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Year 933 (CMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Africa

  • The Fatimid dynasty fails to seize the Maghreb al-Aqsa (nowadays Morocco), from the local rulers allied to the Spain-based Umayyad Caliphate.

    • Asia

  • Shiragi Arabs from Persia settle on the Comoros.

    • Europe

  • 15 March – Battle of Riade: Henry the Fowler defeats the Magyars.
  • Cotentin and Jersey are seized by William Longsword, Duke of Normandy.
  • The Kingdom of Lower Burgundy is given to King Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy.

    • Deaths

  • King Alfonso IV of Leon
  • March 16 – Takin al-Khazari, Abbasid governor of Egypt
  • August: Mu'nis al-Muzaffar, general and virtual dictator of the Abbasid Caliphate (b. 845/6)
  • December 15 – Li Siyuan, Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang
  • Shaghab, mother and de facto co-ruler of Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtadir

    • References

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