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    Ifriqiya (Arabic: إفريقية, lit. 'Africa' Ifrīqya), also known as al-Maghrib al-Adna (Arabic: المغرب الأدنى) or Oriental Berberia, was a medieval historical...
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    The Aghlabid dynasty (Arabic: الأغالبة) was an Arab dynasty centered in Ifriqiya from 800 to 909 that conquered parts of Sicily, Southern Italy, and possibly...
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    Hafsid dynasty (category 13th century in Ifriqiya)
    الحفصيون al-Ḥafṣiyūn) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descent who ruled Ifriqiya (modern day Tunisia, western Libya, and eastern Algeria) from 1229 to 1574...
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    what is now Algeria which ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya (eastern Maghreb) from 972 to 1148. Descendants of Ziri ibn Manad, a military...
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  • By the time the 12th century arrived, the Zirid dynasty's control over Ifriqiya had noticeably weakened. This allowed the Normans of Sicily to expand their...
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  • Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP), officially Wilāyat Garb Ifrīqīyā (Arabic: ولاية غرب إفريقيا‎), meaning "West African Province", is a militant...
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    أبو اسحاق ابراهيم الثاني) (27 June 850 – 23 October 902) was the Emir of Ifriqiya. He ruled from 875 until his abdication in 902. After the demise of his...
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  • العباس عبد الله, Abū l-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh; died 27 July 903) was the Emir of Ifriqiya from 902 to 903. Mounting reports of the cruel atrocities of his father...
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  • عبد الله الأول بن إبراهيم الأول الأغلبي) was the second Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya, ruling from October/November 812 to his death on 25 June 817. He was known...
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  • The Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya (Arabic: الغزو الهلالي لإفريقية) was a migration of Arab tribes of Banu Hilal to Ifriqiya. It was organised by the Fatimids...
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    (amir) of Ifriqiya from 817 until his death in 838. His reign marked a shift towards greater control and stability for the emirs in Ifriqiya. Despite being...
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    Fatimid Caliphate (category 10th century in Ifriqiya)
    Originating during the Abbasid Caliphate, the Fatimids initially conquered Ifriqiya (roughly present-day Tunisia). They extended their rule across the Mediterranean...
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  • Emirate of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid Ifriqiya within modern Tunisia, Algeria, Sicily, Morocco, and Libya 800–909 Emirate of Tunis, Hafsid Ifriqiya within modern...
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  • conquest, the al-Fihris were probably the leading aristocratic Arab family of Ifriqiya and Al-Andalus in the first half of the 8th century. They produced several...
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    The Abbasid conquest of Ifriqiya was an armed campaign in 761 against Kharijite Ibadites in Ifriqiya (present-day Tunisia, eastern Algeria and Tripolitania)...
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  • Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya, Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya Abu Yahya Abu Bakr ash-Shahid, Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya and a martyr Abu Zakariya Yahya, founder and...
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  • Ifriqiya from 902 to 909 and the overthrowing of the Aghlabid dynasty. This ultimately led to the establishment of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya under...
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  • Hassan ibn al-Nu'man (category Umayyad governors of Ifriqiya)
    general of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the final Muslim conquest of Ifriqiya, firmly establishing Islamic rule in the region. Appointed by Caliph Abd...
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    Ibrahim as emir and hereditary ruler of Ifriqiya. Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab founded the Aghlabid dynasty which ruled Ifriqiya between 800 and 909. The new emirs...
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    larger empire, Morocco was initially organised as a subsidiary province of Ifriqiya, with the local governors appointed by the Muslim governor in Kairouan...
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  • governor of Ifriqiya (North Africa) under the Umayyad Caliphate Ismail ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Muhajir (fl. 718–720), governor of Ifriqiya (North Africa)...
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  • attempt to usurp his father in 879. After a failed attempt to take over Ifriqiya, he was imprisoned in Egypt and executed shortly after the succession of...
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    In May 1366 Abu'l Abbas took Béjaïa from him, thereby uniting western Ifriqiya under a single ruler once again. On the death of Abu Ishaq Ibrahim in Tunis...
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    in fiasco. In North Africa he extended his rule over Tlemcen and Hafsid Ifriqiya, which together covered the north of what is now Algeria and Tunisia. Under...
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  • key role in the early Muslim conquests of Egypt, Barqa (Cyrenaica) and Ifriqiya. When the latter province fell to a Byzantine–Berber alliance in 682, Zuhayr...
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  • dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia) Muhammad II of Ifriqiya (d. 875), eighth Emir of Ifriqiya from Aghlabid house (864–875) Mehmed II of Kerman, see...
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    Malikization of the Maghreb (category 11th century in Ifriqiya)
    to develop in the region. Although the majority of the inhabitants of Ifriqiya adhered to Sunni Islam, opposition to the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates...
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    of indirect rule that Abd al-Aziz, son of Musa the Umayyad governor of Ifriqiya, installed over "a Visigothic potentate named Theodemir (Tudmir, in Arabic)"...
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    in Spain in 755, the Idrisids in Morocco in 788, and the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) in 800. Besides, unrest flared up in Yemen, and the Kharijites...
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  • The Kawkab al-durriya li-akhbār Ifrīqiya is an Arabic chronicle of the stretch of the east African coast known as Zanj. It was written in 1913 by Fāḍil...
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