The Kalbids (Arabic: بنو كلب, romanized: Banū Kalb) were a Muslim Arab dynasty which ruled the Emirate of Sicily from 948 to 1053. They were formally...

as Fatimid governor from 917 to 936. He was related by marriage to the Kalbids, a high-ranking family loyal to the Fatimids. Another major revolt for...

di Noto and Val di Mazara regions were still firmly in the hands of the Kalbids. However, the Norman victory had scattered Muslim hopes for a swift counter-offensive...

siege of the Byzantine city of Rometta, in northeastern Sicily, by the Kalbids on behalf of the Fatimid Dynasty, that took place between 963 and 965 and...

with the Lombards as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire against the Kalbids. It was there that he won his nickname "Iron Arm" by single-handedly killing...

Basil II, planned a military expedition against the Kalbids in Sicily. Fearing this attack, the Kalbid ruler, al-Akhal, sought assistance from the Zirid...

of Ifriqiya also intervened in Sicily during the 11th century, as the Kalbids, the dynasty who governed the island on behalf of the Fatimids, fell into...

claimed independence after fights between Sunni and Shia Muslims under the Kalbids. After they had conquered the Visigoth Kingdom in Spain (729–765), the...

10th-16th centuries Jarwanid dynasty Uqaylid Dynasty Uyunid dynasty Mirdasids Kalbids Khanam, R. (2005). Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Middle-East and Central...

Peninsula, Ceuta) — Zaīdī Zirid dynasty (973–1148 CE) - (Kabylia) — Isma'īlī Kalbids (948–1053) — (Sicily) Isma'īlī Justanids (791–974 CE) — Zaidi Alavids (864–929...