Yahya ibn Muhammad
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Yahya ibn Muhammad (died 864) was the fifth Idrisid
Idrisid
The Idrisids were a Zaydi-Shia dynasty of Arab origins in Morocco, ruling from 788 to 985, named after its first leader, Idriss I.-History:...

 ruler and sultan of Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

.

A son of previous sultan Muhammad ibn Idris
Muhammad ibn Idris
Muhammad ibn Idris was one of the sons and successor of Idris II of Morocco. He took power in 828 and died in 836.-References:...

, he took over the rule in Morocco after the death of his heirless uncle Ali I
Ali I
Ali I may refer to:*Ali ibn Idris , Idrisid sultan of the western Maghreb*Ali of Hejaz , king of Hejaz from 1924 to 1925*Ali I Vâsib , titular Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1977 to 1983...

 in 848
848
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. During his rule, which saw no significant conflicts, he settled in Fes
Fes, Morocco
Fes or Fez is the second largest city of Morocco, after Casablanca, with a population of approximately 1 million . It is the capital of the Fès-Boulemane region....

 numerous immigrants from Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to a nation and territorial region also commonly referred to as Moorish Iberia. The name describes parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania governed by Muslims , at various times in the period between 711 and 1492, although the territorial boundaries...

 and Ifriqiya
Ifriqiya
In medieval history, Ifriqiya or Ifriqiyah was the area comprising the coastal regions of what are today western Libya, Tunisia, and eastern Algeria. This area included what had been the Roman province of Africa, whose name it inherited....

, which had been expelled after revolting against the Umayyad and Aghlabids respectively. He also commissioned several relevant construction in the city, the mosque of Al-Karaouine and of al-Andalus (859).

He died in 864, aged around 35. He was succeeded by his son Yahya II ibn Yahya.
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