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Name: Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

Type: Event

Start: 648 AD

End: 710 AD

Parent: Early Muslim conquests

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Was the Muslim conquest of Maghreb by the Rashidun and later Umayyad Caliphate.

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  • January 709: The Christian Berber kingdoms were conquered by the Umayyads.
  • January 709: Kingdom of Cabaon conquered by the Arabs.
  • January 710: By 709, all of North Africa was under the control of the Umayyad Caliphate.

  • 1. First Muslim Invasion of the Maghreb


    Was the Muslim conquest of Tripolitania.

  • January 648: The Caliphate took Tripolitania.

  • 2. Second Muslim invasion of Maghreb


    Was the Muslim conquest of territories in Tunisia.

  • January 689: Battle of Mammes (688): Capture of Kairouan by Umayyad forces.
  • January 684: Battle of Tahouda: Expulsion of the Umayyads from present-day Tunisia.
  • January 671: In 670 the city of Kairouan (Tunisia) was established by the Umayyad Caliphate.
  • January 684: Battle of Tahouda: Capture of Kairouan by Koceïla.

  • 3. Third Muslim Invasion of the Maghreb


    Was the Muslim conquest of territories in Tunisia.

  • January 701: General Hasan ibn al-Nu'man advanced in the Maghreb, his armies taking the city of Icosium in 700.
  • January 698: Emperor Leontius sent the navy under the command of John the Patrician and the droungarios Tiberius Apsimarus. They entered the harbor and successfully recaptured it in a stunning surprise attack in 697.
  • January 696: In 695, the Umayyad Caliphate conquered Carthage.
  • January 699: Battle of Carthage (698).
  • January 699: Battle of Wadi Nini: Expulsion of the Umayyads from Cyrenaica.
  • January 704: Battle of Tabarka.

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