* August – Abdallah, son of the Aghlabid emir Ibrahim II, represses a revolt of his Muslim subjects and then initiates a campaign against the last Byzantine strongholds in Sicily.

* Rashid regent of Idriss II, assassinated at the orders of the Aghlabid rulers of Kairouan.

* Beginning of the invasion of the Jews by the Aghlabid dynasty of Ifriqiya ( Tunisia ).

* Abu ' Abdullah al-Shi ' i leads the rebellion of the Kutama Berbers against the Aghlabid emirate in Ifriqiya ( today Tunisia ).

* Emirate of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid Ifriqiya within modern Tunisia, Algeria, Sicily, Morocco, and Libya 800-909

At the same time, in Ifriqiya, the new Aghlabid dynasty was established, which immediately engaged in raids throughout the central Mediterranean.

* 827 – 902: Aghlabid dynasty colonises emirates in Sicily and subsequently raids Southern Italy.

* August 1 – Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army.

Far more subtle than the Crusades, but far more successful over the long run, was Urban II's program of bringing Campania and Sicily firmly into the Catholic sphere after generations of control under the Byzantine Empire and the Aghlabid and Fatimid emirs.

After the Byzantines were betrayed by Admiral Euphemius, who fled to Tunisia and begged the Aghlabid leader Ziyadat Allah to help him, there was a Muslim conquest of Sicily in 831, which took until 904 against fierce resistance.

By 909, the Aghlabid Dynasty was overthrown and replaced with the Fatimids.

He began his conquest by establishing his headquarters at Salamiyah and began riding towards north-western Africa, which at the time was under Aghlabid rule, following the propagandist success of his chief da ' i, Abu ' Abdullah Al-Husayn Al-Shi ' i. Al-Shi ' i, along with laying claim to being the precursor to the Mahdi, was instrumental in sowing the seeds of sedition among the Berber tribes of North Africa, specifically the Kutamah tribe.

However, he was captured by the Aghlabid ruler Ziyadat-Allah and thrown into a dungeon in Sijilmasah.

Al-Shi ' i was then required to rescue Sa ' id in 909 after which the Aghlabid dynasty, the last stronghold of Sunni Islam in North Africa, was expelled from region.

' Abdullah Al-Mahdi, as-Sa ' id was now to be known, established himself at the former Aghlabid residence at Raqqadah, a suburb of Al-Qayrawan in Tunisia.

In about 904 Israeli was nominated court physician to the last Aghlabid prince, Ziyadat Allah III.

* Creation of the Ad-dimnah hospital in al-Qayrawan by the Aghlabid ruler Ziyadat Allah I.

* The Aghlabid dynasty in North Africa is overthrown by the Fatimids.

The Aghlabid emirs took their custodianship of Libya seriously, repairing Roman irrigation systems, restoring order and bringing a measure of prosperity to the region.

* The Republic of Amalfi sends galleys to support the byzantine strategos of Sicily, Gregorio, against the Aghlabid invaders.

* The Aghlabid dynasty of Tunisia takes Malta.

* The caliphate of Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah ( of the Fatimid dynasty ) is established after he enters the former Aghlabid capital of Raqqada, in modern Tunisia.

* The Fatimids begin the conquest of Sicily over their Aghlabid arch-rivals.

The Aghlabid Emirs also sponsored building projects, notably the rebuilding of the Mosque of Uqba and the kingdom developed an architectural style which combined Abbasid architecture and Byzantine architecture.

The Rustamids fought the Aghlabids of Ifriqiyya ( based in Qairawan ) in 812, but otherwise reached a modus vivendi ; this displeased the Ibādī tribes on the Aghlabid border, who launched a few rebellions.

Aghlabid rule is established in North Africa.

The Aghlabid Ziyadat Allah is thus expelled from the region, and with him the final remnants of Sunni Islam in North Africa.

* Vivere ( May 2006 ) ( Italian TV Series ) ... Emir Ibrahim

Fighters operating on behalf of the Emir were under the command of Ibrahim Bay, a tribal leader.

In 800, the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid appointed Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab as hereditary Emir of Ifriqiya as a response to the anarchy that had reigned in that province following the fall of the Muhallabids.

Although Dan Tunku had fought on the side of his father in the Fulani War, when Bello named Ibrahim Dado the Emir of Kano in 1819, Dan Tunku organized oppositional forces in revolution.

Abd ar-Rahman II () ( 788 – 852 ) was Umayyad Emir of Córdoba in the Al-Andalus ( Moorish Iberia ) from 822 until his death.

Abd ar-Rahman II was born in Toledo, the son of Emir Al-Hakam I.

He succeeded his father as Emir of Córdoba in 822 and engaged in nearly continuous warfare against Alfonso II of Asturias, whose southward advance he halted ( 822 – 842 ).

His Majesty King Abdullah II and the Emir of Kuwait are working to restore good relations and further strengthen them.

In 1788 Bashir Shihab II ( sometimes spelled Bachir in French sources ) would rise to become the Emir.

In 1948, the Lebanese Third Sharp Shooters Regiment fought Israeli Forces occupying the Lebanese village of Malkieh in the northern Galilee and captured it, and that by the orders of Lebanese defense minister then, Emir Majid Arslan II.

* February 5 – Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait ( b. 1860 )

On January 2, 1492, the last Muslim ruler in Iberia, Emir Muhammad XII, known as Boabdil to the Spanish, surrendered complete control of the Emirate of Granada to Ferdinand II and Isabella I, Los Reyes Católicos (' The Catholic Monarchs '), after the last battle of the Granada War.

King Abdullah II of Jordan described the assassination as a " crime "; Lebanon's president Emile Lahud vehemently denounced the Israeli act as "... a crime will not succeed in liquidating the Palestinian cause "; Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said: " Violence will increase now because violence always breeds violence "; the head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Mohammed Akef, described Yassin as a " martyr " and his assassination a " cowardly operation.

He was a contemporary of Abd ar-Rahman II, Umayyad Emir of Córdoba.

Emir Abd ar-Rahman II of Córdoba likewise had to face Viking invaders, as well as internal rebellions led by Musa ibn Musa, of the Banu Qasi family.

* Muhammad II of Aghlabids ( d. 875 ), eighth Emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya ( 864 – 875 )

Finally, on January 2, 1492, Emir Muhammad XII surrendered the Emirate of Granada to Queen Isabella I of Castile, who along with her husband King Ferdinand II of Aragon were known as the " Catholic Monarchs.

Other sources, however, name a daughter of Abu Yaqub al-Mustansir Yusuf II, Emir of Morocco.

* 1971 – 1979: His Highness Sheikh Sir Isa II bin Salman II Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain, KCMG

* 1979 – 1984: His Highness Sheikh Sir Isa II bin Salman II Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain, GCMG

* 1984 – 1999: His Highness Sheikh Sir Isa II bin Salman II Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain, GCB, GCMG

* Abd ar-Rahman II, Umayyad Emir of Córdoba 822 – 852

He gave his support to Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, who was engaged in a civil war to recover the throne of Morocco from his uncle, the Emir Abd Al-Malik-who was aided by the Ottomans.

In 994, Mahmud joined his father Sebuktigin in the capture of Khorasan from the rebel Fa ' iq in aid of the Samanid Emir, Nuh II.

In 1382 the last Bahri Sultan Hajji II was dethroned and the Sultanate was taken over by the Circassian Emir Barquq.