Fatimid Westward Expansion

Name: Fatimid Westward Expansion
Start: 973
End: 1016

Type Event Region North Africa Time 973–1016

In the early 11th century, after moving the capital to Cairo, the Fatimid Caliphate continued to project power westward into the western Maghreb and …

Timeline

973–1000Cairo to Ifriqiya · North AfricaAfter Fatimid caliph al-Mu'izz moved the capital to Cairo, he appointed Buluqkin ibn Zirid and his successors as governors of the Maghreb, with Kairouan as the center of the vassal regime, continuing suzerainty over North Africa and the Ismaili da'wa network.
1002–1010Tripoli · LibyaDuring Badi's reign, the Zirid dynasty and Fatimid authorities repeatedly contested Tripolitania, resisting the Zenata tribes while also having to contend with direct Fatimid military intervention, reflecting the tension between the suzerain's westward expansion and vassal autonomy.

Sources

Fatimid Caliphate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimid_Caliphate
Bādīs https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EIEO/SIM-0996.xml
Zirid conquest of the western Maghreb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirid_conquest_of_the_western_Maghreb