgh University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4744-2151-5.
↑ Abun-Nasr, Jamil (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521337674.
↑ Rivet, Daniel (2012). Histoire du Maroc: de Moulay Idrîs à Mohammed VI. Fayard.

Sources

Ibn Abi Zar, Rawd al-Qirtas (contains a chronicle of the dynasty).
Charles-André Julien, Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830, Payot 1994.

Other websites

(in English) Y. Benhima, "The Idrisids (789-974)" in qantara-med.org (2008)
(in French) C. El Briga, "Idrisides", in Encyclopédie berbère, vol.24 (Edisud 2001)
(in English) B. Duignan, "Idrīsid dynasty", in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007)

[:0523-1] Eustache, D. (1971). "Idrīs I". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 1031. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3492. OCLC 495469525.

[2] Brett, Michael (2017). Fatimid Empire. Edinburgh University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4744-2151-5.

[:15-3] Abun-Nasr, Jamil (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521337674.

[:0-4] Rivet, Daniel (2012). Histoire du Maroc: de Moulay Idrîs à Mohammed VI. Fayard.

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