Emirate of Bari

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The Emirate of Bari was a short-lived 9th-century Islamic state centered on the city of Bari in southern Italy, serving as a key Muslim stronghold and trading hub in the Adriatic before its reconquest by Christian powers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Arab emirs of Palermo 1
Emirate of Bari canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf emirate ⓘ
former country ⓘ
historical Islamic state ⓘ
capital Bari ⓘ
commonLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
conflictWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Frankish Empire ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian Empire

Papal States ⓘ
conqueredBy Byzantine forces ⓘ
Frankish forces ⓘ
Louis II of Italy ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalInfluence Islamic influence in southern Italy ⓘ
dissolved 871 ⓘ
economy maritime trade ⓘ
piracy ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
endTime 871 ⓘ
establishedBy Khalfun ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy (medieval) ⓘ
governmentType emirate ⓘ
historicalSignificance earliest lasting Muslim political entity in mainland Italy ⓘ
inception 847 ⓘ
lastRuler Sawdan ⓘ
locatedIn Apulia ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
locatedOn Adriatic Sea ⓘ
notableRuler Khalfun ⓘ
Mufarrag ibn Sallam ⓘ
Sawdan ⓘ
partOf Islamic world ⓘ
Mediterranean trade network ⓘ
precededBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
regionControlled Bari and its hinterland ⓘ
linked to: Terra di Bari
religion Islam ⓘ
shortDescription short-lived 9th-century Islamic state in southern Italy ⓘ
significantEvent Frankish-Byzantine reconquest of Bari ⓘ
conquest of Bari by Muslim forces ⓘ
startTime 847 ⓘ
strategicRole Muslim stronghold in the Adriatic ⓘ
trading hub between Islamic and Christian worlds ⓘ
timePeriod 9th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County of Sicily → coexistedWith → Emirate of Bari ⓘ
Palazzo dei Normanni → originalBuilder → Arab emirs of Palermo ⓘ
linked to: Emirate of Bari