Summer –
Constantine Doukas, a Byzantine general (magister militum), tries, unsuccessfully, with the support of several
aristocrats to usurp the
throne from the young Constantine VII. He is killed in a clash by the soldiers of the Hetaireia guard, assembled by John Eladas. His head is cut off and presented to Constantine.[3][4][5]
Caliph
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah of the
Fatimid Caliphate replaces the unpopular governor Ibn Abi Khinzir with Ali ibn Umar al-Balawi. But the Sicilian lords find this unacceptable and decide to declare independence of
Sicily. They acknowledge allegiance to the
Abbasid caliph
Al-Muqtadir and acclaim an Aghlabid prince, Ahmed ibn Khorob, as
emir of Sicily. The Sicilians re-launch their conquest of Byzantine
Calabria, while Ahmed ibn Khorob in Sicily leads a successful assault against the
North African cities of
Sfax and
Tripoli.[7]
^Angelov, Dimitar; Bozhilov, Ivan; Vaklinov, Stancho; Gyuzelev, Vasil; Kuev, Kuyu; Petrov, Petar; Primov, Borislav; Tapkova, Vasilka; Tsankova, Genoveva (1981). История на България. Том II. Първа българска държава [History of Bulgaria. Volume II. First Bulgarian State] (in Bulgarian). et al.
Sofia:
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Press. p. 285.
^Bóna, István (2000). The Hungarians and Europa in the 9th-10th centuries. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, pp. 13–14.
ISBN963-8312-67-X.
Summer –
Constantine Doukas, a Byzantine general (magister militum), tries, unsuccessfully, with the support of several
aristocrats to usurp the
throne from the young Constantine VII. He is killed in a clash by the soldiers of the Hetaireia guard, assembled by John Eladas. His head is cut off and presented to Constantine.[3][4][5]
Caliph
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah of the
Fatimid Caliphate replaces the unpopular governor Ibn Abi Khinzir with Ali ibn Umar al-Balawi. But the Sicilian lords find this unacceptable and decide to declare independence of
Sicily. They acknowledge allegiance to the
Abbasid caliph
Al-Muqtadir and acclaim an Aghlabid prince, Ahmed ibn Khorob, as
emir of Sicily. The Sicilians re-launch their conquest of Byzantine
Calabria, while Ahmed ibn Khorob in Sicily leads a successful assault against the
North African cities of
Sfax and
Tripoli.[7]
^Angelov, Dimitar; Bozhilov, Ivan; Vaklinov, Stancho; Gyuzelev, Vasil; Kuev, Kuyu; Petrov, Petar; Primov, Borislav; Tapkova, Vasilka; Tsankova, Genoveva (1981). История на България. Том II. Първа българска държава [History of Bulgaria. Volume II. First Bulgarian State] (in Bulgarian). et al.
Sofia:
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Press. p. 285.
^Bóna, István (2000). The Hungarians and Europa in the 9th-10th centuries. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, pp. 13–14.
ISBN963-8312-67-X.