Yahya III ibn al-Qasim ( ar, يحيى الثالث بن القاسم) was the eighth

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

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. He took over after the death of Ali II in 880. He died in 904.The Sansūsiyyah movement of North Africa. Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi ( ar, محمود أحمد غازي). Shariʼah Academy, International Islamic University, 2001. p. 312.

Life

He was nicknamed al-Kettani, or 'the one related to linen', "Kettan" in

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. This nickname was a result of him ordering his troops in

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to use linen tents. His descendants are the Kettani family, which is well known in Morocco.

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