Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration and Chronology xi
5. Figure 1. Map of medieval Ifriqiya and Sicily. Created by the author using QGIS xii
6. Figure 2. Map of the medieval Mediterranean. Created by the author using QGIS xiii
7. Introduction: Writing the History of the Zirids and Normans 1
8. 1. Geographic Orientations and the Rise of the Fatimids 27
9. 2. The Contest for Sicily in the Eleventh Century 48
10. 3. Commerce and Conflict from 1087 to 1123 72
11. 4. The End of the Emirate and the Beginning of the Kingdom 103
12. 5. The Norman Kingdom of Africa 135
13. 6. The Fall of Norman Africa and the Legacy of Zirid-Norman Interactions 166
14. Epilogue: The Shadow of the Banu Hilal 198
15. Bibliography 201
16. Index 231