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Revolt of Tyre (996-998)
Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars

Fire used by byzantin in naval battle
Date996 – May 998
LocationTyre, Lebanon
Result Fatimid victory
Belligerents
Citizens of Tyre
Byzantine Empire
Fatimid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
'Allaqa  Executed al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
Abu Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Nasir al-Dawla
Yaqut
Arab–Byzantine wars
Early conflicts

The Levant

Egypt

North Africa

Anatolia & Constantinople

Border conflicts

Sicily and Southern Italy

Naval warfare

Byzantine reconquest

The Revolt of Tyre was an anti-Fatimid rebellion by the populace of the city of Tyre, in modern Lebanon. It began in 996, when the people, led by an ordinary sailor named 'Allaqa, rose up against the Fatimid government. The Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah sent his army and navy to retake the city under Abu Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Nasir al-Dawla and the freedman Yaqut. Based in the nearby cities of Tripoli and Sidon, the Fatimid forces blockaded Tyre by land and sea for two years, during which a Byzantine squadron's attempt to reinforce the defenders was repulsed by the Fatimid navy with heavy losses. In the end, Tyre fell in May 998 and was plundered and its defenders either massacred or taken captive to Egypt, where 'Allaqa was flayed alive and crucified, while many of his followers, as well as 200 Byzantine captives, were executed.

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