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Fatimid Control of Ifriqiya (1010s)

Type Event Region North Africa Time 1011–1020

In the early 11th century, the Fatimid Shi'a Caliphate consolidated its rule over Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia and eastern Algeria) through the Zirid emi…

Timeline

  1. 1011–1020Kairouan · IfriqiyaZirid emir Mu'izz ibn Badis governed the core of Ifriqiya in the name of the Fatimid caliph, combining Shi'a suzerainty symbols with a local administrative network.
  2. 1015–1020Ifriqiya · MaghrebThe Fatimids constrained the Zirids through the suzerain-vassal system while using Berber tribal alliances to counterbalance western Maghrawa forces, consolidating control over North African coastal and inland trade routes.

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