Emirate of Sicily

Proper noun

the Emirate of Sicily

1. (historical) A medieval Islamic state that ruled Sicily from 831 until falling to the Normans in 1091; specifically, the state ruled by the Kalbids, from 948 to 1091.
   • 1992 [Rosemont Publishing & Printing], Peter Sammartino, William Roberts, Sicily: An Informal History, 2001, Cromwall Books, Paperback, page 44,
     After becoming the capital of the Arab Emirate of Sicily, Palermo became a center of a cultural assimilation that was developed during the Arab conquest...
   • In the ninth century, during the Emirate of Sicily, the bitter orange was introduced in Sicily.2018, Antonio Capurso, Gaetano Crepaldi, Cristiano Capurso, Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet in the Elderly Patient, Springer, page 235