Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās Muhammad I.

Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās Muhammad I ibn al-Aghlab ( Arabic أبو العباس محمد بن الأغلب, DMG Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. al-Aġlab , † 856 ) was the fifth emir of the Aghlabids in Ifrīqiya (841–856).

Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās Muhammad I came to power as the son of Abū ʿIqāl (838–841) in Ifriqiya. Under him the expansion of the Aghlabids in the Mediterranean reached a climax. So were Messina on Sicily (843) and Taranto and Bari (841) in Apulia conquered. Even Rome was founded by the Muslims attacked 846 and the Vatican sacked (then this was outside of Rome). However, there were also the first setbacks when a renewed attack on Rome in 849 in the sea ​​battle of Ostia failed. The Aghlabids also increasingly lost control of the Muslim conquests in Italy. Thus, the Muslims declared (847-871) its independence in Taranto (847-880) and Bari and assumed their Emirates directly to the Caliph of the Abbasid in Baghdad .

In Ifriqiya itself, the economy continued to flourish and trade took off. Agriculture was further promoted through the expansion of Roman irrigation systems or their new construction. Under Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās Muhammad I. a. built the great mosques of Sousse and Sfax . Muhammad I's successor was his nephew Abū Ibrāhīm Ahmad (856–863), under whom the empire experienced its climax.

See also

• Islam in Italy

literature

• Ulrich Haarmann : History of the Arab World. Edited by Heinz Halm . 4th revised and expanded edition. CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47486-1 ( Beck's historical library ).
• Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis Verlag, Zurich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Abu Iqal	Emir of the Aghlabids 841–856	Abu Ibrahim Ahmad