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whose culture was under threat". Also, Muslims gradually converted to Christianity, the Normans replaced Orthodox clergy with Latin clerics. Despite the presence of an Arab-speaking Christian population, Greek churchmen attracted Muslim peasants to receive a baptism and even adopted Greek Christian names; in several instances, Christian serfs with Greek names listed in the Monreale registers had living Muslim parents. The Norman rulers followed a policy of steady Latinization by bringing in thousands of Italian settlers from the northwest and south of Italy, and some others from southeast France. To this day, there are communities in central Sicily which speak the Gallo-Italic dialect. Some Muslims chose to feign conversion, but such a remedy could only provide individual protection and could not sustain a community.
2703: 485: 2401:-allied Ibn Thumna attacked Ibn al-Hawwàs only to be defeated. When he left Sicily to recruit more troops, this briefly left Ibn al-Hawwàs in control of most of the island. In waging his war on his rivals, Ibn Thumna had collaborated closely with the Normans, each using the other to further their goal of ruling the entire island, and though Ibn Thumna's death in a 1062 ambush led the Normans to draw back and consolidate, Ibn Thumna's former allies appear to have continued the alliance, such that Muslim troops constituted the majority of the Hauteville "Norman" army in Sicily. 2330: 513: 2566:). Under Arab rule there were different categories of Jizya payers, but their common denominator was the payment of the Jizya as a mark of subjection to Muslim rule in exchange for protection against foreign and internal aggression. The conquered population could avoid this subservient status by converting to Islam. About half the population was Muslim at the time of the Norman Conquest. The co-existence with the conquered population fell apart after the reconquest of Sicily starting in the 1160s and particularly following the death of King 2638: 2449: 553: 2634:), following the rules of Islamic law. However, this rule was not always respected and in many areas such as that of Agrigento the new owners would not have had the right. But it must be said that this distribution of the lands brought about the end of the large estates and the possibility of better exploitation of the lands. New crops were thus introduced where only wheat had been grown for centuries. Sugarcane, vegetables, citrus fruits, dates and mulberry trees appeared and mining exploitation began. 2424:
Calabria shortly after. However, Roger besieged Syracuse in 1086, and Ibn Abbad tried to break the siege with naval battle, in which he died accidentally. Syracuse surrendered after this defeat. His wife and son fled to Noto and Butera. Meanwhile, the city of Qas'r Ianni (Castrogiovanni, modern Enna) was ruled by a Hammud, who surrendered and converted to Christianity only in 1087. After his conversion, Hammud subsequently became part of the Christian nobility and retired with his family to an estate in
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At the end of the twelfth century ... While in Apulia Greeks were in a majority–and indeed present in any numbers at all–only in the Salento peninsula in the extreme south, at the time of the conquest they had an overwhelming preponderance in Lucaina and central and southern Calabria, as well as
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troops. The Iberian Muslims defeated the Byzantine commander Teodotus between July and August of that year, but again a plague forced them to return to Mazara and later Ifriqiya. However, Ifriqiyan units sent to besiege the Sicilian capital of Palermo managed to capture it after a year-long siege in
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against Muslims started in the 1160s. Muslim and Christian communities in Sicily became increasingly geographically separated. Though likely still a majority, the island's Muslim communities were mainly isolated beyond an internal frontier that divided the south and western half of the island from
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Until the arrival of the Arabs, the most widely spoken language in Sicily was a medieval dialect of Greek. Under the Arabs, Sicily became a polyglot community; some localities were more Greek-speaking while others were predominantly Arabic-speaking." pages 141-142 "Mosques were constructed, often
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However, the island's Muslims were faced with the choice of voluntary departure or subjection to Christian rule. Many Muslims chose to leave, provided they had the means to do so. "The transformation of Sicily into a Christian island", remarks Abulafia, "was also, paradoxically, the work of those
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The local population conquered by the Muslims were Greek-speaking and Latin-speaking Byzantine Christians, but there were also a significant number of Jews. The Orthodox and Catholic populations were members of one Church until the events of 1054 began to separate them, the sack of 1204 being the
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The capital is endowed with two gifts, splendor and wealth. It contains all the real and imagined beauty that anyone could wish. Splendor and grace adorn the piazzas and the countryside; the streets and highways are wide, and the eye is dazzled by the beauty of its situation. It is a city full of
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declared a crusade against Markward, alleging that he had made an unholy alliance with the Saracens of Sicily. Nevertheless, in 1206 Innocent III had attempted to convince Muslim leaders to remain loyal. By this time, the Muslim rebellion was in full swing. They were in control of Jato, Entella,
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The loss of the main port cities dealt a severe blow to Muslim power on the island. The last pocket of active resistance was Syracuse governed by Ibn Abbad (known as Benavert in western chronicles). He defeated Jordan, son of Roger of Sicily in 1075, and occupied Catania again in 1081 and raided
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Throughout this period, Sunni Muslims formed the majority of the Muslim community in Sicily, with most (if not all) of the people of Palermo being Sunni, leading to their hostility to the Shia Kalbids. The Sunni population of the island was replenished following sectarian rebellions across north
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that combined elements of its Islamic Arab and Berber migrants with those of the local Latin, Greek, and Jewish communities. Lucrative new crops were introduced, advanced irrigation systems were built, and urban centers were beautified with gardens and public works; the resulting wealth led to a
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Arab period 827/902-1060/1093; The Arab and Norman conquests of Sicily were drawn-out affairs. The dates given above represent the first arrival of the new rulers and the fall of the last stronghold resisting them. It's important also to bear in mind that these dates reflect military/political
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in Apulia. A year later, expeditions were sent against Malta and Djerba, to establish royal control and prevent their Muslim populations from helping the rebels. Paradoxically, Saracen archers remained a common component of these "Christian" armies and the presence of Muslim contingents in the
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appointed the Kalbid commander al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi as governor of the island. He became the first emir of the Kalbid dynasty, which effectively ruled the island for the next century on behalf of the Fatimids. Al-Hasan returned to Ifriqiya upon the death of al-Mansur, leaving his son
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marvels, with buildings similar to those of Córdoba, built of limestone. A permanent stream of water from four springs runs through the city. There are so many mosques that they are impossible to count. Most of them also serve as schools. The eye is dazzled by all this splendor.
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Africa from 943–947 against the Fatimids' harsh religious policies, leading to several waves of refugees fleeing to Sicily in an attempt to escape Fatimid retaliation. The Byzantines took advantage of temporary discord to occupy the eastern end of the island for several years.
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caught wind of the matter and ordered that General Constantine end the marriage and cut off Euphemius' nose. Euphemius rose up, killed Constantine and then occupied Syracuse; he in turn was defeated and driven out to North Africa. He offered rule of Sicily over to
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The conquest was an incremental, see-saw affair. With considerable resistance and many internal struggles, it took over a century for Byzantine Sicily to be fully conquered. Messina was besieged and captured in 842 or 843, possibly with the support of some
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died in 1189, royal protection was lifted, and the door was opened for widespread attacks against the island's Muslims. This destroyed any lingering hope of coexistence, however unequal the respective populations might have been. The death of
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with the help of Byzantine craftsmen, and in Sicily the Church, formally under the Patriarchate of Constantinople from 732, remained solidly Greek Orthodox into the early years of Norman rule, when the beginnings of Latinization took place.
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J. Johns, The Greek church and the conversion of Muslims in Norman Sicily?, "Byzantinische Forschungen", 21, 1995; for Greek Christianity in Sicily see also V. von Falkenhausen, "Il monachesimo greco in Sicilia", in C.D. Fonseca (ed.),
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Platani, Celso, Calatrasi, Corleone (taken in 1208), Guastanella and Cinisi. Muslim revolt extended throughout a whole stretch of western Sicily. The rebels were led by Muhammad Ibn Abbād. He called himself the "
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today. Muslims also maintained their domination of industry, retailing, and production, while Muslim craftsmanship, masonry, and expertise in government and administration were highly sought after.
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in Palermo, the emir held authority over most affairs of state, including the army, administration, justice, and the treasury. He appointed the governors of major cities, high ranking judges (
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as their viceroys in Ifriqiya. It was only after this move to Egypt that the Fatimid caliphs implicitly recognized the Kalbids as hereditary rulers, who thenceforth governed the island as
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forces rooted out the defenders of Jato, Entella, and the other fortresses. Rather than exterminate the Muslims. who numbered about 60,000, in 1223, Frederick II began deporting them to
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and Christian, even during Islamic rule. As a subject people, Sicilian Muslims became dependent on the mercy of their Christian masters and, ultimately, on royal protection. After
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Muslim sovereignty was never absolute across the island, and the creation of three subdivisions served to distinguish different approaches to government. Western Sicily was more
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As the first Count of Sicily, Roger maintained a relative degree of tolerance and multiculturalism; Sicilian Muslims remained citizens of the County and the subsequent
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an official workshop that produced valuable fabrics such as silk, which were granted as a sign of appreciation to their subject or as a gift to foreign dignitaries.
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Bondioli, Lorenzo M. (2018). "Islamic Bari between the Aghlabids and the Two Empires". In Anderson, Glaire D.; Fenwick, Corisande; Rosser-Owen, Mariam (eds.).
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still an infant in papal custody, Sicily became a battleground for rival German and papal forces. The island's Muslim rebels sided with German warlords like
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The first true attempt at conquest was launched in 740; in that year the Muslim prince Habib, who had participated in the 728 attack, successfully captured
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Throughout this reign, revolts by Byzantine Sicilians occurred, especially in the east, and part of the lands were even re-occupied before being quashed.
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attempted to annex the island for the Zirids, while intervening in the affairs of the feuding Muslims; however, the attempt ultimately failed.
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Metcalfe, Alex (2021). "Italy, Islam in premodern". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.).
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J. Bradford De Long and Andrei Shleifer (October 1993), "Princes and Merchants: European City Growth before the Industrial Revolution",
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comprising anything up to a third of the population of Sicily, concentrated especially in the north-east of the island, the Val Demone.
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as governor of the island, though he returned later to assist in campaigns against the Byzantines. Under Ahmad's tenure, Taormina was
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Beginning in the early eleventh century, political authority began to fracture from internal strife and dynastic disputes. Christian
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remained majority Christian and often resistant to Muslim rule, prompting a focus on tax collection and maintaining public order.
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Raids into Southern Italy continued under the Kalbids into the 11th century, and in 982 a joint Christian army under the Emperor
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role, albeit sometimes making important decisions in lieu of the emir. It is also very likely that the authorities operated a
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has been characterized as "multi-ethnic in nature and religiously tolerant". Normans, Jews, Muslim Arabs, Byzantine Greeks,
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remained a language of government and administration for at least a century into Norman rule, and traces remain in the
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rule from the late ninth to late eleventh centuries. It became a prosperous and influential commercial power in the
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and heavily populated by Arabs, allowing for full and direct administration; by contrast, the northeast region of
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Over two centuries of Islamic rule has left some traces in modern Sicily. Minor Arabic influence remains in the
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Mazot, Sibylle (2011). "The History of the Aghlabids". In Hattstein, Markus; Delius, Peter (eds.).
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Alí ibn Nima (Ibn al-Hawwàs) – Agrigento and Castrogiovanni (1053–about 1065), all Taifas from 1062
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put the figure above 100,000 but below 250,000. Around 1330, Palermo's population stood at 51,000.
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from 827 to 902 resulted in the gradual conquest of the entire island, with only the stronghold of
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In 830, the remaining Muslims of Sicily received a strong reinforcement of 30,000 Ifriqiyan and
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a year later plunged Sicily into political turmoil. With the loss of royal protection and with
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visited the area in the end of the 12th century and described Al-Kasr and Al-Khalisa (Kalsa):
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Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt
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estimated Palermo's population at 350,000 in the 11th century, while other historians like
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Understanding Arabic: Essays in Contemporary Arabic Linguistics in Honor of El-Said Badawi
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The Emirate of Sicily began to fragment amid intra-dynastic quarrels. In 1044, under emir
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The Aghlabids and Their Neighbors: Art and Material Culture in Ninth-Century North Africa
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Aghlabid dynasty in Ifriqiya until 909, when they were overthrown and replaced by the
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Medieval Manuscript Production in the Latin West: Explorations with a Global Database
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waned in the West, a new and expansionist power was emerging in the Middle East: the
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in 1282, there were no Muslims in Sicily, and the society was completely Latinized.
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replaced Aghlabid rule after 909. From 948 onwards, the island was governed by the
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in 1189. The policy of oppression visited upon Christians was applied to Muslims.
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Empire and former Roman territories in the Levant and North Africa. In 652, under
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Asad subsequently conquered the southern shore of the island and laid siege to
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Religion, ritual and mythology : aspects of identity formation in Europe
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the Christian north and eastern half; in particular, the northeast region of
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Commissione mista per la storia e la cultura degli ebrei in Italia (1995).
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in 878. The conquest of the island was not fully completed until 902, when
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but were subject to some restrictions; they were also required to pay the
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Charles Dalli, From Islam to Christianity: the Case of Sicily, p. 160-161
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Routledge Revivals: Medieval Italy (2004): An Encyclopedia – Volume II
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September 831. Palermo was made the Muslim capital of Sicily, renamed
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serving as a major cultural and political center of the Muslim world.
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Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
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or land tax, but were exempt from the tax that Muslims had to pay (
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The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual
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Where Three Worlds Met: Sicily in the Early Medieval Mediterranean
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Where Three Worlds Met: Sicily in the Early Medieval Mediterranean
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By the 11th century, mainland southern Italian powers were hiring
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was silver and weighed 2.97 grams. The Aghlabites introduced the
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merchant who visited Sicily in 950. A walled suburb called the
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Africa in Europe: Antiquity into the Age of Global Exploration
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in copper. While following the conquest of Palermo in 886 the
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last straw as far as the Byzantine "Orthodox" were concerned.
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and in local place names; a much larger influence is in the
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