Introduction. Writing the history of the Zirids and Normans -- Geographic orientations and the rise of the Fatimids -- The contest for Sicily in the eleventh century -- Commerce and conflict from 1087 to 1123 -- The end of the emirate and the beginning of the kingdom -- The Norm…
"This book examines the interconnected histories of the Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily during the Middle Ages. In doing so, it shows the substantial economic, political, and cultural connections between them as well as the larger importance of the Zirids to the his…
"This book examines the interconnected histories of the Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily during the Middle Ages. In doing so, it shows the substantial economic, political, and cultural connections between them as well as the larger importance of the Zirids to the his…