Aghlabids
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An Arab dynasty of emirs from the Najdi tribe of Banu Tamim, who ruled Ifriqiya and parts of Southern Italy, nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph.
Establishment
January 801: The Aghlabids were an Arab dynasty of emirs from the Najdi tribe of Banu Tamim, who ruled Ifriqiya and parts of Southern Italy, nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph.
Chronology
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Was the invasion of the Byzantine-held island of Sicily by the Aghlabid emirate of Ifriqiya.
June 827: The allied fleets sailed from the Bay of Sousse, and after three days they reached Mazara in southwestern Sicily, where they landed.
November 827: Even so, Byzantine resistance in Sicily was fierce and not without success whilst the Arabs became quickly plagued by the cancer of the Caliphate- internal squabbles. That year, the Arabs were expelled from Sicily but they were to return.
June 828: The Castle of Mineo surrendered to the Aghlabids after three days of fight.
January 829: The Muslim army, led by the Emir of Sicily, Asad ibn al-Furat, successfully captured Agrigento.
December 829: The Arab garrison of Agrigento abandoned the city and retreated to Mazara.
October 831: In 831, Palermo fell to the Aghlabids.
January 832: The western third of Sicily (Val di Mazara) fell relatively quickly into Muslim hands.
January 837: The Muslim fleet, under al-Fadl ibn Yaqub, raided the Aeolian Islands and seized a number of forts on the northern coast of Sicily, most notably Tyndaris.
January 843: In 842, Messina fell to the Aghlabids, a dynasty of the Islamic Caliphate. Enna also fell in 859, further expanding the Aghlabid territory in Sicily.
January 846: The fortress of Modica fell to the Aghlabids.
January 847: Al-Fadl ibn Ja'far, a prominent military commander of the Aghlabid dynasty, captured Leontini.
January 858: Abbas ibn al-Fadl, a prominent military leader of the Aghlabid dynasty, successfully captured Cefalù in 857.
January 859: Then, in January 859, the Muslims scored a major success through the capture, with the aid of a Byzantine prisoner, of the hitherto impregnable Enna. Its fall, followed by its comprehensive sacking and the slaughter of its defenders on 24 January.
January 860: The fall of Enna reduced the Byzantines to the eastern coastal strip between Syracuse and Taormina.
April 864: In February/March 864, with the aid of a Byzantine renegade, the Muslims captured Noto and Scicli.
August 870: In 870 Muhammad sent a fleet from Sicily to the island, and the capital Melite fell.
May 878: The fall of the city of Syracuse in 878 was a significant event during the Arab-Byzantine wars. The city was captured by the Aghlabids, a dynasty of the Islamic Caliphate, led by Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya. Syracuse was an important Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, and its fall marked a major victory for the Aghlabids in their conquest of the island.
August 902: Taormina with the rest of Sicily conquered by Aghlabids.
January 847: In 846, the Arab raid in the outskirts of Rome was carried out by the Aghlabids, a dynasty ruling in North Africa.
February 847: End of the Arab raid against Rome.
March 909: Beginning in 902, the dā'ī Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i had openly challenged the Abbasids' representatives in the eastern Maghreb (Ifriqiya.), the Aghlabid dynasty. After a succession of victories, the last Aghlabid emir left the country, and the dā'ī's Kutama troops entered the palace city of Raqqada on 25 March 909. Abu Abdallah established a new, Shi'a regime.
Disestablishment
March 909: Beginning in 902, the dā'ī Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i had openly challenged the Abbasids' representatives in the eastern Maghreb (Ifriqiya.), the Aghlabid dynasty. After a succession of victories, the last Aghlabid emir left the country, and the dā'ī's Kutama troops entered the palace city of Raqqada on 25 March 909. Abu Abdallah established a new, Shi'a regime.
