The Zirid ruler tried to stop this rising tide, but with each encounter, the last under the walls of Kairouan, his troops were defeated and the Arabs remained masters of the battlefield.
ðə zˈɪɹɪd ɹˈuːlɚ tɹˈaɪd tə stˈɑːp ðɪs ɹˈaɪzɪŋ tˈaɪd, bˌʌt wɪð ˈiːtʃ ɛŋkˈaʊntɚ, ðə lˈæst ˌʌndɚ ðə wˈɔːlz ʌv kˈaɪrwɑːn, hɪz tɹˈuːps wɜː dᵻfˈiːɾᵻd ænd ðɪ ˈæɹəbz ɹᵻmˈeɪnd mˈæstɚz ʌvðə bˈæɾəlfˌiːld.