The Aghlabids' Conquests in Sicily

The house of al-Aghlab ibn Salim al-Ifriqi opened more than twenty cities of Sicily, which remained in Muslim hands. ¹ Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Aghlab took from the island, in the caliphate of al-Mutawakkil ala Allah, the palace of Yana and the fort of Ghalyana. ¹

Al-Baladhuri gives this account under the heading "the conquest of islands in the sea", directly after the first raid on the island. He calls the conquerors "the house of al-Aghlab ibn Salim al-Ifriqi". ¹

Al-Baladhuri attributes to Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Aghlab the taking of the palace of Yana and the fort of Ghalyana "from it", that is from Sicily, in the caliphate of al-Mutawakkil ala Allah. ¹

The text dates these conquests only by the caliph's name, al-Mutawakkil ala Allah, and gives no year. This record therefore gives no year for them.