Yahya ibn al-Qasim
| Yahya III يحيى الثالث بن القاسم | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emir | |||||
| Reign | unknown–905 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ali II ibn Umar | ||||
| Successor | Yahya IV ibn Idris | ||||
| Born | unknown | ||||
| Died | 905 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Idrisid | ||||
| Father | al-Qasim ibn Idris | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Yahya III ibn al-Qasim (Arabic: يحيى الثالث بن القاسم) was an Idrisid ruler.
Life
Yahya was the son of al-Qasim, a younger son of the second Idrisid ruler, Idris II (r. 808–828).[1][2] The family of al-Qasim controlled northern Morocco, with the cities of Tangier, Basra and Ceuta,[2] and for a time in the 860s even the western half of the Idrisid capital, Fes.[3]
Known by the sobriquet al-Miqdam, Yahya was called upon for assistance by the inhabitants of the Qaraqiyyin quarter of Fes when the town was occupied by the Kharijite rebel Abd al-Razzaq.[2] Yahya drove the rebels away, and is traditionally accounted as the eighth Idrisid emir, until his death in 905.[4]
Modern historians on the other hand consider that his rule over Fes is unlikely to have lasted long: his uncle, Dawud, appears to have ruled the city in 877, while numismatic evidence shows that between 880 and 893 the capital was ruled by members of a different branch of the Idrisid dynasty, descending from another uncle, Isa.[2]
Yahya fell in battle in 905 against the forces of a cousin from a different branch of the dynasty, Yahya IV.[4]
References
- ^ Eustache 1971, pp. 1035, 1036.
- ^ a b c d Benchekroun 2018.
- ^ Eustache 1971, p. 1035.
- ^ a b Eustache 1971, p. 1036.
Sources
- Benchekroun, Chafik T. (2018). "Idrīsids". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_32374. ISSN 1873-9830.
- Eustache, D. (1971). "Idrīsids". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 1035–1037. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3495. OCLC 495469525.