Sulaymān I, (full name Sulaymān Ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Kāmil, Arabic: سليمان بن عبد الله الكامل), sometimes called Sidi Sliman or Moulay Slimane, was the brother of Idris I of Morocco, son of the great grandson of the caliph Ali and Fatima, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was probably born around 730 and died in 814,[1] perhaps in Ain El Hout in the province of Tlemcen in Algeria.[2]

Sulaymān I
سليمان الأول
Emir of Tlemcen
Reign786 – 814
CoronationEmir of Tlemcen
SuccessorMuhammad II
Bornc. 730
Arabia
Died814
Aïn El Hout Algeria
Names
Sulayman Ibn Abd Allah al-Kamil
DynastySulaymanids
Father'Abd Allah al-Kamil
Mother'Atika bint Abd al-Malik.

According to Ibn Khaldoun, he reached Tlemcen after the assassination of his brother Idris I in 791 and took control of it.[3] But according to Ibn Idhari and Al-Bakri, he would have settled in Tlemcen while his brother was alive and probably with his approval.[4] This is the version retained by historians Philippe Sénac and Patrice Cressier who indicate that Sulaymān I was governor of Tlemcen between 786 and 813.[5] However, according to other ancient Arab authors, he would not have escaped the massacre of Fakh and would have died in June 786.[6]

He gives his name to the Sulaymanid dynasty in Algeria, being the father of Muḥammad who already governed the region in 806.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Baghli 2007.
  2. ^ Bekkaï 2009.
  3. ^ Ibn Khaldūn 1854, pp. 569–571.
  4. ^ Marçais 1941, pp. 59–60.
  5. ^ Sénac & Cressier 2012, p. 118.
  6. ^ a b Eustache 1970, p. 49.

Sources

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  • Baghli, Mohammed (22 August 2007). "Sidi Slimane Ibn Abdallah Al-Kamil de Aïn Al-Houtz". Le Quotidien d'Oran. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  • Bekkaï, Allal (6 July 2009). "Tlemcen: Aïn El Hout, le village des Alaouites, revisité". Le Quotidien d'Oran. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
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  • Ibn Khaldūn (1854). "Origine et chute de la dynastie des Idricides - Rétablissement de leur autorité dans plusieurs endroits du Maghreb". Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique Septentrionale - Tome 2. Alger: Impr. du Gouvernement. OCLC 313120435.
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  • Sénac, Philippe; Cressier, Patrice (2012). "Point 6 - La ville de Tlemcen". Histoire du Maghreb médiéval: VIIe-XIe siècle. Paris: Armand Colin. ISBN 978-2-200-28342-1.