| Idris II إدريس الثاني | |||||
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| Emir of Morocco | |||||
| Reign | 803 – 828 | ||||
| Predecessor | Idris I bin Abdullah | ||||
| Successor | Muhammad bin Idris | ||||
| Born | (791-08-00)August 791 Walīlī,Morocco | ||||
| Died | August 828 Fes,Morocco | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | Hosna bint Sulaiman ben Mohammed al-Najai[1] | ||||
| Issue | Muhammad ibn Idris Gannuna bint Idris[2] | ||||
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| Dynasty | Idrisid | ||||
| Father | Idris I | ||||
| Mother | Kenza al-Awrabiya | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Idrīs ibn Idrīs (Arabic:إدريس بن إدريس) known asIdris II (إدريس الثاني) and also asIdrīs the Luminous (إدريس الأزهرIdrīs al-Azhar) orIdrīs the Younger (إدريس الأصغرIdrīs al-Aṣghar) (August 791 – August 828), was the son ofIdris I, the founder of theIdrisid dynasty inMorocco. He was born inWalīlī two months after the death of his father. He succeeded his father Idris I in 803.
Idris II was born on August 791, two months after the death—June 791—of Idris I. His mother wasKenza,[3] his father's wife and the daughter of theAwraba tribe chieftain, Ishaq ibn Mohammed al-Awarbi.[4] He was raised among the Berber Awraba tribe ofVolubilis. In 803, he was proclaimedImam in the mosque of Walila succeeding his father.[5][6]
Of the Idrisid sultans Idris II was one of the best educated. In the work ofIbn al-Abbar, correspondence between Idris II and his contemporaryIbrahim I ibn al-Aghlab is quoted in which he invites him to renounce his claims to his territories.[7]
By the end of Idris II's reign, the Idrisid kingdom included the area between theShalif river in modern-dayAlgeria and theSus in southernMorocco.[8]
Idris II died inVolubilis in 828. His grave is contained in theZawiyya Moulay Idris inFez. It was rediscovered under theMarinid SultanAbd 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 ofFez.
Kenza would also advise Idris II in his personal affairs. Besides, it was she who chose a wife for him. From then on, the young sultan would have had two royal advisers, namely his mother and his spouse, Hosna bent Solaïmane ben Mohammed anNajaï
Idriss' power to rule in this area hinged upon his marriage to Kenza
Her name is Kenza al-Awrabiya in relation to the Berber tribe called Awraba. She is the daughter of the tribe's leader, Ishaq bin Abdul Hamid al-Awrabi, and the wife of Moulay Idris I, who was assassinated while she was pregnant with her first son.
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