The founding of Fez
The Idrisids build the city that became the heart of Morocco
Idris I, a descendant of the Prophet who had fled the Abbasids, founded a settlement on the Fez river, and his son Idris II built a new town on the opposite bank in 808–809. Refugees from Córdoba and Kairouan settled there. The Idrisids created Morocco's first Muslim state, and Fez became its religious and scholarly capital for centuries.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne — 4 years later
- 800 Coronation of Charlemagne — 11 years later
Asia
- 802 Founding of the Khmer Empire — 13 years later
Americas
- c. 800–950 Drought and the Classic Maya collapse — 11 years later
Alive at the time
- Charlemagne (aged 41)
- Emperor Kanmu (aged 52)
- Harun al-Rashid (aged 23)
- Louis the Pious (aged 11)
- Al-Khwarizmi (aged 9)