Skifa Kahla, ancient gate to the city

Marine cemetery in Mahdia

Mahdia, Arabic: المهدية (al-Mahdiya), is a Tunisian coastal city with 37,000 inhabitants, south of Monastir and southeast of Sousse. Image File history File linksMetadata Skifa_mahdia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Skifa_mahdia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x800, 357 KB) Titre : Mahdia - Mahdia Description : Cimetière marin de Mahdia, Tunisie - Marine cemetery in Mahdia, Tunisia Date : Juin 2001 - 2001, June Auteur : Xavier Malafosse - Utilisateur:Simio - User:Simio Licence : File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x800, 357 KB) Titre : Mahdia - Mahdia Description : Cimetière marin de Mahdia, Tunisie - Marine cemetery in Mahdia, Tunisia Date : Juin 2001 - 2001, June Auteur : Xavier Malafosse - Utilisateur:Simio - User:Simio Licence : File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link... The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... The Ribat in Monastir. ... View from the Abou Nawas Hotel over to the main beach in Sousse (Bou Jaafar) The Grand Mosque of Sousse, Tunisia, as seen from the tower of the Ribat The Ribat of Sousse Sousse (Arabic سوسة Susa), is a city of Tunisia. ...

Mahdia is a provincial centre north of Sfax. It has an important fishing harbour and associated fish-processing industry. It is the capital of Mahdia Governorate. Sfax, Looking across the Place de la Republique towards the Town Hall. ... Mahdia Governorate Mahdia Governorate (Arabic: ‎) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. ...

History

A city already existed at this site during the time of the Phoenicians and Romans, but was destroyed during the Arab conquest of North Africa. Mahdia was founded by the Fatimids under the Caliph Abdallah al-Mahdi in 921 and named after their self-proclaimed Mahdi. It was made the capital city of Ifriqiya. In 1087 the town was attacked by raiding ships from Genoa and Pisa. The Zirids had their residence here in the 11th century, until this role was taken over by Tunis in the 13th century during the Hafsid Dynasty. Some buildings still exist from the 10th and 11th centuries, such as the Great Mosque and the Casbah, which have helped make the city an important tourist attraction. Phoenician sarcophagus found in Cadiz, Spain; now in Archaeological Museum of Cádiz. ... The Roman Empire is the name given to both the imperial domain developed by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب) are a heterogeneous ethnic group who are predominantly speakers of the Arabic language, mainly found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent. ... The Fatimid Empire or Fatimid Caliphate ruled North Africa from A.D. 909 to 1171. ... Caliph is the title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ... Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah a. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In medieval history, Ifriqiya or Ifriqiyah (Arabic: إفريقية) was the area comprising the coastal regions of what are today western Libya, Tunisia, and eastern Algeria. ... The Mahdia campaign of 1087 A.D. was an attack on the North African town of Mahdia by armed ships from Genoa and Pisa in northern Italy. ... The Ancient Port of Genoa. ... Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... The Zirids were a Berber dynasty, originating in Petite Kabylie among the Kutama tribe, that ruled Ifriqiya (roughly, modern Tunisia), initially on behalf of the Fatimids, for about two centuries, until weakened by the Banu Hilal and finally destroyed by the Almohads. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya (1229-1574) Significant Rulers: Abu Zakariyya Yahya I. (1229-1249) Muhammad I. al-Mustansir (1249-1277) Yahya II. al-Watiq (1277-1279) Ibrahim I. (1279-1283) Ibn Abi Umara (1283-1284) Abu Hafs Umar I. (1284-1295) Abu Bakr II. (1318-1346) Ishaq II. (1350-1369... The Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as it exists today A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... The Casbah (French) or more correctly Qasbah (from Arabic qasbah, قصبة, citadel) is specifically the citadel of Algiers and the traditional quarter clustered round it. ...

See also

• Mahdia shipwreck

The shipwreck of Mahdia was found off the coast of Tunisia in 1907. ...

External links

• http://www.tourismtunisia.com/togo/mahdia/mahdia.html (engl.)
• Lexicorient
• Mahdia travel guide

Coordinates: 35°30′N 11°04′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...