Musa ibn Abi al-Afiya

Musa ibn Abi al-Afiya al-Miknasi, whom Ibn Khaldun describes as the greatest of the kings of his clan. He first entered the service of the Idrisids, and Ibn Idris appointed him over Tahart and the central Maghrib. He then gave the call for Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi, drove Yahya ibn Idris out of Fez, and held the Maghrib in the name of Kairouan. ¹

Ibn Khaldun says that he fought al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Hajjam, and the outcome was his in the Wadi al-Matahin between Taza and Fez. Then Maysur the eunuch marched against him in 323 AH; he took refuge in a fortress and was expelled to the regions of Mluya and Watat. ¹

He came back from the desert and took his governorships, besieged the city of Nakur, and the head of Miknasa remained loyal to the Banu Ziri until the line of his sons was ended at the hands of the Almoravids. ¹

The dates of birth and death are not given, and the pages 1621–1623 of the Heliopolis edition are referred to without verifying the page for each sentence, so this needs an additional source.