Aghlabids

Aghlabid dynasty
الأغالبة (Arabic)
Banū al-Aghlab
800–909
Maximal extent of Aghlabid authority[a]
Maximal extent of Aghlabid authority[a]
StatusVassal of the Abbasid Caliphate
CapitalKairouan, with royal court at:[1][2]
Common languagesArabic
Religion
Sunni Islam (Hanafi, Mu'tazila)
Government
Emir 
• 800–812
Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab ibn Salim
• 903–909
Abu Mudhar Ziyadat Allah III ibn Abdallah
History 
• Established
800
• Overthrown by the Fatimids
909
• Disestablished
909
CurrencyAghlabid Dinar[6]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Abbasid Caliphate
Fatimid Caliphate

The Aghlabids (Arabic: الأغالبة) were an Arab dynasty centered in Ifriqiya from 800 to 909 that conquered parts of Sicily, Southern Italy, and possibly Sardinia, nominally as vassals of the Abbasid Caliphate.[7] The Aghlabids were from the Najdi tribe of Banu Tamim and adhered to the Mu'tazilite rationalist doctrine within Hanafi Sunni Islam, which they imposed as the state doctrine of Ifriqiya.[8]: 57  They ruled until 909 when they were conquered by the new power of the Fatimids.


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  2. ^ Anderson, Glaire D.; Fenwick, Corisande; Rosser-Owen, Mariam, eds. (2018). "The Aghlabids and Their Neighbors: An Introduction". The Aghlabids and Their Neighbors: Art and Material Culture in Ninth-Century North Africa. Brill. p. 2. ISBN 978-90-04-35566-8.
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