Abu al-Ula Idris al-Ma'mun

أبو العلاء إدريس المأمون (Known as "Idris al-Ma'mun")

Almohad Caliph, Religious Reformer, Sovereign

Born c. 1186

Marrakech, Morocco

Passed Away Oct 16, 1232 Near Oued Oum Er-Rbia, Morocco

Lifespan ~46 years old

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"Truth alone is infallible; mortal men, however exalted, are but seekers of grace."

Archival Overview

Almohad Caliph (1227–1232) who famously renounced Ibn Tumart's dogma of infallibility, restored traditional Sunni Maliki orthodox doctrine in Marrakech, and commissioned the first Christian church in the capital.

Biographical Record

Abu al-Ula Idris al-Ma'mun was a son of Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur. Stationed as governor in Seville, he rebelled against his brother al-Adil, securing military support from Ferdinand III of Castile in exchange for establishing a Christian church with tolling bells in Marrakech.

Upon capturing Marrakech in 1229, al-Ma'mun executed hundreds of dissident Almohad sheikhs and issued a historic decree abolishing the core Almohad doctrine: he declared that the Mahdi Ibn Tumart was not infallible and restored the Sunni profession of faith across mosques, a dramatic ideological transformation that forever altered Moroccan religious history.

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Final Resting Place

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Almohad Dynastic Cemetery
Marrakech, Morocco

                         GPS: 31.6235, -7.9870                    

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