Hasan (I) (الأول) حسن | |||||
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Emir of Fes | |||||
Reign | 928–930 (or 925–927) | ||||
Predecessor | Yahya IV ibn Idris | ||||
Successor | Al-Qasim I Jannun | ||||
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Dynasty | Idrisid |
Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ( Arabic: الحسن بن محمد بن القاسم), known by the sobriquet al-Hajjam (الحجام, lit. 'the barber') was the tenth Idrisid ruler of Morocco, although he held only the capital of Fes and its environs. [1]
Al-Qasim descended from a cadet branch of the Idrisid dynasty: his grandfather, al-Qasim, was a younger son of the dynasty's second ruler, Idris II. [2] In 922 or 925 or 928 (medieval and modern sources provide different dates) he rose in revolt against the Fatimid Caliphate's viceroy in Morocco, Musa ibn Abi'l-Afiya, and recovered control of Fes. [1] [3] Two years later, he defeated Ibn Abi'l-Afiya in combat, but was betrayed by Hamid ibn Hamdan, the governor he appointed over Fes, and imprisoned, while Fes was surrendered to Musa. [1] [3]
Ibn Abi'l-Afiya then fell out with Hamid ibn Hamdan and the Fatimids, launching a persecution of the Idrisids, before siding with the Fatimids' enemies, the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 931. [3] A complicated struggle followed between the Hamid ibn Hamdun, the Idrisids, their rivals from the Abu Sahl family, Musa ibn Abi'l-Afiya, and the Fatimids under the general Maysur. [2] Allied with the Fatimids against Ibn Abi'l-Afiya, Hasan's brother al-Qasim Jannun managed to establish an Idrisid emirate in the Rif Mountains in northern Morocco, [1] before switching his allegiance to the Umayyads in 944. [2]
denotes ruling emirs, (1) denotes the sequence of rulership
Source: Benchekroun, Chafik T. (2018). "Idrīsids". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830. |