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al-Hasan ibn Kannun
Al-Hasan ibn Kannun was the last Idrisid ruler in Morocco, holding territory in the north of the country in the mid-10th century between the Fatimids and the Umayyad caliphate of Córdoba. He surrendered to the Cordoban general Ghalib in 974 and was taken to Córdoba and then exiled to Egypt. Returning with Fatimid support in 985, he was defeated and executed.
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