al-Hasan ibn Kannun al-Idrisi

الحسن بن كنون الإدريسي

c. 985 CE · c. 375 AH

al-Hasan ibn Kannun al-Idrisi, the last Idrisid king of the Maghreb; succeeding his martyred brother Abu al-Aysh in 343 he renewed the kingship and ground down his Zanata foes, held Qal'at al-Nasr against the Fatimid Jawhar, proclaimed the Shi'a and broke Marwanid obedience — until he routed al-Hakam's army under Ibn Tumlus in 362, whereupon the mawla Ghalib 'al-Shahama' was sent with treasure and troops, bought the Berber chiefs and starved him out to Qayrawan then Cordoba; called back by the Maghreb to claim the kingship he was seized, carried back to Andalus and killed on the way, ending Idrisid rule.