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===October—December===
* [[October]] &ndash;
**[[Salih ibn Mirdas]]'s forces, led by Ibn Tawq, advance against [[Aleppo]] and fight sporadic engagements with the Fatimid troops of governors Thu'ban and Mawsuf.<ref name = "Amabe2016">{{cite book |last1=Amabe |first1=Fukuzo |title=Urban Autonomy in Medieval Islam: Damascus, Aleppo, Cordoba, Toledo, Valencia and Tunis |date=2016 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |url={{Google Books|EAEKDAAAQBAJ|plainurl=y}} |isbn=978-90-04-31598-3 }}{{rp|61–62}}</ref> Salih and the Bedouins camp outside of [[Bab al-Jinan]] and demand surrender from the lead Islamic judge of the city, Ibn Abi Usama, and are refused.<ref name = "Amabe2016"/>{{rp|62}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zakkar |first1=Suhayl |title=The Emirate of Aleppo: 1004–1094 |date=1971 |publisher=Dar al-Amanah |location=Beirut |url={{Google Books|sbltAAAAMAAJ|plainurl=y}} |oclc=759803726 }}</ref>{{rp|97}}
**The [[Banu Kalb]], under [[Sinan ibn Ulayyan]] begins its siege of Damascus
**The Tayy takes over Ramla, capital of Palestine.
*[[November 22]] (17 Ramadan 415 AH) &ndash; The siege of Aleppo is started by [[Salih ibn Mirdas]] and an army of Bedouin warriors. After a siege of more than 50 days, and heavy casualties on both sides, Aleppo surrenders on January 18, 1025 (13 Dhu al-Qa'da 415 AH).<ref>Fukuzo Amabe, ''Urban Autonomy in Medieval Islam: Damascus, Aleppo, Cordoba, Toledo, Valencia and Tunis'' (BRILL, 2016)</ref>{{sfn|Zakkar|1971|p=97}}
*[[November]] &ndash; After a 20 day of siege, Mansur I, formerly the Emir of [[Emirate of Derbent|Derbent]] recaptures the capital from the Emir [[Yazid ibn Ahmad]] with help from the Christian state of [[Sarir]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Minorsky |first=Vladimir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPMHVEt_wVUC |title=A History of Sharvān and Darband in the 10th-11th Centuries |publisher=University of Michigan |year=1958 |isbn=978-1-84511-645-3 |page=31}}</ref>  
*[[December 17]] &ndash; The monastery of [[Grottaferrata]], outside of [[Rome]], is consecrated by Pope John XIX and dedicated to the Virgin Mary.<ref>"Grottaferrata", by Darrell D. Davisson, in ''Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia'' (Taylor & Francis, 2004)</ref>
*[[December 29]] &ndash; The Fatimid caliph celebrates the [[Eid al-Fitr]] in an elaborate ceremony at the Anwar Mosque, as recounted later by the Amir [[al-Musabbihi]].<ref>"Social elites at the Fatimid court", by Paul E. Walker, in ''Court Cultures in the Muslim World Seventh to Nineteenth Centuries'' (Taylor & Francis, 2014)
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*[[December]] &ndash; Sultan al-Dawla, Emir of Fars, dies and is succeeded by [[Abu Kalijar]].<ref>Muhammad Nazim, ''The Life and Times of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna'' (Cambridge University Press, 2014) p.13</ref>