Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi
Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi (
in 934–935.Ya'qub was dispatched by Caliph
al-Mahdiyya. Sailing from a western direction, he encountered some Christian merchant vessels, which he plundered and whose crews he took captive. The Fatimid fleet then captured Genoa by assault and plundered the city. During his return journey, he was attacked by Byzantine ships who had mobilized on the news of the sack of Genoa, but defeated them. He also raided Sardinia and Corsica before returning in triumph to al-Mahdiyya with some 8,000 prisoners.[1][2]
Imadaddin places his return on 29 August 935, while there is some confusion on the expedition's dating in the Sunni sources—
Family
His brother Khalil was a senior commander in Fatimid service, in charge of the Arab jund of Kairouan from at least 913 to his death in 944.[3][4]
References
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