Idris II seeks Abbasid investiture in Marrakesh in the Almohad late period

Timeline

1. 1227–1228Marrakesh · MoroccoIdris al-Mamun took power after his brother Abd al-Wahid was killed, ruling from Marrakesh and purging the court and army. Long wars and factional strife had exhausted the empire, and Ifriqiya and Andalusian territories grew increasingly restive.
2. 1229Marrakesh · MoroccoTo gain religious orthodoxy and political legitimacy, Idris al-Mamun sent envoys to Baghdad requesting investiture from Abbasid caliph al-Nasir, publicly adjusting certain Almohad doctrinal positions and relaxing restrictions on the Maliki school and Sunni customs, provoking a conservative backlash in Morocco.
3. 1229–1232Western Maghreb · MaghrebIn 1229 the Hafsid dynasty in Tunis declared independence, and governors across Andalusia and Morocco each went their own way. Though Idris al-Mamun received nominal Abbasid recognition, he could not recover lost territory; the Almohad caliphate became a shell in the western Maghreb, paving the way for the rise of the Marinids and others.