idrisides

Updated: June 20, 2025

Barbary had never been much attached to the caliphate, and for a century it had been practically independent under the Aglabite dynasty, the barbarous excesses of whose later sovereigns had alienated their subjects. Alides, moreover, had established themselves, in the dynasty of the Idrisides, in Morocco since the end of the eighth century.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 : (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa)