Ziyadat Allah III of Aghlabids
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Abu Mudhar Ziyadat Allah III (died 916) was the eleventh and last Emir
of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya
(903–909)
He came to power after the murder of his father Abdullah II
in 903. He immediately had all his brothers and uncles executed to eliminate any possible rivals. While this massacre secured his position in the short term, the Aghlabid dynasty lost any remaining prestige it had in the eyes of the people.
The Kutama
tribe under Abu 'Abdullah al-Shi'i continued to gain in strength and were able to capture the city of Setif
- after two Aghlabid campaigns (905 and 906) ended in failure, ash-Shi'i went on the counter-attack. After the conquest of southern Ifriqiya the troops of the Aghlabids were decisively defeated at al-Aribus on 18 March 909. All of Ifriqiya was now in Kutama hands and the Aghlabid dynasty was ended.
Ziyadat himself managed to escape to the near East, but was unable to secure any help from the Abbasids to regain his emirate. He died in 916 in Palestine
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Emir
Emir , meaning "commander", "general", or "prince"; also transliterated as Amir, Aamir or Ameer) is a title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world...
of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya
Ifriqiya
In medieval history, Ifriqiya or Ifriqiyah was the area comprising the coastal regions of what are today western Libya, Tunisia, and eastern Algeria. This area included what had been the Roman province of Africa, whose name it inherited....
(903–909)
He came to power after the murder of his father Abdullah II
Abdullah II of Aghlabids
Abdullah II Abu l-Abbas was the tenth Emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya He took over the Emirate after his father Abu Ishaq Ibrahim II was forced to abdicate after a tyrannical rule. He immediately set about trying to reduce the autonomy of the Kutama Berbers in order to stop the Ismailite...
in 903. He immediately had all his brothers and uncles executed to eliminate any possible rivals. While this massacre secured his position in the short term, the Aghlabid dynasty lost any remaining prestige it had in the eyes of the people.
The Kutama
Kutama
The Kutama were a powerful Berber tribe, in the region of Jijel , a member of the great Sanhaja confederation of the Maghrib and the armed body of the Fatimid Caliphate.-Origins of the Kutama:...
tribe under Abu 'Abdullah al-Shi'i continued to gain in strength and were able to capture the city of Setif
Sétif
Sétif |Colonia]]) is a town in northeastern Algeria. It is the capital of Sétif Province and it has a population of 239,195 inhabitants as of the 1998 census. Setif is located to the east of Algiers and is the second most important Wilaya after the country's capital. It is 1,096 meters above sea...
- after two Aghlabid campaigns (905 and 906) ended in failure, ash-Shi'i went on the counter-attack. After the conquest of southern Ifriqiya the troops of the Aghlabids were decisively defeated at al-Aribus on 18 March 909. All of Ifriqiya was now in Kutama hands and the Aghlabid dynasty was ended.
Ziyadat himself managed to escape to the near East, but was unable to secure any help from the Abbasids to regain his emirate. He died in 916 in Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
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