دخول أبي عبد الله الشيعي رقادة وانهيار دولة الأغالبة

دخول أبي عبد الله الشيعي رقادة وانهيار دولة الأغالبة

c. April 909 CE · Rajab 296 AH

In Rajab 296 Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i broke Ibrahim b. Abi'l-Aghlab's army, sent Ziyadat Allah fleeing to Egypt and entered Raqqada, quartering Kutama in its palaces and calling the aman — the Aghlabid state's end 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Maghreb
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900910920 c.
Abbasid Fragmentation

Overview

In Rajab 296 AH Abu Abd Allah al-Shi'i defeated the army of Ibrahim ibn Abi al-Aghlab. Ziyadat Allah fled to Egypt, and al-Shi'i entered Raqqada. With this, the rule of the Aghlabids came to an end. 2

Entering Raqqada

He stayed in its palaces and distributed its houses among the Kutama. He proclaimed safety, and gathered the wealth and weapons of Ziyadat Allah and ordered them guarded. 2

Before Raqqada

He had besieged Constantine and taken it on terms of safe conduct. He took the country palace by palace: Bulzima by force, then Tabna on terms of safe conduct, then Baghaya, Marmajanna, Tifash and al-Qasrayn. 2

The date of the event in the Gregorian calendar is converted. 3

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أبو عبد الله الشيعي· زيادة الله بن الأغلب

People and things also explored

ظهور أبي عبد الله الشيعي بالمغرب· نهاية الدولة الأغلبية وهرب زيادة الله· غلبة المهدي العبيدي على المغرب وخروجه من أمر بني العباس· أبو عبد الله الشيعي· زيادة الله بن الأغلب

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p. 803-804
  2. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.803-804
  3. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.803
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ظهور أبي عبد الله الشيعي بالمغرب

In 288 Abu Abd Allah al-Shi'i appeared in the Maghreb calling the tribe of Kutama to the Imam al-Mahdi — they answered: the first emergence of the Ubaydids who became kings of Egypt.