Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Idris ( ar, علي بن محمد بن إدريس) was the fourth
Idrisid sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
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 to ...
. He was the son of
Muhammad ibn Idris
Muhammad Ben Idris Al-Thani Ben Idris Al-Awal Ben Abdellah Al-Kamel ( ar, محمد بن إدريس الثاني بن إدريس الأول بن عبد الله الكامل) known as Muhammad ibn Idris () was one of the sons and successor of Idris ...
whom he succeeded in 836. He died in 848 CE (
Rajab
Rajab ( ar, رَجَب) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of the classical Arabic verb ''rajaba'' is "to respect" which could also mean "be awe or be in fear", of which Rajab is a derivative.
This month is re ...
234
AH) and was succeeded by his brother
Yahya I
Yahya ibn Muhammad ( ar, يحيى بن محمد), (829–864) was the fifth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco.The Living and the Dead in Islam: Epitaphs in context By Werner Diem, Marco Schöller. p 196.
Life
A son of the previous sultan, M ...
.
[Houtsama, Martijin]
E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936
1987. Page 453.
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Arab kings
9th-century Arabs
Idrisid dynasty
Moroccan people of Arab descent
People from Fez, Morocco
Sultans of Morocco
848 deaths
9th-century monarchs in Africa
827 births
9th-century Moroccan people
Slave owners
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