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==== Africa ====
* [[January 24]] – The [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] general, [[Hubasa ibn Yusuf]] of the [[Kutama]] [[Berbers|Berber]] tribe, marches out with his troops to [[Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915)|invade Egypt]]. He follows the coastline, and takes possession of the only two towns of any size [[Syrte]] and [[Ajdabiya]], without a struggle. The [[garrison]]s of the two towns—the westernmost outposts of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]—have already fled.<ref name="Halm">Heinz Halm [https://books.google.com/books?id=usUjj9OV910C&pg=PA199 ''The empire of the Mahdi, Partie 1, Volume 26''] BRILL, 1996. {{ISBN|978-90-04-10056-5}}.</ref>
* [[February 6]] – Hubasa takes Barqah (modern-day [[Benghazi]]), the ancient capital of [[Cyrenaica]]. The Abbasid governor withdraws to [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]], before the superior strength of the Fatimids. With this rich, fertile province fallen into his hands, it provides Hubāsa with 24,000 [[gold dinar]]s in annual revenues from [[tax]]es, as well as 15,000 dinars paid by [[Christianity|Christians]].<ref name="Halm"/>
* [[July 11]] – [[Al-Qa'im (Fatimid caliph)|Al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah]], son of the Fatimid caliph [[Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah]], leaves [[Raqqada]] at the head of an army, which is composed of Kutama warriors and the Arab ''[[jund]]'' (personal guard) in an attempt to conquer Egypt. He sends orders to Hubāsa to wait for him, but driven by ambition Hubāsa is already on his way to [[Alexandria]].<ref name="Halm"/>
* [[August 27]] – Hubasa captures Alexandria, after a victorious encounter with Egyptian troops near al-Hanniyya (modern-day [[El Alamein]]). The Abbasid governor [[Takin al-Khazari]] refuses to surrender and asks for reinforcements, which reach him in September. Shortly after al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah enters Alexandria, with the rest of his army.<ref name="Halm"/>
* December – The Fatimid army under Hubasa leaves Alexandria, followed by al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah. The Abbasid troops hold [[Fustat]] and begin a [[counter-offensive]] against the invaders. The Kutama cavalry suffers heavy losses to the [[Turkic peoples|Turkish]] archers.<ref name="Halm"/>