Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar ( ar, يحيى بن إدريس بن عمر) was the ninth
Idrisid
The Idrisid dynasty or Idrisids ( ar, الأدارسة ') were an Arab Muslim dynasty from 788 to 974, ruling most of present-day Morocco and parts of present-day western Algeria. Named after the founder, Idris I, the Idrisids were an Alid and ...
ruler and sultan of
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
. He took over after
Yahya III in 904 and died in 917 when the
Fatimid
The Fatimid Caliphate was an Ismaili Shi'a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The Fatimids, a dyna ...
s invaded Morocco.
[The Sansūsiyyah movement of North Africa. Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi. Shariʼah Academy, International Islamic University, 2001. p. 312.]
Life
Fatimid rule of Morocco continued for 8 years after the death of Yahya IV, and the Idrisids only regained power after the rebellion of
Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad. Al-Hasan's rule, however, was short-lived and lasted for only about three years before the Fatimids ousted him. The Fatimids ruled for 10 more years, only to be once again overthrown by the Idrisids under the leadership of
Al Qasim Guennoun.
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Idrisid dynasty
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917 deaths
10th-century monarchs in Africa
9th-century Moroccan people
10th-century Moroccan people
Year of birth unknown
10th-century Arabs
Slave owners
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