Emirate of Sicily

English Proper noun 1 Emirate of Sicily en historical A medieval Islamic state that ruled Sicily from 831 until falling to the Normans in 1091; specifically, the state ruled by the Kalbids, from 948 to 1091. 1992 [Rosemont Publishing & Printing], Peter Sammartino, William Roberts, Sicily: An Informal History, 2001, Cromwall Books, Paperback, page 44, After becoming the capital of the Arab Emirate of Sicily, Palermo became a center of a cultural assimilation that was developed during the Arab conquest of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. en 2018 Antonio Capurso; Gaetano Crepaldi; Cristiano Capurso Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet in the Elderly Patient https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SS9mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA235&dq=%22Emirate+of+Sicily%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4u4XkjczyAhWeIbkGHZevAzkQ6AEwHnoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Emirate%20of%20Sicily%22&f=false 235 Springer In the ninth century, during the Emirate of Sicily, the bitter orange was introduced in Sicily. en 2019 Lorenzo Caponetti Chapter 21: The Invisible Landscape Christian Isendahl; Daryl Stump The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology w:Oxford University Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Fx6DDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA415&dq=%22Emirate+of+Sicily%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4u4XkjczyAhWeIbkGHZevAzkQ6AEwInoECEAQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Emirate%20of%20Sicily%22&f=false 415 In Italy, similar devices are found both in Puglia and in Sicily, where the town of Palermo still takes a proportion of its water out of a network of qanats (see Todaro, 2014); the Arabic term being employed in Palermo since the town's history as the capital of the Emirate of Sicily has led many to assume that the structures are of Arabic origin. Translations historical emirate which ruled Sicily Arabic: ar إِمَارَة صِقِلِّيَة French: fr émirat de Sicile m German: de Emirat von Sizilien n Hindi: hi सिसिली अमीरात m Italian: it Emirato di Sicilia m Sicilian: scn See also en Emirate of Bari en Kingdom of Sicily Further reading Arab–Byzantine wars Abbasid Caliphate Emirate of Sicily Muslim conquest of Sicily History of Islam in southern Italy History of Sicily#Muslim period History of Sicily § Muslim period Norman conquest of southern Italy Kingdom of Sicily Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture