Background
Idris was the great grandchild of Hasan, who was the son of Fatimah and grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
Idris was the great grandchild of Hasan, who was the son of Fatimah and grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
He is credited with founding the dynasty that was instrumental in the early Islamization of Morocco. There he established the Idrisid dynasty. In 789 arrived in Walīla, the site of the Roman Volubilis where he founded the town of Moulay Idriss near the hill of Zerhoun surrounding the native Berber tribes.
lieutenant was then occupied by the Berber tribe of the Awraba, under Ishaq ibn Mohammed.
In 789 AD, he captured Tlemcen (modern day Algeria) which became part of the kingdom. This succession of events prompted vengeance from the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, who sent emissaries to kill him.
Idris I was poisoned and died in 791. Idris is buried in Moulay Idriss.