State
Muslim Sicily
history of Islam in medieval Sicily (827-1091)
- This boundary
- 831–1072 CE
- Founded
- 831 CE
- Ended
- 1072
- Capital
- Palermo
- Government
- monarchy
- Languages
- Siculo-Arabic
- Preceded by
- Sicily Theme
- Succeeded by
- County of Sicily
Overview
The island of Sicily (Arabic: صِقِلِّيَة, romanized: Ṣiqilliya) was under Islamic rule from the late ninth to the late eleventh centuries. It became a prosperous and influential commercial power in the Mediterranean, with its capital of Palermo (بَلَرْم, Balarm) serving as a major cultural and political center of the Muslim world.
Records (10)
- 859 CE — Battle of SyracuseBattle
- 952 CE — Battle of GeraceBattle
- 982 CE — Battle of StiloBattle
- 1038 — Capture of MessinaBattle
- 1038 — Battle of RomettaBattle
- 1038–1040 — Campaign for SyracuseCampaign
- 1040 — Battle of DranginaiBattle
- 1061 — Battle of MessinaBattle · Normans ▸ Muslim Sicily
- 1063 — Battle of CeramiBattle
- 1068 — Battle of MisilmeriBattle · Normans ▸ Sicilian Arabs
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