Umayyad rule in North Africa

Umayyad rule in North Africa
Province of Umayyad Caliphate
661–747
Capital	Kairouan
History
• First Fitna	661
• Takeover by the Fihrids during the Abbasid Revolution	747
Preceded by Succeeded by Rashidun Caliphate Exarchate of Africa Fihrids

Umayyad rule in North Africa or Umayyad Ifriqiya was a province of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) during the historical period in which it ruled the Maghreb region of North Africa (excluding Egypt), from its conquest of the Maghreb starting in 661 to the Kharijite Berber Revolt ending in 743, which led to the end of its rule in the western and central Maghreb. Following this period, the Umayyads retained their rule over Ifriqiya (later fell to the Abbasid Caliphate) while the rest of the Maghreb fell to successive Islamic dynasties of Arab, Berber and Persian descent.^[1]