Fatimid Naval Campaigns and Mediterranean Operations (909–1171)

1. Fatimid seaborne reinforcements reach Alexandria

   Jan 24, 914Labels: Alexandria, Ifriqiya navy

   • Fatimid Egypt 914
   • Fatimid Navy

2. Fatimid fleet takes Rhegion in Calabria

   Jan 1, 918Labels: Rhegion, Calabria

   • Fatimid Navy

3. Second Egypt invasion begins with capture of Alexandria

   Apr 5, 919Labels: Alexandria, Fatimid invasion

   • Fatimid Egypt 919

4. Abbasids smash Fatimid fleet at Abukir

   Mar 12, 920Labels: Abukir, Thamal al-Dulafi

   • Fatimid Egypt 919

5. Ya'qub al-Tamimi sails on major western raid

   Jun 22, 934Labels: Ya'qub al-Tamimi, al-Mahdiyya

   • Ya qub al
   • Fatimid Navy

6. Fatimids sack Genoa in Mediterranean raid

   Aug 16, 935Labels: Genoa, Corsica

   • Genoa Sack
   • Ya qub al

7. Fatimids capture Taormina, key Byzantine stronghold

   Dec 25, 962Labels: Taormina, Kalbids

   • Taormina Siege

8. Fatimid fleet wins Battle of the Straits

   Jan 1, 965Labels: Straits of, Kalbid fleet

   • Straits Battle
   • Rometta Siege

9. Fatimid squadron fails to relieve besieged Jaffa

   Jul 1, 971Labels: Jaffa, Qarmatians

   • Fatimid Navy

10. Qarmatian raid on Tinnis repulsed at sea

    Sep 15, 973Labels: Tinnis, Qarmatian fleet

    • Fatimid Navy

11. Fatimid fleet supports land war at Jerusalem and Ascalon

    Aug 12, 1099Labels: Ascalon, Genoese squadron

    • Fatimid Navy

12. Fatimid fleet joins the siege of Jaffa

    Sep 1, 1101Labels: Jaffa siege, Fatimid fleet

    • Fatimid Navy

13. Fatimid-held Tyre withstands Crusader siege by sea

    Nov 29, 1111Labels: Tyre, Fatimid-held

    • Tyre Siege

14. Ibn al-Sallar launches anti-shipping naval raids

    Jan 1, 1151Labels: Ibn al-Sallar, Levant raids

    • Fatimid Navy

15. Fatimid fleet supplies Ascalon during Crusader siege

    Aug 22, 1153Labels: Ascalon, Fatimid navy

    • Ascalon Siege
    • Fatimid Navy

16. Fatimid navy raids Tyre’s harbor and Levant coast

    Jan 1, 1155Labels: Tyre harbor, Egyptian squadrons

    • Fatimid Navy

17. Egyptian fleet appears off Acre and Beirut

    Jan 1, 1156Labels: Acre, Beirut

    • Fatimid Navy

18. Crusader–Byzantine siege targets Damietta in Egypt

    Oct 25, 1169Labels: Damietta, Crusader Byzantine

    • Kontostephanos
    • Damietta Study