Aghlabid dynasty
Aghlabid dynasty | |||||||||
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| 800–909 | |||||||||
Maximum extent of Aghlabid authority | |||||||||
| Status | Vassal of the Abbasid Caliphate | ||||||||
| Capital | Kairouan, with royal court at:
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| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Hanafi, Mu'tazila) | ||||||||
| Government |
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| 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 | ||||||||
| Currency | Aghlabid Dinar | ||||||||
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The Aghlabid dynasty (Arabic: الأغالبة) was an Arab dynasty centered in Ifriqiya (roughly present-day Tunisia) from 800 to 909 that conquered parts of Sicily, Southern Italy, and possibly Sardinia, nominally as vassals of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Aghlabids were from the 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.: 57 They ruled until 909 when they were conquered by the new power of the Fatimids.