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...Fakhkh, in which many of the ʿAlids were slain by the ʿAbbāsids. He fled west and succeeded in conquering Berber tribes in northern Morocco and a part of the Atlantic plains. His son, Idrīs II (reigned 803–828), resumed his work without, however, succeeding in subduing the whole country. Nevertheless, in 808, Idrīs II founded as a capital for his little kingdom...
...assassinated by agents of the ʿAbbāsids in 791. His son, born a few months later and also called Idrīs, was proclaimed imam of the Awrāba in 803, when he was still a young boy. Idrīs II founded the state—called, for himself, Idrīsid—with the help of Arab refugees coming from both Spain and Aghlabid territory. By moving the seat of his authority in...
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