Ifriqiya

thumb|214x214px|Ifriqiya during the Zirid dynasty c.1000CE Ifriqiya () was a medieval historical region comprising today's Tunisia, eastern Algeria, and Tripolitania (roughly western Libya), particularly the region between the sea and the edges of the Sahara. It included all of what had previously been the Byzantine province of Africa Proconsularis and extended beyond it, but did not include the Mauretanias.

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Instance of: historical country
Demonym: ifriqiyya
Continent: Africa
Image: Great Mosque of Kairouan Panorama - Grande Mosquée de Kairouan Panorama.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Ifriqiya
Commons category: Ifriqiya
inception: 0703-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1705-07-15
different from: Africa

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
Definition
History
List of rulers
Conquest phase
[[Umayyad]] Governors of Ifriqiya
[[Fihrid]] Emirs of Ifriqiya
[[Kharijite]] rulers
[[Abbasid]] governors in Kairouan
[[Aghlabid]] Emirs of Ifriqiya
[[Fatimid]] Caliphs in Ifriqiya
[[Zirid dynasty]] rulers of Ifriqiya
[[Italo-Norman|Norman]] kings of the [[Kingdom of Africa]] (Ifriqiya)
[[Hafsid]] governors of Ifriqiya
[[Hafsid dynasty|Hafsid caliphs]] of Ifriqiya
See also
Notes
Sources
Chronicles
Secondary

Ifriqiya is bordered to the west by the Central Maghreb, with which the borders are fluid depending on the chroniclers and the era. For most of its early history, the capital of Ifriqiya was Qayrawan (Kairouan), but in some periods it moved to Mahdiya (Mahdia) and later it remained at Tunis.

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