Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi ﺍﺣﻤﺪ بن الحسن الكلبي | |
Office: | Emir of Sicily |
Termstart: | 954 |
Termend: | 969 |
Predecessor: | al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi |
Successor: | Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi |
Death Date: | 969 |
Death Place: | Egypt |
Allegiance: | Fatimid Caliphate |
Battles: | Muslim conquest of Sicily
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Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi was the second Kalbid Emir of Sicily. He was the son of the first Kalbid emir, al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi, who ruled the island on behalf of the Fatimid Caliphate. Ahmad succeeded his father in May 953 until 968, apart from a brief interruption in 958/9. In the 960s, he led the completion of the Muslim conquest of Sicily by capturing the last Byzantine strongholds of Taormina and Rometta and defeating a Byzantine relief expedition. He was recalled to Ifriqiya to participate in the upcoming Fatimid conquest of Egypt, and died there shortly after.