| Ifriqiya and Sicily |
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| 647 |
Arab knights reached Ifriqiya (Tunisia). |
| 670 |
Annexation of Ifriqiya.
The city of Kairouan was founded. |
| 682 |
The Arabs were defeated in Biskra. |
| 698 |
Expedition of Carthage by the Umayyads. |
| 702 |
Defeat of Al-Kahina,
Berber resistance ended. |
| 745 |
The Kharijites in Kairouan. |
| 800 - 812 |
Ibrahim Ibn al-Aghlab established the state of the Aghlabids and declared independence from the Abbasids in Baghdad. |
| 817 - 838 |
Ziyadat Allah I, Aghlabid's Emir in Ifriqiya. |
| 827 |
The Aghlabids conquered Sicily. |
| 909 - 934 |
Al-Mahdi (UbaidAllah) spread the Fatimid doctrine (Shiism). |
| 910 |
Fatimid Caliphs expanded their Dynasty to include Ifriqiya. |
| 953 - 975 |
The Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz transferred the capital from Kairouan to Cairo. |
| 972 - 973 |
Debilitation of the Fatimid dynasty. |
