Moulay Aïssa ben Idriss II (''Aïssa ben idrīs ben idrīs ben `abd allah ben al-ḥasan'') was born in

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in the 9th century. He was the son of Idriss II and the descendant of both Idriss I and his brother Suleyman the

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. He was the governor of the region of

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References

Ahmed ibn al-Mubarak al-Lamati, ''Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyidi Abd al-Aziz al-Dabbagh: Al-Dhabab al-Ibriz min Kalam Sayyidi Abd al-Aziz al-Dabbagh (Basic Texts of Islamic Mysticism)'', in English. Paroles d'or : Kitâb al-Ilbrîz Language : French Moroccan nobility {{Africa-hist-stub