Yahya ibn Muhammad

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Yahya ibn Muhammad (Arabic: يحيى بن محمد; died 863) was the fifth Idrisid ruler of Morocco.

Yahya I
يحيى الأول
Emir of Morocco
Reign849–863
PredecessorAli ibn Muhammad
SuccessorYahya II ibn Yahya
Born829
Died863
DynastyIdrisid
FatherMuhammad ibn Idris
ReligionIslam

Life

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Yahya was a younger son of the fourth Idrisid emir, Muhammad ibn Idris, and took over the rule in Morocco after the death of his heirless brother Ali I in January 849.[1]

Following the stabilization and consolidation of Idrisid authority by his brother, Yahya's reign is commonly regarded, in the words of historian Chafik T. Benchekroun, as "the very picture of prosperous and tranquil rule".[2] During this time, the Idrisid capital at Fes expanded greatly with the arrival of people from al-Andalus and Ifriqiya.[3] Thus the establishment of the two great mosques of Fes, the al-Qarawiyyin ('Mosque of the Kairouanis') and the Andalusian Mosque, is traditionally ascribed to his reign, in 859.[3] At least for the Qarawiyyin, this claim is clearly a legend, as an inscription has been found proclaiming its foundation in 877.[2]

Despite the traditional view of the reign as peaceful, modern historians have remarked on the complete absence of coins minted in his name at Fes, whereas there exist coins in the name of a certain Abu Sahl, possibly related to Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Sahl al-Judhami, whose family is known to have fought the Idrisids for control of Fes a few years after Yahya's death.[2]

Yahya died in 863 and was succeeded by his son, Yahya II.[1]

Genealogy

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Idrisid dynasty

Emirs of Morocco
Caliphs of Córdoba
Emirs of Algericas
Emirs of Málaga

Abd al-Muttalib
ibn Hashim
Abu Talib ibn
Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn
Abd al-Muttalib
Muhammad
ibn Abd Allah
Ali ibn
Abi Talib
Fatima bint
Muhammad
al-Hasan
ibn Ali
al-Hasan
ibn al-Hasan
Abd Allah
ibn al-Hasan
Idris I
al-Akbar

r. 788-791
Idris II
r. 803-828
Muhammad I
r. 828-836
Umar ibn Idrisal-Qasim
ibn Idris
Dawud
r. c. 877
Ali I
r. 836-849
Yahya I
r. 849-863
Ali II
r. 866-?
Idris ibn UmarUbayd Allah
ibn Umar
Yahya III
r. ?-905
Muhammad
ibn al-Qasim
Yahya II
r. 863-866
Yahya IV
r. 905-922
Ali ibn
Ubayd Allah
al-Hasan I
al-Hajjam

r. 928–930
al-Qasim
Kanun

r. 937-949
Hammud
ibn Ali
Abu al-Aysh
Ahmad

r. 948-954
al-Hasan II
r. 954-974
Maymun
ibn Hammud
Hammud
ibn Maymun
al-Qasim
al-Ma'mun

r. 1018-1021,
1023
Ali al-Nasir
r. 1016-1018
Muhammad
al-Mahdi

r. 1035-1048
Idris I
al-Muta'ayyad

r. 1035-1039
Yahya I
al-Mu'tali

r. 1021-1023,
1025-1026
r. 1026-1035
al-Qasim
al-Wathiq

r. 1048-1054
Muhammad I
al-Mahdi

r. 1047-1053
Yahya II
al-Qa'im

r. 1039-1040
Idris II al-Ali
r. 1042-1047,
1053-1054/5
Hasan
al-Mustansir

r. 1040-1042
Idris III
al-Sami

r. 1053
Muhammad II
al-Musta'li

r. 1054/5
Abd Allah
ibn Idris
Muhammad
ibn Abd Allah
Muhammad
ibn Muhammad
al-Idrisi


References

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  1. ^ a b Eustache 1971, pp. 1035, 1036.
  2. ^ a b c Benchekroun 2018.
  3. ^ a b Eustache 1971, p. 1035.

Sources

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  • Benchekroun, Chafik T. (2018). "Idrīsids". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_32374. ISSN 1873-9830.
  • Eustache, D. (1971). "Idrīsids". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 1035–1037. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3495. OCLC 495469525.
Preceded by Idrisid emir of Morocco
849–863
Succeeded by