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Muslim Sicily
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history of Islam in medieval Sicily (827-1091)
Key facts
- 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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Palermo
- Official language
- Siculo-Arabic
- Form of government
- monarchy
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- replaces
- Sicily Theme
- Commons category
- Emirate of Sicily
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1072-00-00
- inception
- 0831-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Emirate of Sicily
- replaced by
- County of Sicily
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