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Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	920s 930s 940s – 950s – 960s 970s 980s
Years:	955 956 957 – 958 – 959 960 961

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Year 958 (CMLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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The Fatimid general Gawhar al-Siqilli takes the capital of the rebellious Kharijite Banu Ya'la tribesmen, Ifgan. Gawhar in the following two years conquers most of the North of modern Morocco and Algeria. In particular, he conquers the cities of Tanger, Sijilmasa and Tlemcen.^[1]

King Kshemgupta of Kashmir dies, and is succeeded by his young son Abhimanyu. Didda, widow of the former and mother of the latter, becomes de facto ruler.
The Later Zhou Dynasty strikes at Liao Dynasty positions in the Sixteen Prefectures, but is defeated.

^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.42.

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