Abu Layla Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Awrabi

أبو ليلى إسحاق بن محمد الأوربي

Chief of Awraba who sheltered the fugitive Idris ibn Abdallah in 172 and rallied the Berbers to his da'wa 1.

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Abu Layla Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Awrabi, chief of the Awraba tribe in the far Maghrib. Ibn Khaldun relates that Idris ibn Abd Allah came to him in 172 AH and he gave him protection. 1

According to the book, he gathered the Berbers to the call of Idris. 1

The data do not record his birth or death. Both need an additional source.

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  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p. 1627
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