Unfortunately, except for Muslims, there is not a lot to investigate in this holy city. It is forbidden for non-believers to spend the night within the town and the mauseleum of Moulay Idriss and the mosque are likewise off limits.
The only thing to do is to find a hilltop overlooking this eye-pleasing village and then ride through the narrow streets while being glared at by the residents. Needless to say, non-Muslims are not warmly greeted within the confines of Moulay Idriss.
Moulay Idriss was the great-grandson of the Prophet. He fled Arabia in the late 700s due to deadly feuding amongst his clansman and fellow heirs to the Caliphate. Moulay Idriss arrived in Morocco in 787 and quickly became the leader of the Moroccan Berbers and became the patriarch of the Idrissid dynasty. Alas, Moulay Idriss only had a scant five years to enjoy his royal throne before he was poisoned on the orders of Baghdad. However, before he passed Moulay Idriss founded the imperial city of Fez and this most holy city which bears his name.
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