Idris I of Morocco

Idris (I) ibn Abd Allah (Arabic: إدريس بن عبد الله, romanized: Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh), also known as Idris the Elder (Arabic: إدريس الأكبر, romanized: Idrīs al-Akbar), (d. 791) was an Arab Hasanid Sharif and the founder of the Idrisid dynasty in part of northern Morocco, in alliance with the Berber tribe of Awraba, after fleeing the Hejaz as a result of the Battle of Fakhkh.

Idris I ibn Abd Allah
إدريس بن عبد الله
Emir of Morocco
Reign788–791
PredecessorNone
SuccessorIdris II
BornUnknown
Arabia
Died791
Walīlī, Morocco
Burial
SpouseKenza al-Awrabiya
IssueIdris II
Names
Idris ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali
DynastyIdrisid
FatherAbd Allah al-Mahd
MotherAtika bint Abd al-Malik
ReligionIslam
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