al-Sa'id Ali ibn Idris al-Muwahhidi

السعيد علي بن إدريس الموحدي

Abu Salama Ali ibn Idris al-Muwahhidi, titled al-Mu'tadid and known as al-Sa'id. He was given the caliphate after his half-brother al-Rashid Abd al-Wahid, who died by drowning, and he ruled the Far Maghrib and part of al-Andalus. He then went out to the region of Tlemcen and besieged a fortress there, and after him al-Murtada Umar ibn Abi Ibrahim succeeded 1.

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Abu Salama 'Ali b. Idris the Almohad, surnamed al-Mu'tadid and known as al-Sa'id; he held the caliphate after his father's son al-Rashid 'Abd al-Wahid who died drowned — he was king of the furthest Maghrib and part of al-Andalus, then went out toward Tlemcen and besieged a castle there; al-Murtada 'Umar b. Abi Ibrahim ruled after him. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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