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====Africa====
* [[February 13]] &ndash; On one of his habitual night rides in the outskirts of [[Cairo]], the [[Fatimid]] caliph [[al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]] disappears, most likely assassinated by disaffected palace factions, apparently involving his sister, [[Sitt al-Mulk]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | author-link=Heinz Halm | title=Die Kalifen von Kairo: Die Fāṭimiden in Ägypten, 973–1074 | language=de | trans-title=The Caliphs of Cairo: The Fatimids in Egypt, 973–1074 | publisher=C. H. Beck | location=Munich | year=2003 | isbn=3-406-48654-1 | url={{Google Books|Hj2bhVntO3EC|plainurl=yes}} | pages=297–302}}</ref>
*[[March 26]] &ndash; On the feast of [[Eid al-Adha]], the death of al-Hakim, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, [[al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah]]. On the same day, al-Hakim's designated heir, [[Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas]], is arrested in [[Damascus]] and brought to Egypt.<ref>{{cite book | last=Halm | first=Heinz | title=Die Kalifen von Kairo: Die Fāṭimiden in Ägypten, 973–1074 | language=de | trans-title=The Caliphs of Cairo: The Fatimids in Egypt, 973–1074 | publisher=C. H. Beck | location=Munich | year=2003 | isbn=3-406-48654-1 | url={{Google Books|Hj2bhVntO3EC|plainurl=yes}} | pages=307–308}}</ref>
* The last evidence of indigenous [[Christianity|Christian]] and non-[[Arabophone]] culture in [[Tripolitania]] (modern [[Libya]]) is seen.{{vague|date=February 2021}}<ref name="espace libyeb">{{cite book|last=Bresc|first=Henri|title=Parte prima. Il regno normanno e il Mediterraneo|chapter=La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age|year=2003|chapter-url=http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|accessdate=January 17, 2012}}</ref>