The collapse of Muslim Sicily after Abu Zakariya's death
انهيار مسلمي صقلية بعد هلاك أبي زكريا
1249 CE · 647 AH
When word of Sultan Abu Zakariya's death in 647 AH reached Sicily — whose Muslims of Palermo had a compact to share town and suburbs with the island's lord — the Christians fell upon them; they fled to strongholds, were besieged until they surrendered, ferried across the strait and settled on the facing coast, and then the lord of Sicily passed to Malta and expelled its Muslims too.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Review
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In time
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موجز
ما جرى
بادر النصارى إلى الإيقاع بهم، فلجأ المسلمون إلى الحصون والأوعار. حاصرهم صاحب صقلية حتى نزلوا، ثم أجازهم البحر إلى الساحل المقابل وأنزلهم ببلدة وجّارة. وبعد ذلك انتقل إلى مالطة فأخرج منها المسلمين. 1
التاريخ مشتق من الهجري ومرتبط بوفاة أبي زكريا، ويحتاج إلى مصدر ثانٍ.
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi
People and things also explored
Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads· Sultan Abu Ishaq al-Hafsi· al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi· Hafsid dynasty· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The collapse of Muslim Sicily after Abu Zakariya's death”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/muslim-sicily-collapse-647/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.