Aghlabids

The Aghlabids (Arabic: الأغالبة) were an Arab dynasty centered in Ifriqiya 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 Najdi 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.

Aghlabid dynasty
الأغالبة (Arabic)
Banū al-Aghlab
800–909
Maximal extent of Aghlabid authority
StatusVassal of the Abbasid Caliphate
CapitalKairouan, with royal court at:
Common languagesArabic
Religion
Sunni Islam (Hanafi, Mu'tazila)
Government
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
CurrencyAghlabid Dinar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Abbasid Caliphate
Fatimid Caliphate
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