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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Idrisi
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Idrisi was the founder of the Idrisid Emirate of Asir on the Red Sea coast of Arabia. A great-grandson of the Moroccan Sufi teacher Ahmad ibn Idris, he settled at Sabya in the Tihama and used his religious prestige to lead the tribes against the Ottomans, allying with Italy in 1911 and with Britain during the First World War. He ruled Asir until his death in 1923.
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