Yahya was the namesake son of the fifth Idrisid emir, Yahya ibn Muhammad, and came to power in 863.[1] Unlike the consolidating tendencies of his two predecessors, he was a weak ruler who preferred the luxuries of palace life to government.[2] He parcelled out the Idrisid realm to his relatives: his uncle Husayn received much land to the south of the capital, Fes; his great-uncle, al-Qasim, received the western half of Fes itself, along with the eastern frontier provinces of the Berber tribes of Luwata and Kutama; and another great-uncle, Dawud ibn Idris, who ruled the country of the Hawwara Berbers, also increased his domains.[1]
Yahya's reign in Fes appears to have been secure, as coins with his name are known, unlike his father.[3] Nevertheless, Yahya's dissolute life soon led to scandal, which forced him to flee the palace into the Andalusian quarter of Fes, where he died in unclear circumstances.[4] A powerful citizen of Fes, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Sahl al-Judhami, tried to seize power, but Yahya's widow called upon her father, Ali ibn Umar from the collateral Banu Umar branch of the Idrisids, for aid.[4] Ali gained control over Fes, but his power was challenged by Kharijite rebels, and power eventually passed to the Banu Qasim branch of the family.[3][4]
yahya, yahya, this, article, about, sixth, idrisid, emir, morocco, century, syrian, scholar, ghassani, century, andalusian, scholar, laythi, arabic, يحيى, بن, يحيى, sixth, idrisid, ruler, morocco, last, main, branch, dynasty, yahya, iiيحيى, الثانيemir, morocco. This article is about the sixth Idrisid emir of Morocco For the 8th century Syrian scholar see Yahya ibn Yahya al Ghassani For the 9th century Andalusian scholar see Yahya ibn Yahya al Laythi Yahya ibn Yahya Arabic يحيى بن يحيى was the sixth Idrisid ruler of Morocco and the last of the main branch of the dynasty Yahya IIيحيى الثانيEmir of MoroccoReign863 866PredecessorYahya I ibn MuhammadSuccessorAli IIBornunknownDied866NamesYahya ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Idris ibn IdrisDynastyIdrisidReligionIslam Contents 1 Life 2 Genealogy 3 References 4 SourcesLife editYahya was the namesake son of the fifth Idrisid emir Yahya ibn Muhammad and came to power in 863 1 Unlike the consolidating tendencies of his two predecessors he was a weak ruler who preferred the luxuries of palace life to government 2 He parcelled out the Idrisid realm to his relatives his uncle Husayn received much land to the south of the capital Fes his great uncle al Qasim received the western half of Fes itself along with the eastern frontier provinces of the Berber tribes of Luwata and Kutama and another great uncle Dawud ibn Idris who ruled the country of the Hawwara Berbers also increased his domains 1 Yahya s reign in Fes appears to have been secure as coins with his name are known unlike his father 3 Nevertheless Yahya s dissolute life soon led to scandal which forced him to flee the palace into the Andalusian quarter of Fes where he died in unclear circumstances 4 A powerful citizen of Fes Abd al Rahman ibn Abi Sahl al Judhami tried to seize power but Yahya s widow called upon her father Ali ibn Umar from the collateral Banu Umar branch of the Idrisids for aid 4 Ali gained control over Fes but his power was challenged by Kharijite rebels and power eventually passed to the Banu Qasim branch of the family 3 4 Genealogy editvteFamily tree of the Idrisid dynasty Prophet Muhammad Ali al MurtadaFatima al Zahra Hasan al Mujtaba Hasan al Muthanna Abdallah al Kamil Idris I al Akbar 1 r 788 791 Idris II 2 r 803 828 Muhammad 3 r 828 836Umaral QasimDawud 8 r c 877 Ali I 4 r 836 849Yahya I 5 r 849 863Ali II 7 r 866 unknownIdrisMuhammadYahya III 9 r unknown 905 Yahya II 6 r 863 866Yahya IV 10 r 905 919 922Hasan I 11 r 928 930al Qasim 12 r 937 949 Abu l Aysh 13 r 949 952Hasan II 14 r 952 974 985 Hammudids denotes ruling emirs 1 denotes the sequence of rulershipSource Benchekroun Chafik T 2018 Idrisids In Fleet Kate Kramer Gudrun Matringe Denis Nawas John Rowson Everett eds Encyclopaedia of Islam 3rd ed Brill Online ISSN 1873 9830 References edit a b Eustache 1971 p 1035 Eustache 1971 pp 1035 1036 a b Benchekroun 2018 a b c Eustache 1971 p 1036 Sources editBenchekroun Chafik T 2018 Idrisids In Fleet Kate Kramer 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 Idrisids In Lewis B Menage V L Pellat Ch amp 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 byYahya I Idrisid emir of Morocco863 866 Succeeded byAli II Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yahya ibn Yahya amp oldid 1222564996, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
