Sfax Revolt (1156)

Sfax Revolt (1156)
Date	1156
Location	Sfax
Result	Revolution Victory
Belligerents
Faryanids of Sfaxs Peoples of sfax	Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Africa;
Commanders and leaders
Omar ibn abu al-husain Al-Faryani	Norman garrison
Strength
Sfax population At that time (Unknown)	Unknown

Sfax Revolt (1156) , The people of Sfax started it against the Normans and were led by Omar, the son of the city's leader, and it ended with victory and the expulsion of the Normans

Background

In a strange incident, after the Normans succeeded in seizing control of Sfax, they took the leader of the city, Abu Al-Hussein Al-Faryani, hostage. He told he's son omar "I am old and I am about to die, so whenever you have the opportunity to revolt against the enemy, do so. Do not watch them and do not be afraid that they will kill me. Consider me dead from now on." ^[1]^[2]

The revolution

When Omar found the opportunity to revolt, he asked the residents to prepare and attack, but they feared that their sheikh and leader would be killed. However, he told them that he himself had asked for that, and for this reason he divided them into two divisions: the first to attack the wall or fort that protects Sfax and cleanse it from the Normans, and another division to attack the residences and homes of the Normans, and when the morning came, all The Normans were killed.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[2]

Aftermath

After the success of the Sfax revolution, Abu Yahya Ibn Matruh revolted in Tripoli, Muhammad bin Rashid revolted in Gabès, and Abd al-Mu’min bin Ali launched a campaign against Annaba, and all of Africa falled from the Normans with the exception of Mahdia and Sousse, Omar even led a campaign to liberate Mahdia, but it failed.^[4] The King of Sicily knew what Omar had done, so he threatened him with killing his father, but the threats were of no use, All the people of Sfax came out to the funeral, Omar said, “This is my father. I have buried him, and I sat for the condolences, so do with him what you want.” Then the King of Sicily crucified him (Abu Al-Hussein Al-Faryani).^[1]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c شرف/النووي, محيي الدين أبي زكريا يحيى بن (2011-01-01). المجموع شرح المهذب 1-27 ج24 (in Arabic). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية.
^ ^a ^b المبروك, خليفة، رمضان (2003). احتلال نورمان صقلية لجزر ومدن ساحل إفريقية من طرابلس الغرب الى عنابة غربا، 529-555 ھ/1135-1160 م (in Arabic). مركز جهاد الليبيين للدراسات التاريخية،. ISBN 978-9959-23-053-9.
^ المبروك, خليفة، رمضان (2003). احتلال نورمان صقلية لجزر ومدن ساحل إفريقية من طرابلس الغرب الى عنابة غربا، 529-555 ھ/1135-1160 م (in Arabic). مركز جهاد الليبيين للدراسات التاريخية،. ISBN 978-9959-23-053-9.
^ ^a ^b جمعة, شيخة،; Shaykhah, Jumʻah (1995). مدينة صفاقس عبر التاريخ ومن خلال كتب الرحلات (in Arabic). ج. شيخة،. ISBN 978-9973-17-586-1.
^ حسن, نجوان ابو بكر محمد. تاريخ افريقية السياسى والحضارى (in Arabic). ktab INC.

[:0-1] شرف/النووي, محيي الدين أبي زكريا يحيى بن (2011-01-01). المجموع شرح المهذب 1-27 ج24 (in Arabic). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية.

[:1-2] المبروك, خليفة، رمضان (2003). احتلال نورمان صقلية لجزر ومدن ساحل إفريقية من طرابلس الغرب الى عنابة غربا، 529-555 ھ/1135-1160 م (in Arabic). مركز جهاد الليبيين للدراسات التاريخية،. ISBN 978-9959-23-053-9.

[3] المبروك, خليفة، رمضان (2003). احتلال نورمان صقلية لجزر ومدن ساحل إفريقية من طرابلس الغرب الى عنابة غربا، 529-555 ھ/1135-1160 م (in Arabic). مركز جهاد الليبيين للدراسات التاريخية،. ISBN 978-9959-23-053-9.

[:2-4] جمعة, شيخة،; Shaykhah, Jumʻah (1995). مدينة صفاقس عبر التاريخ ومن خلال كتب الرحلات (in Arabic). ج. شيخة،. ISBN 978-9973-17-586-1.

[5] حسن, نجوان ابو بكر محمد. تاريخ افريقية السياسى والحضارى (in Arabic). ktab INC.

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