{"slug": "aghlabids", "label": "Aghlabids", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aghlabids", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 18, "years": 15, "span": [756, 911], "span_label": ["756 CE", "911 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 10}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "tunisia", "label": "Tunisia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "sicily", "label": "Sicily", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syracuse-sicily", "label": "Syracuse, Sicily", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "fatimid-caliphate", "label": "Fatimid Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ifriqiya", "label": "Ifriqiya", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "basil-i", "label": "Basil I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "strategos", "label": "Strategos", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-africa", "label": "North Africa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 756, "year_label": "756 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ibrahim I, Muslim emir of the Aghlabids (d. 812)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654675#Births", "title": "756", "revid": 1366654675, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 812, "year_label": "812 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Republic of Amalfi sends galleys to support the Byzantine general (strategos) of Sicily, Gregorio, against the Aghlabid invaders. It is one of the earliest evidences of the independence of the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345909676#Europe", "title": "812", "revid": 1345909676, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 812, "year_label": "812 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ibrahim I, Muslim emir of the Aghlabids (b. 756)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345909676#Deaths", "title": "812", "revid": 1345909676, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 830, "year_label": "830 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "The Ad-dimnah Hospital (bimaristan) is created in Kairouan (modern Tunisia), by the Aghlabid emir Ziyadat Allah I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359310799#North_Africa", "title": "830", "revid": 1359310799, "section": "Events › By place › North Africa"}}, {"year": 850, "year_label": "850 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – Ibrahim II, emir of the Aghlabids (d. 902)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129147#Births", "title": "850", "revid": 1341129147, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 868, "year_label": "868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Muslim Arab forces under Muhammad II, emir of the Aghlabid Dynasty (modern Tunisia), conquer the island of Malta and raid into the mainland of Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358169430#Africa", "title": "868", "revid": 1358169430, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 875, "year_label": "875 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad II, emir of the Aghlabids, dies and is succeeded by his brother Ibrahim II. Towards the end of his reign, a caravan of pilgrims from Mecca introduces the plague in Ifriqiya (Tunisia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352180718#Arabian_Empire", "title": "875", "revid": 1352180718, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 875, "year_label": "875 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad II, emir of the Aghlabids", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352180718#Deaths", "title": "875", "revid": 1352180718, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 877, "year_label": "877 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Siege of Syracuse: The Aghlabids begin raiding the Byzantine territories, in the east of the island of Sicily. They besiege Syracuse, and blockade the fortress city by sea and land.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071400#Europe", "title": "877", "revid": 1267071400, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – Siege of Syracuse: The Aghlabids capture the Byzantine fortress city of Syracuse, after a nine-month siege. Most of the population is massacred by the Arabs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Arabian_Empire", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 880, "year_label": "880 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Cephalonia: A Byzantine fleet, under Admiral Nasar, is sent by Emperor Basil I to the Ionian Islands. Nasar defeats the Aghlabids in a night battle near Cephalonia (modern Greece).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372561483#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "880", "revid": 1372561483, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 888, "year_label": "888 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Aghlabids issue decrees according to which Jews and Christians are to wear a patch (ruq'a) of white fabric on their shoulder of their outer garment, with the patch for Jews depicting an ape and that for the Christians depicting a pig.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347624107#Europe", "title": "AD 888", "revid": 1347624107, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 888, "year_label": "888 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Battle of Milazzo: The Aghlabids score a crushing victory over a Byzantine fleet off Sicily.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347624107#Europe", "title": "AD 888", "revid": 1347624107, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Abdallah, son of the Aghlabid emir Ibrahim II, represses a revolt of his Muslim subjects, and then initiates a campaign against the last Byzantine strongholds in Sicily.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Europe", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 901, "year_label": "901 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Abu Abbas Abdallah crosses the Strait of Messina and proceeds to Reggio Calabria. Appearing before its walls, the Byzantine garrison flees, surrendering the city to the Aghlabids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013381#Europe", "title": "901", "revid": 1345013381, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 902, "year_label": "902 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Kutama tribe under Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i revolt against the Aghlabids. He begins a campaign and dispatches an invitation to the Fatimid spiritual leader Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah to support him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130244#Arabian_Empire", "title": "902", "revid": 1341130244, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 909, "year_label": "909 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – The Fatimid Dynasty founded by Shiite Muslims in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) gains suzerainty over the Aghlabid Dynasty in North Africa. Emir Ziyadat Allah III escapes to the Near East, unable to secure any help from the Abbasid Caliphate to regain his emirate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367656270#Africa", "title": "909", "revid": 1367656270, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 911, "year_label": "911 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Fatimids begin the conquest of Sicily, over their Aghlabid archrivals. Fatimid Sicilian governor Ibn al-Khinzir raids the south Italian coast (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372066182#Europe", "title": "AD 911", "revid": 1372066182, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}