Fatimid conquest of Cyrenaica
| Fatimid conquest of Cyrenaica | |||||||||
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| Part of the Fatimid Caliphate's expansion | |||||||||
Ruins of the Fatimid Castle of Ajdabiya. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Fatimid Caliphate | Abbasid Caliphate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Hubasa ibn Yusuf |
Governor Takin al-Khazari Khayr al-Mansuri Abd al-Aziz ibn Kulayb al-Jarashi Abi al-Nimr Ahmad ibn Salih | ||||||||
Location of Barqa the capital of Cyrenaica | |||||||||
The Fatimid conquest of Cyrenaica was a military campaign led by the Fatimid general Hubasa ibn Yusuf al-Kutami. During this campaign, he confronted three Abbasid commanders dispatched by Takin al-Khazari, the governor of Egypt. Hubasa succeeded in seizing Sirte and Ajdabiya, defeated the Abbasid army in Barqa, and forced them to retreat to Fustat. Following these victories, Cyrenaica came under Fatimid control, paving the way for the invasion of Egypt.