{"slug": "fez-morocco", "label": "Fez, Morocco", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez%2C_Morocco", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80985", "qid": "Q80985", "description": "city in Morocco", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [921, 1576], "span_label": ["921 CE", "1576 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "fatimid-caliphate", "label": "Fatimid Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "almohad-caliphate", "label": "Almohad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hangzhou", "label": "Hangzhou", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zirid-dynasty", "label": "Zirid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maghreb", "label": "Maghreb", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jawhar-general", "label": "Jawhar (general)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tlemcen", "label": "Tlemcen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "idrisid-dynasty", "label": "Idrisid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ibn-battuta", "label": "Ibn Battuta", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 921, "year_label": "921 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Fatimid Caliphate crushes Idrisid forces in battle, capturing the cities of Tlemcen and Fez.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509617#Africa", "title": "921", "revid": 1341509617, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 967, "year_label": "967 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Fatimid general Jawhar al-Siqilli launches a military campaign in the west of the Maghreb. He resumes his expansion, together with the Zirids, and conquers Fez (modern-day Morocco).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919490#Arabian_Empire", "title": "967", "revid": 1364919490, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1180, "year_label": "1180 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hangzhou, the capital of the Southern Song dynasty in China, becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing Fez in the Almohad Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649234#Demography", "title": "1180", "revid": 1368649234, "section": "Events › By topic › Demography"}}, {"year": 1291, "year_label": "1291 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – A combined Genoese-Sevillian fleet led by Admiral Benedetto Zaccaria wins a victory over 27 Marinid galleys at Alcácer Seguir –12 galleys are taken and the rest put to flight. The following day, Benedetto drags the captured vessels along the coast in view of Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr, Marinid ruler of Morocco, who, \"defeated and dishonored\", withdraws his fleet to Fez.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363454369#Europe", "title": "1291", "revid": 1363454369, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1309, "year_label": "1309 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April", "text": "April – After his ascent to the throne, the Emir Nasr ad-Din Muhammad of Granada sends envoys to the Marinid court at Fez, in Morocco.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359759809#April_–_June", "title": "1309", "revid": 1359759809, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1349, "year_label": "1349 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Ibn Battuta arrives in Fez, Morocco.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373507442#January–December", "title": "1349", "revid": 1373507442, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1472, "year_label": "1472 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Kingdom of Fez ruling the modern nation of Morocco, is founded by the Wattasid dynasty with Sultan Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya as its first ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251690#Undated", "title": "1472", "revid": 1365251690, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – The city of Fez, part of the Saadi Sultanate in modern-day Morocco is captured by Ottoman forces led by Abd al-Malik, in an attempt to overthrow the Sultan Muhammed al-Mutawakkil and to make the Sultanate a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#January–March", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}