# Idris II of Morocco

Idris bin Idris (Arabic: إدريس بن إدريس) known as Idris II (Arabic: إدريس الثاني) (August 791 – August 828), was the son of Idris I, the founder of the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco. He was born in Walīlī two months after the death of his father. He succeeded his father Idris I in 803.

## Biography

Idris II was born on August 791, two months after the death—June 791—of Idris I. His mother was Kenza, his father's wife and the daughter of the Awraba tribe chieftain, Ishaq ibn Mohammed al-Awarbi. He was raised among the Berber Awraba tribe of Volubilis. In 803, he was proclaimed Imam in the mosque of Walila succeeding his father.
Of the Idrisid sultans Idris II was one of the best educated. In the work of Ibn al-Abbar, correspondence between Idris II and his contemporary Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab is quoted in which he invites him to renounce his claims to his territories.
By the end of Idris II's reign, the Idrisid kingdom included the area between the Shalif river in modern-day Algeria and the Sus in southern Morocco.
Idris II died in Volubilis in 828. His grave is contained in the Zawiyya Moulay Idris in Fez. It was rediscovered under the Marinid Sultan Abd al-Haqq II (1420–1465) in 1437, and became an important place of pilgrimage in the 15th century. It is, up till the present, considered the holiest place of Fez.

## Genealogy

Idrisid dynasty :
* Emirs of Morocco
* Caliphs of Córdoba
* Emirs of Algericas
* Emirs of Málaga
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim | Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim | Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim | Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim | Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim | Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib | | | Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib | Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ali ibn Abi Talib | Ali ibn Abi Talib | Ali ibn Abi Talib | Ali ibn Abi Talib | Ali ibn Abi Talib | Ali ibn Abi Talib | | | Fatima bint Muhammad | Fatima bint Muhammad | Fatima bint Muhammad | Fatima bint Muhammad | Fatima bint Muhammad | Fatima bint Muhammad | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | al-Hasan ibn Ali | al-Hasan ibn Ali | al-Hasan ibn Ali | al-Hasan ibn Ali | al-Hasan ibn Ali | al-Hasan ibn Ali |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan | al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan | al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan | al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan | al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan | al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan | Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan | Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan | Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan | Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan | Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Idris I al-Akbar r. 788-791 | Idris I al-Akbar r. 788-791 | Idris I al-Akbar r. 788-791 | Idris I al-Akbar r. 788-791 | Idris I al-Akbar r. 788-791 | Idris I al-Akbar r. 788-791 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Idris II r. 803-828 | Idris II r. 803-828 | Idris II r. 803-828 | Idris II r. 803-828 | Idris II r. 803-828 | Idris II r. 803-828 |
| | | | | | | Muhammad I r. 828-836 | Muhammad I r. 828-836 | Muhammad I r. 828-836 | Muhammad I r. 828-836 | Muhammad I r. 828-836 | Muhammad I r. 828-836 | | | | | | | | | Umar ibn Idris | Umar ibn Idris | Umar ibn Idris | Umar ibn Idris | Umar ibn Idris | Umar ibn Idris | | | | | | | | | al-Qasim ibn Idris | al-Qasim ibn Idris | al-Qasim ibn Idris | al-Qasim ibn Idris | al-Qasim ibn Idris | al-Qasim ibn Idris | Dawud r. c. 877 | Dawud r. c. 877 | Dawud r. c. 877 | Dawud r. c. 877 | Dawud r. c. 877 | Dawud r. c. 877 |
| Ali I r. 836-849 | Ali I r. 836-849 | Ali I r. 836-849 | Ali I r. 836-849 | Ali I r. 836-849 | Ali I r. 836-849 | Yahya I r. 849-863 | Yahya I r. 849-863 | Yahya I r. 849-863 | Yahya I r. 849-863 | Yahya I r. 849-863 | Yahya I r. 849-863 | Ali II r. 866-? | Ali II r. 866-? | Ali II r. 866-? | Ali II r. 866-? | Ali II r. 866-? | Ali II r. 866-? | | | Idris ibn Umar | Idris ibn Umar | Idris ibn Umar | Idris ibn Umar | Idris ibn Umar | Idris ibn Umar | | | Ubayd Allah ibn Umar | Ubayd Allah ibn Umar | Ubayd Allah ibn Umar | Ubayd Allah ibn Umar | Ubayd Allah ibn Umar | Ubayd Allah ibn Umar | Yahya III r. ?-905 | Yahya III r. ?-905 | Yahya III r. ?-905 | Yahya III r. ?-905 | Yahya III r. ?-905 | Yahya III r. ?-905 | Muhammad ibn al-Qasim | Muhammad ibn al-Qasim | Muhammad ibn al-Qasim | Muhammad ibn al-Qasim | Muhammad ibn al-Qasim | Muhammad ibn al-Qasim |
| | | | | | | Yahya II r. 863-866 | Yahya II r. 863-866 | Yahya II r. 863-866 | Yahya II r. 863-866 | Yahya II r. 863-866 | Yahya II r. 863-866 | | | | | | | | | Yahya IV r. 905-922 | Yahya IV r. 905-922 | Yahya IV r. 905-922 | Yahya IV r. 905-922 | Yahya IV r. 905-922 | Yahya IV r. 905-922 | | | Ali ibn Ubayd Allah | Ali ibn Ubayd Allah | Ali ibn Ubayd Allah | Ali ibn Ubayd Allah | Ali ibn Ubayd Allah | Ali ibn Ubayd Allah | al-Hasan I al-Hajjam r. 928–930 | al-Hasan I al-Hajjam r. 928–930 | al-Hasan I al-Hajjam r. 928–930 | al-Hasan I al-Hajjam r. 928–930 | al-Hasan I al-Hajjam r. 928–930 | al-Hasan I al-Hajjam r. 928–930 | al-Qasim Kanun r. 937-949 | al-Qasim Kanun r. 937-949 | al-Qasim Kanun r. 937-949 | al-Qasim Kanun r. 937-949 | al-Qasim Kanun r. 937-949 | al-Qasim Kanun r. 937-949 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hammud ibn Ali | Hammud ibn Ali | Hammud ibn Ali | Hammud ibn Ali | Hammud ibn Ali | Hammud ibn Ali | Abu al-Aysh Ahmad r. 948-954 | Abu al-Aysh Ahmad r. 948-954 | Abu al-Aysh Ahmad r. 948-954 | Abu al-Aysh Ahmad r. 948-954 | Abu al-Aysh Ahmad r. 948-954 | Abu al-Aysh Ahmad r. 948-954 | al-Hasan II r. 954-974 | al-Hasan II r. 954-974 | al-Hasan II r. 954-974 | al-Hasan II r. 954-974 | al-Hasan II r. 954-974 | al-Hasan II r. 954-974 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maymun ibn Hammud | Maymun ibn Hammud | Maymun ibn Hammud | Maymun ibn Hammud | Maymun ibn Hammud | Maymun ibn Hammud | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hammud ibn Maymun | Hammud ibn Maymun | Hammud ibn Maymun | Hammud ibn Maymun | Hammud ibn Maymun | Hammud ibn Maymun | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | al-Qasim al-Ma'mun r. 1018-1021, 1023 | al-Qasim al-Ma'mun r. 1018-1021, 1023 | al-Qasim al-Ma'mun r. 1018-1021, 1023 | al-Qasim al-Ma'mun r. 1018-1021, 1023 | al-Qasim al-Ma'mun r. 1018-1021, 1023 | al-Qasim al-Ma'mun r. 1018-1021, 1023 | | | | | | | | | | | Ali al-Nasir r. 1016-1018 | Ali al-Nasir r. 1016-1018 | Ali al-Nasir r. 1016-1018 | Ali al-Nasir r. 1016-1018 | Ali al-Nasir r. 1016-1018 | Ali al-Nasir r. 1016-1018 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Muhammad al-Mahdi r. 1035-1048 | Muhammad al-Mahdi r. 1035-1048 | Muhammad al-Mahdi r. 1035-1048 | Muhammad al-Mahdi r. 1035-1048 | Muhammad al-Mahdi r. 1035-1048 | Muhammad al-Mahdi r. 1035-1048 | | | | | | | | | | | Idris I al-Muta'ayyad r. 1035-1039 | Idris I al-Muta'ayyad r. 1035-1039 | Idris I al-Muta'ayyad r. 1035-1039 | Idris I al-Muta'ayyad r. 1035-1039 | Idris I al-Muta'ayyad r. 1035-1039 | Idris I al-Muta'ayyad r. 1035-1039 | Yahya I al-Mu'tali r. 1021-1023, 1025-1026 r. 1026-1035 | Yahya I al-Mu'tali r. 1021-1023, 1025-1026 r. 1026-1035 | Yahya I al-Mu'tali r. 1021-1023, 1025-1026 r. 1026-1035 | Yahya I al-Mu'tali r. 1021-1023, 1025-1026 r. 1026-1035 | Yahya I al-Mu'tali r. 1021-1023, 1025-1026 r. 1026-1035 | Yahya I al-Mu'tali r. 1021-1023, 1025-1026 r. 1026-1035 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | al-Qasim al-Wathiq r. 1048-1054 | al-Qasim al-Wathiq r. 1048-1054 | al-Qasim al-Wathiq r. 1048-1054 | al-Qasim al-Wathiq r. 1048-1054 | al-Qasim al-Wathiq r. 1048-1054 | al-Qasim al-Wathiq r. 1048-1054 | | | Muhammad I al-Mahdi r. 1047-1053 | Muhammad I al-Mahdi r. 1047-1053 | Muhammad I al-Mahdi r. 1047-1053 | Muhammad I al-Mahdi r. 1047-1053 | Muhammad I al-Mahdi r. 1047-1053 | Muhammad I al-Mahdi r. 1047-1053 | | | Yahya II al-Qa'im r. 1039-1040 | Yahya II al-Qa'im r. 1039-1040 | Yahya II al-Qa'im r. 1039-1040 | Yahya II al-Qa'im r. 1039-1040 | Yahya II al-Qa'im r. 1039-1040 | Yahya II al-Qa'im r. 1039-1040 | Idris II al-Ali r. 1042-1047, 1053-1054/5 | Idris II al-Ali r. 1042-1047, 1053-1054/5 | Idris II al-Ali r. 1042-1047, 1053-1054/5 | Idris II al-Ali r. 1042-1047, 1053-1054/5 | Idris II al-Ali r. 1042-1047, 1053-1054/5 | Idris II al-Ali r. 1042-1047, 1053-1054/5 | Hasan al-Mustansir r. 1040-1042 | Hasan al-Mustansir r. 1040-1042 | Hasan al-Mustansir r. 1040-1042 | Hasan al-Mustansir r. 1040-1042 | Hasan al-Mustansir r. 1040-1042 | Hasan al-Mustansir r. 1040-1042 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Idris III al-Sami r. 1053 | Idris III al-Sami r. 1053 | Idris III al-Sami r. 1053 | Idris III al-Sami r. 1053 | Idris III al-Sami r. 1053 | Idris III al-Sami r. 1053 | Muhammad II al-Musta'li r. 1054/5 | Muhammad II al-Musta'li r. 1054/5 | Muhammad II al-Musta'li r. 1054/5 | Muhammad II al-Musta'li r. 1054/5 | Muhammad II al-Musta'li r. 1054/5 | Muhammad II al-Musta'li r. 1054/5 | Abd Allah ibn Idris | Abd Allah ibn Idris | Abd Allah ibn Idris | Abd Allah ibn Idris | Abd Allah ibn Idris | Abd Allah ibn Idris |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | Muhammad ibn Abd Allah | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi | Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi | Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi | Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi | Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi | Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi | | | | | | |