- Status
- Province of the Aghlabid Emirate , (827–909) Province of the Fatimid Caliphate , (909–948) Autonomous emirate under the Kalbids , (948–1044) Various emirates in conflict, (After 1044)
- Official languages
- Classical Arabic
- Common languages
- Sicilian Arabic Sicilian Byzantine Greek Berber languages Judeo-Arabic
- Religion
- Islam ( official ) Sunni Islam Shia Islam ( Kalbids ) Chalcedonian Christianity Judaism
- Government
- Monarchy
- Historical era
- Middle Ages
- Currency
- Tarì dirham