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Aghlabid dynasty
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Aghlabid dynasty

(800–909) Arab Muslim dynasty that ruled Ifriqiyyah (Tunisia and eastern Algeria) through a succession of 11 emirs. Nominally subject to the 'Abbasid dynasty, they in fact were independent. High points of Aghlabid rule included the conquest of Sicily (827–829), the flowering of their capital city, Kairouan (9th century), and naval control of the central Mediterranean Sea. Public works included a system for conserving and distributing water.



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Mahdia This coastal town gets its name from 'Ubayd Allah, the self-styled Mahdi (literally "the rightly guided one") who in 909 AD overthrew the Aghlabids and founded the Fatimid dynasty with its capital at Mahdia.
 
 
 
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