This article is about Idris I of Morocco. For information on Idris I of Libya, see Idris I of Libya. Idris I (March 12, 1890 - May 25, 1983) was the first King of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969. ...
Idris I was the first ruler of the Idrisid Dynasty, ruling from 788 CE to 791 CE. The Idrisids were the first Arab dynasty in the western Maghreb, ruling from 788 to 985, and can be thought of as the originators of an independent Morocco. ...
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Enoch (Arabic: Idris) is mentioned only twice in the Qur'an, in two consecutive verses in Sura Maryam (19:56, 19:57).
Idris is credited with learning many useful skills or inventing things which humans now use such as writing, mathematics, astronomy, etc. According to Islamic tradition, his time was one when many people had forgotten God, and the world was thus punished with a drought.