Idrisid dynasty

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}

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.
3. ↑ Abun-Nasr, Jamil (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521337674.
4. ↑ Rivet, Daniel (2012). Histoire du Maroc: de Moulay Idrîs à Mohammed VI. Fayard.

• 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.

• (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)