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Fez: History, Former Names & Timeline

Ancient city founded by the Idrisids; its al-Qarawiyyin is often called the oldest still-operating university in the world.

Map showing Fez in 1200Fez
Border map for 1200. See Europe in 1200.

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Former names of Fez

FromNameNote
AD 789Fès

Timeline of Fez

YearEvent
AD 789Idris I founds the city
AD 859Fatima al-Fihri founds the al-Qarawiyyin mosque
1250The Marinids make Fez their capital
1912The Treaty of Fez makes Morocco a French protectorate

Who ruled Fez

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–201 BCCarthaginian Empire
200 BC–2 BCMauretania
1 BC–299Roman Empire
300–399Rome (Maximian)
400–499Western Roman Empire
500–699Unclaimed / no data
700–799Mauri
800–999Idrisid Caliphate
1000–1099Caliphate of Córdoba
1100–1199Almoravid dynasty
1200–1299Almohad Caliphate
1300–1491Morocco
1492–1599Wattasid Caliphate
1600–1649Wattasid Morocco
1650–1937Morocco
1938–1944Morocco (France)
1945–todayMorocco

Famous people of Fez

LivedPerson
1138 – 1204MaimonidesJewish philosopher and physician
1304 – 1369Ibn BattutaTraveller
1332 – 1406Ibn KhaldunHistorian

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