إدريس بن يعقوب المأمون الموحدي

إدريس بن يعقوب المأمون الموحدي

c. 1232 CE · 630 AH

Marrakesh

Idris b. Ya'qub al-Ma'mun — acclaimed in al-Andalus then master of Marrakesh, a warrior of fierce awe and bloodshed who struck Ibn Tumart's name from the khutba; he died a ghazi in 630 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Maghreb · al-Andalus & Europe
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Marrakesh

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    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Idris ibn Sultan Ya'qub ibn Yusuf, Abu'l-'Ala' al-Ma'mun; they gave him the bay'a in al-Andalus, then he came to Marrakesh, ruled it and his sultanate grew mighty — a brave hero of great awe and much bloodshed; he cut Ibn Tumart's mention from the khutba, and died a ghazi in 630. 1

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    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 136
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    islam.museum contributors. “إدريس بن يعقوب المأمون الموحدي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/idris-ibn-yaqub-almohad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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    Ibn Rushd becomes the caliph's physician (1182)

    In 1182 Ibn Rushd succeeded Ibn Ṭufayl as physician to the caliph Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf, and to his son Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb in 1184.