| Abu al-Ala Idris al-Ma'mun | |
|---|---|
| Almohad Caliph | |
| Ruler of the Almohad Caliphate | |
| Reign | 1229–1232 |
| Predecessor | Yahya al-Mu'tasim |
| Successor | Abd al-Wahid II |
| Born | unknown date |
| Died | 16/17 October 1232 |
| Issue | Abd al-Wahid II Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid |
| Father | Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur |
| Mother | Safiya bint Abu Abdallah ben Merdnych[2] |
| Religion | Islam |
Abu al-Ala Idris al-Ma'mun (Arabic: أبو العلا المأمون إدريس بن المنصور; Abū Al-`lā Al-Mā'mūn Idrīs ibn Al-Manṣūr; died 16 or 17 October 1232) was an Almohad rival caliph who reigned in part of the empire from 1229 until his death. He was a son of Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur and brother of Muhammad al-Nasir and Abdallah al-Adil.[3]
- ^ Military Diasporas: Building of Empire in the Middle East and Europe (550 BCE-1500 CE). (n.d.). Storbritannien: Taylor & Francis.
- ^ al-Fāsī, ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Abī Zarʻ; al-Gharnāṭī, Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (1860). Roudh el-Kartas: Histoire des souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc) et annales de la ville de Fès (in French). Impr. impériale. p. 355.
His mother... Safya ... daughter of emir Abou Abd Allah ben Merdnych
- ^ J. Gordon Melton, Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History, p. 824