Kingdom of Africa
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Were the possessions of the Kingdom of Sicily in northern Africa.
Establishment
January 1136: Roger II of Sicily expanded his domains by taking Djerba in 1135.
Chronology
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The King of Sicily Roger II conquered large amounts of territories in North Africa in a series of military campaigns.
January 1147: Several of the minor emirs in the vicinity of Tripoli sought Sicilian overlordship after the fall of Tunis.
January 1147: In 1146 the Normans besieged and took Tunis.
June 1148: The Sicilians reached Mahdia on 22 June.
July 1148: The city of Sousse, ruled by al-Hasan's son ‘Ali, surrendered to the Sicilians without a fight.
July 1148: On 12 July Sfax fell to Norman-Sicilian forces after a short resistance.
January 1149: Between 1146 and 1148 the Normans of Sicily conquered all the coastal towns of ifriquiya.
January 1149: Tunis under the Siculo-Norman Kingdom.
January 1153: In 1152, a fleet under Philip of Mahdia was sent to conquer Bône.
Were the conquests of Abd al-Mu'min, founder of the Moroccan Almohad Caliphate.
2.1.Almohad conquest of Norman Africa
Was the invasion of Norman Africa by the Almohads, which put an end to the presence of the Normans in the region.
January 1159: In 1158, the Almohad Caliphate conquered all of Norman Africa except for Mahdia.
August 1159: Mahdia was under Almohad siege from late in the summer of 1159.
February 1160: In January 1160 the last Sicilian stronghold in Africa, Mahdia, was breached by the Almohads and ʿAbd al-Muʾmin gave its remaining Christians and Jews the option of Islam or death.
Disestablishment
February 1160: In January 1160 the last Sicilian stronghold in Africa, Mahdia, was breached by the Almohads and ʿAbd al-Muʾmin gave its remaining Christians and Jews the option of Islam or death.
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