Answer: The Fatimids fought the Abbasid and drove thm out of what today is Egypt
and Tunisia
What was the Fatimid Revolt?
The reign of the second Fatimid imam-caliph al-Qa'im was dominated by the Kharijite rebellion of Abu Yazid. Starting in 943/4 among the Zenata Berbers the uprising spread through Ifriqiya taking Kairouan and blockading al-Qa'im at al-Mahdiyya which was besieged in January–September 945.
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A first uprising and siege of the city in 910–911 was followed by a general revolt in summer 912 which also engulfed the city. The Fatimid governor fled and all Kutama were slaughtered. The Fatimid heir-apparent al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah led a combined land and naval expedition against the Hawwara.
The Fatimid caliphate was a regime at once imperial and revolutionary. At home the caliph was a sovereign governing a vast empire and seeking to expand it by normal military and political means. Its heart was Egypt and its provinces at its peak included North Africa Sicily the Red Sea coast of Africa Syria Palestine Yemen and the Hejaz with the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina .
A first uprising and siege of the city in 910–911 was followed by a general revolt in summer 912 which also engulfed the city. The Fatimid governor fled and all Kutama were slaughtered. The Fatimid heir-apparent al-Qa'im bi...
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