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==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[April 5]] &ndash; Caliph [[Al-Mu'tadid]] dies in [[Baghdad]] after a 10-year reign. Possibly [[poison]]ed in a palace intrigue, he is succeeded by his eldest son [[Al-Muktafi]] as ruler of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]].
* The [[Kutama]] tribe under [[Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i]] revolt against the [[Aghlabids]]. He begins a campaign and dispatches an invitation to the [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] spiritual leader [[Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah|Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah]] to support him.
* Moorish [[Andalusia]]n merchants set up a [[trade]] settlement (so-called ''[[Emporium (early medieval)|emporium]]'') in [[Oran]] (modern [[Algeria]]).<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 26.</ref>