Idriss al-Amraoui

Idriss ibn Muhammad ibn al-Amraoui (Arabic: إدريس بن محمد بن العمراوي), son of the poet Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi was a Moroccan emissary who, in the service of sultan Mohammed IV (1859–1873), visited Paris in 1860 and Spain in 1861.^[1] His arrival in France coincided with the death of Napoleon III. He wrote a rihla of that journey called Tuhfat almalik al-aziz bi-mamlakat Bariz. He gives a detailed description of his impressions.^[2] Beside prose works Al-Amraoui has also left an important diwan.

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Le paradis des femmes et l'enfer des chevaux : La France de 1860 vue par l'émissaire du Sultan, La Tour d’Aigues: L'Aube, 2002 ISBN 978-2-7526-0207-7

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