Asad ibn al-Furat, Judge of Kairouan, conqueror of Sicily: Scholar in Islamic History

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ScholarJudge of Kairouan, conqueror of Sicily

Asad ibn al-Furatأسد بن الفرات

759-828 CE (142-213 AH)Approximate dateKairouan

A jurist of Kairouan who led the Muslim landing in Sicily at about seventy.

He studied with Malik in Madinah and with Abu Hanifa's students in Iraq, and his notes, the Asadiyyah, became the base of Sahnun's Mudawwana. As judge of Kairouan he was chosen to command the Aghlabid fleet that landed in Sicily in 827. He died during the siege of Syracuse.

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Muslim Sicily, which lasted over two centuries, began with his landing.

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