{"slug": "fez-morocco", "label": "Fez, Morocco", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez%2C_Morocco", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80985", "qid": "Q80985", "description": "city in Morocco", "entries": 13, "years": 13, "span": [818, 1666], "span_label": ["818 CE", "1666 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Fes", "Fes, Morocco"], "related": [{"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "almohad-caliphate", "label": "Almohad Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "fatimid-caliphate", "label": "Fatimid Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "song-dynasty", "label": "Song dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hangzhou", "label": "Hangzhou", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "umayyad-state-of-cordoba", "label": "Umayyad state of Córdoba", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arabs", "label": "Arabs", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 818, "year_label": "818 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Andalus: A grave rebellion breaks out in the suburbs of Cordoba, against the Emirate of Córdoba. Andalucian Arab refugees arrive in Fez (modern Morocco).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941123#Europe", "title": "818", "revid": 1340941123, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 859, "year_label": "859 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The University of Al Karaouine is founded in Fes (modern Morocco), by Fatima al-Fihri (recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest still-operating university in the world).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348997263#Africa", "title": "859", "revid": 1348997263, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 921, "year_label": "921 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Fatimid Caliphate crushes Idrisid forces in battle, capturing the cities of Tlemcen and Fez.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509617#Africa", "title": "921", "revid": 1341509617, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 967, "year_label": "967 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Fatimid general Jawhar al-Siqilli launches a military campaign in the west of the Maghreb. He resumes his expansion, together with the Zirids, and conquers Fez (modern-day Morocco).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919490#Arabian_Empire", "title": "967", "revid": 1364919490, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1170, "year_label": "1170 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Fes in the Almohad Caliphate (modern Morocco) becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488642#Africa", "title": "1170", "revid": 1367488642, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1180, "year_label": "1180 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hangzhou, the capital of the Southern Song dynasty in China, becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing Fez in the Almohad Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649234#Demography", "title": "1180", "revid": 1368649234, "section": "Events › By topic › Demography"}}, {"year": 1291, "year_label": "1291 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – A combined Genoese-Sevillian fleet led by Admiral Benedetto Zaccaria wins a victory over 27 Marinid galleys at Alcácer Seguir –12 galleys are taken and the rest put to flight. The following day, Benedetto drags the captured vessels along the coast in view of Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr, Marinid ruler of Morocco, who, \"defeated and dishonored\", withdraws his fleet to Fez.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363454369#Europe", "title": "1291", "revid": 1363454369, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1309, "year_label": "1309 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April", "text": "April – After his ascent to the throne, the Emir Nasr ad-Din Muhammad of Granada sends envoys to the Marinid court at Fez, in Morocco.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359759809#April_–_June", "title": "1309", "revid": 1359759809, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1349, "year_label": "1349 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Ibn Battuta arrives in Fez, Morocco.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373507442#January–December", "title": "1349", "revid": 1373507442, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1465, "year_label": "1465 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – The Moroccan Revolt in Fez ousts the Marinid rulers, and leads to the killing of many Jews.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370409749#April–June", "title": "1465", "revid": 1370409749, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1472, "year_label": "1472 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Kingdom of Fez ruling the modern nation of Morocco, is founded by the Wattasid dynasty with Sultan Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya as its first ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251690#Undated", "title": "1472", "revid": 1365251690, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – The city of Fez, part of the Saadi Sultanate in modern-day Morocco is captured by Ottoman forces led by Abd al-Malik, in an attempt to overthrow the Sultan Muhammed al-Mutawakkil and to make the Sultanate a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#January–March", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – Moulai al-Rashid is let into Fes by the city's Jews, establishing the power of Morocco's Alawi dynasty, which will continue into the 21st century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#April–June", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}