 In 892 an emir was sent from Ifriqiya by Ibrahim II ibn Ahmad to Palermo but was ousted again a few months later.The prince did not relent and sent another powerful army to Sicily under his son, Abu l-Abbas Abdallah, in 900.The Sicilians were defeated at Trapani (August 22) and outside Palermo (September 8), the latter city resisting for another ten days.