{"slug": "djerba", "label": "Djerba", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djerba", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188938", "qid": "Q188938", "description": "island in Tunisia", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1116, 1560], "span_label": ["1116 CE", "1560 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Jerba"], "related": [{"slug": "tunisia", "label": "Tunisia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ifriqiya", "label": "Ifriqiya", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-sicily", "label": "Kingdom of Sicily", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roger-ii-of-sicily", "label": "Roger II of Sicily", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crown-of-aragon", "label": "Crown of Aragon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alfonso-v-of-aragon", "label": "Alfonso V of Aragon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zirid-dynasty", "label": "Zirid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "peter-iii-of-aragon", "label": "Peter III of Aragon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1116, "year_label": "1116 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya, Ali ibn Yahya, conquers the island of Jerba, then acting as an independent piratical republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362168627#Africa", "title": "1116", "revid": 1362168627, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1135, "year_label": "1135 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Summer – A Sicilian expeditionary force led by Roger II embarks from Messina and takes the island of Djerba (modern Tunisia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184463#North_Africa", "title": "1135", "revid": 1369184463, "section": "Events › By place › North Africa"}}, {"year": 1153, "year_label": "1153 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "King Roger II sends a Sicilian expedition under Admiral Philip of Mahdia to conquer Ifriqiya. With the support of Muslim troops, the Siculo-Normans suppress a rebellion on Djerba and invade the Kerkennah Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184506#Africa", "title": "1153", "revid": 1369184506, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1284, "year_label": "1284 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Peter III of Aragon takes advantage of the weakness of the Hafsid dynasty and raids the island of Djerba. Aragonese forces massacre the population and occupy the island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370723758#Africa", "title": "1284", "revid": 1370723758, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1432, "year_label": "1432 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – With 132 ships, the navy of Spain's Crown of Aragon, dispatched by King Alfonso V, lands in North Africa at the island of Djerba off of the coast of Tunisia and begins a siege. The Caliph of Ifriqiya, Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II, attempts to defend the island. but the Aragonese take control of Djerba by September 9.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998124#July–September", "title": "1432", "revid": 1361998124, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 – A Spanish-led expedition, commanded by Juan de la Cerda, 4th Duke of Medinaceli, overruns the Tunisian island of Djerba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359957428#January–March", "title": "1560", "revid": 1359957428, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}