استيلاء رجار صاحب صقلية على المهدية
استيلاء رجار صاحب صقلية على المهدية
c. 1148 CE · 543 AH
In 543 Roger of Sicily's fleet under George of Antioch took Mahdiyya and the whole littoral, imposing the jarī levy and his governors over the towns until the Almohad Abd al-Mu'min recovered them in 555 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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In time
Summary
In 543 AH the fleets of Roger, king of Sicily (Roger), landed at al-Mahdiyya, and he seized the coastal lands. 2
Ibn Khaldun's account
The fleets came in three hundred ships, commanded by George son of Michael of Antioch, with a thousand horsemen. Roger imposed a poll tax on the people of the coast, and they remained under his rule until Abd al-Mu'min, sheikh of the Muwahhidun, rescued them in 555 AH. 2
Ibn Khaldun also notes that Roger kept the people of the African coasts he held under his authority, and returned those who fled to their places. 2
The account of Shadharat al-Dhahab
In Ibn al-Imad, the famine in Ifriqiya in 543 AH was severe, and the king of Sicily seized the opportunity and advanced with two hundred and fifty ships. The ruler of al-Mahdiyya, al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Zirid, fled from him, and he took the city without a fight. The Franks came to hold the lands between Tripoli of the Maghrib and near Tunis. 3
The two accounts differ on the number of ships.
Connections
- Had participant
- رجار صاحب صقلية· جرجي بن ميخائيل الأنطاكي· الحسن بن علي آخر ملوك آل باديس
- Occurred at
- المهدية
People and things also explored
حصار أبي يزيد للمهدية· ثورة طرابلس على النصارى وإحراقهم· الحسن بن علي آخر ملوك آل باديس· جرجي بن ميخائيل الأنطاكي· رجار صاحب صقلية· المهدية
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p. 1636
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.1636
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.614-615
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islam.museum contributors. “استيلاء رجار صاحب صقلية على المهدية”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/norman-capture-mahdiyya-543/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.