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Said ibn Idris

9th century · 9th century

Said ibn Idris was emir of Nekor, a small Salihid emirate on the Rif coast of northern Morocco, in the 9th century. A grandson of the dynasty's founder Salih ibn Mansur, he built the town of Nekor near modern Al Hoceima as the emirate's capital. His long reign saw Nekor raided by a Viking fleet around 859, an event recorded by Arab geographers.

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Emirate of Nekor

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