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The Aghlabid dynasty of emirs ruled Ifriqiya (northern Africa), nominally on behalf of the AbbasidCaliph, for about a century, until overthrown by the new power of the Fatimids.
The Aghlabid dynasty of emirs, members of the Arab tribe of Bani Tamim, ruled Ifriqiya (northern Africa), nominally on behalf of the AbbasidCaliph, for about a century, until overthrown by the new power of the Fatimids.
Gradually the Aghlabids lost control of the Arab forces in Sicily and a new dynasty, the Kalbids, emerged there.
It is possible to see an account of the Aghlabid invasion of Sicily from 827 in al-Nuwayri's book Kitab nihayat l'adab (the book of the ultimate goal in the art of humanities), his work is highly gobbetable.
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