. . . "Umayyad Caliphate" . . . "The Muslim conquest" . "destruction of Taormina" . "Arab invasion of the island" . . "Arabs invaded Sicily" . "conquered Sicily" . "expeditionary force" . "Aghlabid victory" . . . . . "Muslim gains in southern Italy" . . . "Muslims invade Sicily" . "Arab presence in Sicily" . "gradually conquered" . . "Arab Conquest of Sicily" . . . "Sicily in the ninth century" . "Muslim invasion" . "Muslim conquest of Sicily" . "827 invasion of Sicily" . "Arabs" . . "conquered by the Muslim" . . . "Sicily" . "effective loss" . "Arab domination in Sicily" . . "Venice" . . "conquest of Sicily" . . "and Sicily" . "Byzantine Empire" . "occupied" . . . "that of Sicily" . "Muslims conquered Sicily" . . "gradual conquest" . . . . "prolonged series of conflicts" . "conquest" . "Muslim conquest" . . "Abbasid conquest" . "(occasional assistance from:)" . . "conquered by Arabs" . "fall to the Muslims" . "Aghlabidemirate ofIfriqiya" . "Duchy of Naples" . . "conquered" . . . . "Sack of Taormina" . "confront the Arabs" . "ongoing conquest" . "Emirate of Cordoba" . . "Sicily was progressively conquered" . . . . "Sicily, Muslim conquest of" . "Saracen invasion of Byzantine Sicily" . "Muslim conquest of Sicily" . "Arab conquest of Sicily" . .