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6th Century (500-599) C.E.
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545:  Birth of Abdullah, the Holy Prophet's father.
571:  Birth of the Holy Prophet. Year of the Elephant. Invasion of
Makkah by Abraha the Viceroy of Yemen, his retreat.
577:  The Holy Prophet visits Madina with his mother. Death of his
mother.
580:  Death of Abdul Muttalib, the grandfather of the Holy
Prophet.
583:  The Holy Prophet's journey to Syria in the company of his
uncle Abu Talib. His meeting with the monk Bahira at Bisra
who foretells of his prophethood.
586:  The Holy Prophet participates in the war of Fijar.
591:  The Holy Prophet becomes an active member of "Hilful
Fudul", a league for the relief of the distressed.
594:  The Holy Prophet becomes the Manager of the business of
Lady Khadija, and leads her trade caravan to Syria and back.
595:  The Holy Prophet marries Hadrat Khadija. Seventh century
 

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7th Century (600-699) C.E.
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605:  The Holy Prophet arbitrates in a dispute among the Quraish
about the placing of the Black Stone in the Kaaba.
610:  The first revelation in the cave at Mt. Hira. The Holy Prophet
is commissioned as the Messenger of God.
613:  Declaration at Mt. Sara inviting the general public to Islam.
614:  Invitation to the Hashimites to accept Islam.
615:  Persecution of the Muslims by the Quraish. A party of
Muslims leaves for Abyssinia.
616:  Second Hijrah to Abysinnia.
617:  Social boycott of the Hashimites and the Holy Prophet by the
Quraish. The Hashimites are shut up in a glen outside
Makkah.
619:  Lifting of the boycott. Deaths of Abu Talib and Hadrat
Khadija. Year of sorrow.
620:  Journey to Taif. Ascension to the heavens.
621:  First pledge at Aqaba.
622:  Second pledge at Aqaba. The Holy Prophet and the Muslims
migrate to Yathrib.
623:  Nakhla expedition.
624:  Battle of Badr. Expulsion of the Bani Qainuqa Jews from
Madina.
625:  Battle of Uhud. Massacre of 70 Muslims at Bir Mauna.
Expulsion of Banu Nadir Jews from Madina. Second
expedition of Badr.
626:  Expedition of Banu Mustaliq.
627:  Battle of the Trench. Expulsion of Banu Quraiza Jews.
628:  Truce of Hudaibiya. Expedition to Khyber. The Holy Prophet
addresses letters to various heads of states.
629:  The Holy Prophet performs the pilgrimage at Makkah.
Expedition to Muta (Romans).
630:  Conquest of Makkah. Battles of Hunsin, Auras, and Taif.
631:  Expedition to Tabuk. Year of Deputations.
632:  Farewell pilgrimage at Makkah.
632:  Death of the Holy Prophet. Election of Hadrat Abu Bakr as
the Caliph. Usamah leads expedition to Syria. Battles of Zu
Qissa and Abraq. Battles of Buzakha, Zafar and Naqra.
Campaigns against Bani Tamim and Musailima, the Liar.
633:  Campaigns in Bahrain, Oman, Mahrah Yemen, and
Hadramaut. Raids in Iraq. Battles of Kazima, Mazar, Walaja,
Ulleis, Hirah, Anbar, Ein at tamr, Daumatul Jandal and Firaz.
634:  Battles of Basra, Damascus and Ajnadin. Death of Hadrat
Abu Bakr. Hadrat Umar Farooq becomes the Caliph. Battles
of Namaraq and Saqatia.
635:  Battle of Bridge. Battle of Buwaib. Conquest of Damascus.
Battle of Fahl.
636:  Battle of Yermuk. Battle of Qadsiyia. Conquest of Madain.
637:  Conquest of Syria. Fall of Jerusalem. Battle of Jalula.
638:  Conquest of Jazirah.
639:  Conquest of Khuizistan. Advance into Egypt.
640:  Capture of the post of Caesaria in Syria. Conquest of Shustar
and Jande Sabur in Persia. Battle of Babylon in Egypt.
641:  Battle of Nihawand. Conquest Of Alexandria in Egypt.
642:  Battle of Rayy in Persia. Conquest of Egypt. Foundation of
Fustat.
643:  Conquest of Azarbaijan and Tabaristan (Russia).
644:  Conquest of Fars, Kerman, Sistan, Mekran and
Kharan.Martyrdom of Hadrat Umar. Hadrat Othman
becomes the Caliph.
645:  Campaigns in Fats.
646:  Campaigns in Khurasan, Armeain and Asia Minor.
647:  Campaigns in North Africa. Conquest of the island of
Cypress.
648:  Campaigns against the Byzantines.
651:  Naval battle of the Masts against the Byzantines.
652:  Discontentment and disaffection against the rule of Hadrat
Othman.
656:  Martyrdom of Hadrat Othman. Hadrat Ali becomes the
Caliph. Battle of the Camel.
657:  Hadrat Ali shifts the capital from Madina to Kufa. Battle of
Siffin. Arbitration proceedings at Daumaut ul Jandal.
658:  Battle of Nahrawan.
659:  Conquest of Egypt by Mu'awiyah.
660:  Hadrat Ali recaptures Hijaz and Yemen from Mu'awiyah.
Mu'awiyah declares himself as the Caliph at Damascus.
661:  Martyrdom of Hadrat Ali. Accession of Hadrat Hasan and his
abdication. Mu'awiyah becomes the sole Caliph.
662:  Khawarij revolts.
666:  Raid of Sicily.
670:  Advance in North Africa. Uqba b Nafe founds the town of
Qairowan in Tunisia. Conquest of Kabul.
672:  Capture of the island of Rhodes. Campaigns in Khurasan.
674:  The Muslims cross the Oxus. Bukhara becomes a vassal state.
677:  Occupation of Sarnarkand and Tirmiz. Siege of
Constantinople.
680:  Death of Muawiyah. Accession of Yazid. Tragedy of Kerbala
and martyrdom of Hadrat Hussain.
682:  In North Africa Uqba b Nafe marches to the Atlantic, is
ambushed and killed at Biskra. The Muslims evacuate
Qairowan and withdraw to Burqa.
683:  Death of Yazid. Accession of Mu'awiyah II.
684:  Abdullah b Zubair declares himself aS the Caliph at'Makkah.
Marwan I becomes the Caliph' at Damascus. Battle of Marj
Rahat.
685:  Death of Marwan I. Abdul Malik becomes the Caliph at
Damascus. Battle of Ain ul Wada.
686:  Mukhtar declares himself as the Caliph at Kufa.
687:  Battle of Kufa between the forces of Mukhtar and Abdullah b
Zubair. Mukhtar killed.
691:  Battle of Deir ul Jaliq. Kufa falls to Abdul Malik.
692:  The fall of Makkah. Death of Abdullah b Zubair. Abdul Malik
becomes the sole Caliph.
695:  Khawarij revolts in Jazira and Ahwaz. Battle of the Karun.
Campaigns against Kahina in North Africa. The' Muslims
once again withdraw to Barqa. The Muslims advance in
Transoxiana and occupy Kish.
 
 
 
 

8th Century (700-799) C.E.
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700:  Campaigns against the Berbers in North Africa.
702:  Ashath's rebellion in Iraq, battle of Deir ul Jamira.
705:  Death of Abdul Malik. Accession of Walid I as Caliph.
711:  Conquest of Spain, Sind and Transoxiana.
712:  The Muslims advance in Spain, Sind and Transoxiana.
713:  Conquest of Multan.
715:  Death of Walid I. Accession of Sulaiman.
716:  Invasion of Constantinople.
717:  Death of Sulaiman. Accession of Umar b Abdul Aziz.
720:  Death of Umar b Abdul Aziz. Accession of Yazid II.
724:  Death of Yazid II. Accession of Hisham.
725:  The Muslims occupy Nimes in France.
732:  The battle of Tours in France.
737:  The Muslims meet reverse at Avignon in France.
740:  Shia revolt under Zaid b Ali. Berber revolt in North Africa.
Battle of the Nobles.
741:  Battle of Bagdoura in North Africa.
742:  The Muslim rule restored in Qiarowan.
743:  Death of Hisham. Accession of Walid II. Shia revolt in
Khurasan under Yahya b Zaid.
744:  Deposition of Walid I1. Accession of Yazid II1 and his death.
Accession of Ibrahim and his overthrow. Battle of Ain al
Jurr. Accession of Marwan II.
745:  Kufa and Mosul occupied by the Khawarjites.
746:  Battle of Rupar Thutha, Kufa and Mosul occupied by
Marwan II.
747:  Revolt of Abu Muslim in Khurasan.
748:  Battle of Rayy.
749:  Battles of lsfahan and Nihawand. Capture of Kufa by the
Abbasids. As Saffah becomes the Abbasid Caliph at Kufa.
750:  Battle of Zab. Fall of Damascus. End of the Umayyads.
751:  Conquest of Wasit by the Abbasid. Murder of the Minister
Abu Salama.
754:  Death of As Saffah. Accession of Mansur as the Caliph.
755:  Revolt of Abdullah b Ali. MUrder of Abu Muslim. Sunbadh
revolt in Khurasan.
756:  Abdul Rahman founds the Umayyad state in Spain.
762:  Shia revolt under Muhammad (Nafs uz Zakia) and Ibrahim.
763:  Foundation of Baghdad. Defeat of the Abbasids in Spain.
767:  Khariji state set up by Ibn Madrar at Sijilmasa. Ustad Sees
revolt in Khurasan.
772:  Battle of Janbi in North Africa. Rustamid. state set up in
Morocco.
775:  Death or the Abbasid Caliph Mansur, Accession of Mahdi.
777:  Battle of Saragossa in Spain.
785:  Death of the Caliph Mahdi. Accession of Hadi.
786:  Death of Hadi. Accession of Harun ur Rashid.
788:  Idrisid state set up in the Maghrib. Death of Abdul Rahman
of Spain, and accession of Hisham.
792:  Invasion of South France.
796:  Death of Hisham in Spain; accession of al Hakam.
799:  Suppression of the revolt of the Khazars. Ninth century.
 
 
 
 

9th Century (800-899) C.E.
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800:  The Aghlabid rule is established in North Africa.
803:  Downfall of the Barmakids. Execution of Jafar Barmki.
805:  Campaigns against the Byzantines. Capture of the islands of
Rhodes and Cypress.
809:  Death of Harun ur Rashid. Accession of Amin.
814:  Civil war between Amin and Mamun. Amin killed and
Mamun becomes the Caliph.
815:  Shia revolt under Ibn Tuba Tabs.
816:  Shia revolt in Makkah; Harsama quells the revolt. In Spain
the Umayyads capture the island of Corsica.
817:  Harsama killed.
818:  The Umayyads of Spain capture the islands of Izira,
Majorica, and Sardinia.
819:  Mamun comes to Baghdad.
820:  Tahir establishes the rule of the Tahirids in Khurasan.
822:  Death of Al Hakam in Spain; accession of Abdul Rahman.
II.
823:  Death of Tahir in Khurasan. Accession of Talha and his
deposition. Accession of Abdullah b Tahir.
827:  Mamun declares the Mutazila creed as the state religion.
833:  Death of Mamun. Accession of Mutasim.
836:  Mutasim shifts the capital to Samarra.
837:  Revolt of the Jats.
838:  Revolt of Babek in Azarbaijan suppressed.
839:  Revolt of Maziar in Tabaristan. The Muslims occupy South
Italy. Capture of the city of Messina in Sicily.
842:  Death of Mutasim, accession of Wasiq.
843:  Revolts of the Arabs.
847:  Death of Wasiq, accession of Mutawakkil.
850:  Mutawakkil restores orthodoxy.
849:  Death of the Tahirid ruler Abdullah b Tahir; accession of
Tahir II.
852:  Death of Abdur Rahman II of Spain;. accession of
Muhammad I.
856:  Umar b Abdul Aziz founds the Habbarid rule in Sind.
858:  Mutawakkil founds the town of Jafariya.
860:  Ahmad founds the Samanid rule in Transoxiana.
861:  Murder of the Abbasid Caliph Mutawakkil; accession of
Muntasir.
862:  Muntasir poisoned to death; accession of Mutasin.
864:  Zaidi state established in Tabaristan by Hasan b Zaid.
866:  Mutasim flies from Samarra, his depostion and accession of
Mutaaz.
867:  Yaqub b Layth founds the Saffarid rule in Sistan.
868:  Ahmad b Tulun founds the Tulunid rule in Egypt.
869:  The Abbasid Caliph Mutaaz forced to abdicate, his death
and accession of Muhtadi.
870:  Turks revolt against Muhtadi, his death and accession of
Mutamid.
873:  Tahirid rule extinguished.
874:  Zanj revolt in South Iraq. Death of the Samanid ruler
Ahmad, accession of Nasr.
877:  Death of Yaqubb Layth in Sistan, accession of Amr b Layth.
885:  Death of Ahmad b Tulun in Egypt, accession of Khamar-
wiyiah.
866:  Death of Muhammad I the Umayyad ruler of Spain,
accession of Munzir. Death of Abdullah b Umar the Habbari
ruler of Sind.
888:  Death of Munzir the Umayyad ruler of Spain, accession of
Abbullah.
891:  The Qarmatian state established at Bahrain.
892:  Death of the Samanid ruler Nasr, accession of Ismail.
894:  The Rustamids become the vassals of Spain.
896:  Death of the Tulunid ruler Khamarwiyiah; accession of Abul
Asakir Jaish.
897:  Assassination of Abul Asakir Jaish; accession of Abu Musa
Harun.
898:  Qarmatians sack Basra.
 
 
 
 

10th Century (900-999) C.E.
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902:  Death of the Abbasid Caliph Muktafi; death of the Saffarid
ruler Amr.
903:  Assassination of the Qarmatian ruler Abu Said; accession of
Abu Tahir.
905:  Abdullah b Hamdan founds the Hamdanid rule in Mosul and
Jazira. End of the Tulunid rule in Egypt.
907:  Death of the Abbasid Caliph Muktafi; accession of
Muqtadir.
908:  End of the Saffarid rule, annexation of their territories by
the Samanids.
909:  Ubaidullah overthrows the Aghlablds and founds the
Fatimid rule in North Africa.
912:  Death of the Umayyad Amir Abdullah in Spain, accession of
Abdur Rahman III.
913:  Assassination of the Samanid ruler Ahmad II, accession of
Nasr II.
928:  Mardawij b Ziyar founds the Ziyarid rule in Tabaristan.
929:  Qarmatians sack Makkah and carry away the Black Stone
from the Holy Kaaba. In Spain, Abdur Rahman III declares
himself as the Caliph.
931:  Deposition and restoration of the Abbasid Caliph Muqtadir.
Death of the Qarmatian ruler Abu Tahir; accession of Abu
Mansur.
932:  Death of the Abbasid Caliph Muqtadir; accession of Al
Qahir.
934:  Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph Al Qahir; accession of Ar
Radi. Death of the Fatimid Caliph Ubaidullah ; accession of
Al Qaim.
935:  Assassination of the Ziyarid ruler Mardawij; accession of
Washimgir. Death of Hamdanid ruler Abdullah b Hamdan
accession of Nasir ud Daula.
936:  By coup Ibn Raiq becomes the Amir ul Umara.
938:  By another coup power at Baghdad is captured by Bajkam.
940:  Death of the Abbasid Caliph Ar Radi, accession of Muttaqi.
941:  Assassination of Bajkam, capture of power by Kurtakin.
942:  Ibn Raiq recaptures power.
943:  Al Baeidi captures power. The Abbasid Caliph Muttaqi is
forced to seek refuge with the Hamdanids. Sail ud Daula
captures power at Baghdad and the Caliph returns to'
Baghdad. Power is captured by Tuzun and Sail ud Daula
retires' to Mosul. Death of the Samanid ruler Nasr II,
accession of Nuh.
944:  Muttaqi is blinded and deposed, accession of Mustakafi.
945:  Death of Tuzun. Shirzad becomes Amir ul Umra. The
Buwayhids capture power. Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph
Mustakafi.
946:  Death of the Fatimid Caliph A1 Qaim. accession of Mansur.
Death of the Ikhshid ruler Muhammad b Tughj, accession of
Abul' Qasim Ungur.
951:  The Qarnaatiana restore the Black Stone to the Holy Kaaba.
954:  Death of the Sasanid ruler Nuh, accession of Abdul Malik.
961:  Death of the Samanid ruler Abdul Malik, accession of
Manauf. Alptgin founds the rule of the Ghazanavids. Death
of the Umayyad Caliph Abdul Rahman III in Spain;
accession of Hakam. Death of the Ikhshid ruler Ungur
accession of Abul Hasan Ali.
965:  Death of the Qarmatian ruler Abu Mansur; accession of
Hasan Azam. Assassination of the Ikhshid ruler Abul Hasan
Ali; power captured by Malik Kafur.
967:  Death of the Buwayhid Sultan Muiz ud Daula, accession of
Bakhtiar. Death of the Hamdanid ruler Sail ud Daula.
968:  Byzantines occupy Aleppo. Death of the Ikhshid ruler Malik
Kafur; accession of Abul Fawaris.
969:  The Fatimids conquer Egypt.
972:  Buluggin b Ziri founds the rule of the Zirids Algeria.
973:  Shia Sunni disturbances in Baghdad; power captured in
Baghdad by the Turkish General Subuktgin.
974:  Abdication of the Abbasid Caliph Al Muttih; accession of At
Taii.
975:  Death of the Turk General Subuktgin. Death of the Fatimid
Caliph Al Muizz.
976:  The Buwayhid Sultan Izz ud Daula recaptures power with the
help of his cousin Azud ud Daula. Death of the Samanid
ruler Mansur, accession of Nuh II. In Spain death of the
Umayyad Caliph Hakam, accession of Hisham II.
978:  Death of the Buwayhid Sultan Izz ud Daula, power captured
by Azud ud Daula. The Hamdanids overthrown by the
Buwayhids.
979:  Subkutgin becomes the Amir of Ghazni.
981:  End of the Qarmatian rule at Bahrain.
982:  Death of the- Buwayhid Sultan Azud ud Daula; accession of
Samsara ud Daula.
984:  Death of the Zirid ruler Buluggin, accession of Mansur.
986:  The Buwyhid Sultan Samsara ud Daula overthrown by
Sharaf ud Daula.
989:  Death of the Buwayhid Sultan Sharaf ud Daula, accession of
Baha ud Daula.
991:  Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph At Taii, accession of Al
Qadir.
996:  Death of the Zirid ruler Mansur, accession of Nasir ud
Daula Badis.
997:  Death of the Samanid ruler Nuh II, accession of Mansur II.
998:  Death of the Samanid ruler Mansur II, accession of Abdul
Malik II. Mahmud becomes the Amir of Ghazni.
999:  End of the Samanids.
 
 
 
 
 

11th Century (1000-1099) C.E.
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1001:  Mahmud Ghazanavi defeats the Hindu Shahis.
1004:  Mahmud captures Bhatiya.
1005:  Mahmud captures Multan and Ghur.
1008:  Mahmud defeats the Rajput confederacy.
1010:  Abdication of Hisham II in Spain. accession of Muhammad.
1011:  In Spain Muhammad is overthrown by Sulaiman.
1012:  In Spain power is captured by Bani Hamud. Death of the
Buwayhid Baha ud Daula, accession of Sultan ud Daula.
1016:  Death of the Zirrid ruler Nasir ud Daula Badis; accession of
Al Muizz.
1018:  In Spain power is captured by Abdul Rahman IV.
1019:  Conquest of the Punjab by Mahmud Ghazanavi.
1020:  The Buwayhid Sultan ud Daula is Overthrown by Musharaf
ud Daula, Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Hakim, accession
of Al Zahir.
1024:  In Spain assassination of Abdul Rahman IV, accession of
Mustafi.
1025:  Death of the Buwayhid Mushgraf ud Daula, accession of
Jalal ud Daula.
1029:  In Spain death of Mustaft, accession of Hisham III.
1030:  Death of Mahmud Ghazanavi.
1031:  In Spain deposition of Hisharn III, and end of the Umayyad
rule. Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al Qadir, accession of Al
Qaim.
1036:  Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Zahir, accession of
Mustansir. Tughril Beg is crowned as the king of the Seljuks.
1040:  Battle of Dandanqan, the Seljuks defeat the Ghazanavids.
Deposition of Masud the Ghazanavid Sultan, accession of
Muhammad. Al Moravids come to power in North Africa.
1041:  The Ghazanavid Sultan Muhammad is overthrown by
Maudud.
1044:  Death of the Buwayhid Jalal ud Daula, accession of Abu
Kalijar.
1046:  Basasiri captures power in Baghdad.
1047:  The Zirids in North Africa repudiate allegiance to the
Fatimid and transfer allegiance to-the Abbasids.
1048:  Death of the Buwayhid Abu Kalijar, accession of Malik ur
Rahim.
1050:  Yusuf b Tashfin comes to power .in the Maghrib.
1055:  Tughril Beg overthrows the Buwayhids.
1057:  Basasiri recaptures power in Baghdad, deposes Al Qaim and
offers allegiance to the Fatimid Caliph.
1059:  Tughril Beg recaptures power in Baghdad, al Qaim is
restored as the Caliph.
1060:  Ibrahim becomes the Sultan of Ghazni. Yusuf b Tashfin
founds the city of Marrakesh. The Zirids abandon their
capital Ashir and establish their capital at Bougie.
1062:  Death of the Zirid ruler Al Muizz, accession of Tamin.
1063:  Death of the Seljuk Sultan Tughril Beg; accession of Alp
Arsalan.
1071:  Battle of Manzikert, the Byzantine emperor taken captive by
the Seljuks.
1073:  Death of Alp Arsalan, accession of Malik Shah.
1077:  Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al Qaim, accession of Al
Muqtadi.
1082:  The A1 Moravids conquer Algeria.
1086:  Battle of Zallakha. The Al Moravids defeat the Christians in
Spain. Death of the Rum Sejuk Sultan Sulaiman, accession of
Kilij Arsalan.
1091:  The Normans conquer the island of Sicily; end of the Muslim
rule.
1092:  Death of the Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah, accession of
Mahmud.
1094:  Death of Mahmud; accession of Barkiaruk. Death of the
Abbasid Caliph Al Muqtadi, accession of Mustahzir.
1095:  The first crusade.
1099:  The crusaders capture Jerusalem.
 
 
 
 
 

12th Century (1100-1199) C.E.
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1101:  Death or the Fatimid Caliph Al Mustaali, accession of Al
Aamir.
1105:  Death of the Seljuk Sultan Barkiaruk, accession Of
Muhammad.
1106:  Death of the Al Motavid Yusuf b Tashfin.
1107:  Death of the Rum Seljuk Sultan Kilij Arsalan, succession of
Malik Shah.
1108:  Death of the Zirid ruler Tamin, accession of Yahya.
1116:  Death of the Rum Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah. accession of
Rukn ud Din Masud.
1118:  Death of the Seljuk Sultan Muhammad; accession of
Mahmud II. Death of the Abbasid Caliph Mustahzir,
accession of Mustarshid. In Spain the Christians capture
Saragossa.
1121:  Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Aamir, accession of Al Hafiz.
1127:  Imad ud Din Zangi establishes the Zangi rule In Mosul.
1128:  Death of the Khawarzam Shah Qutb ud Din Muhammad;
accession of Atsiz.
1130:  Death of the Seljuk Sultan Mahmud II; accession of Tughril
Beg II.
1134:  Assassination of the Abbasid Caliph Mustarshid; accession
of Al Rashid. Death of the Seljuk Sultan Tughril Beg II,
accession of Masud.
1135:  Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph Al Rashid, accession of Al
Muktafi.
1144:  Imad ud Din Zangi captures Edessa from the Christians,
second crusade.
1146:  Death of Imad ud Din Zangi, accession of Nur ud Din Zangi.
1147:  In the Maghrib Al Moravids overthrown by the Al Mohads
under Abul Mumin.
1148:  End of the Zirid rule' in North Africa.
1149:  Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Hafiz, accession of Al Zafar.
1152:  Death of the Seljuk Sultan Masud, accession of Malik Shah
II. Hamadid rule extinguished in North Africa.
1153:  Death of the Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah I1, accession of
Muhammad II.
1154:  Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Zafar, accession of Al Faiz.
1156:  Death of the Rum Seljuk Sultan Rukn ud Din Masid,
accession of Arsalan II.
1159:  Death of the Seljuk Sultan Muhammad II, accession of
Gulaiman.
1160:  Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al Mukta, accession of Al
Mustanjid. Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Faiz, accession of
Al Azzid.
1161:  Death of the Seljuk Sulaiman, accession of Arsalan Shah.
1163:  Death of the Al Mohad ruler Abul Mumin, accession of Abu
Yaqub Yusuf.
1170:  Death of the Abbasid Caliph Mustanjid, accession of Al
Mustazii.
1171:  Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Azzid. End of the Fatimids.
Salah ud Din founds the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt.
1172:  Death of the Khawarzam Shah Arsalan, accession of Sultan
Shah.
1173:  The Khawarzam Shah Sultan Shah is overthrown by Tukush
Shah.
1174:  Salah ud Din annexes Syria.
1175:  The Ghurids defeat the Guzz Turks and occupy Ghazni.
1176:  Death of the Seljuk Sultan Arsalan Shah, accession of
Tughril Beg III.
1179:  Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al Mustazaii, accession of Al
Nasir. Shahab ud Din Ghuri captures Peshawar.
1185:  Death of the Al Mohad ruler Abu Yaqub Yusuf, accession of
Abu Yusuf Yaqub.
1186:  The Ghurids overthrow the Ghaznvaids in the Punjab.
1187:  Salah ud Din wrests Jerusalem from the Christians, third
crusade.
1191:  Battle of Tarain between the Rajputs and the Ghurids.
1193:  Death of Salah ud Din; accession of Al Aziz. Second battleof
Tarain.
1194:  Occupation of Delhi by the Muslims. End of the Seljuk rule.
1199:  Death of the Khawarzam Shah Tukush Shah; accession of
Ala ud Din. Death of the Al Mohad ruler Abu Yusuf Yaqub;
accession of Muhammad Nasir. Conquest of Northern India
and Bengal by the Ghurids.
 
 
 
 
 

13th Century (1200-1299) C.E.
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1202:  Death of the Ghurid Sultan Ghias ud Din; accession of
Mahmud.
1204:  Shahab ud Din Ghuri defeated by the Ghuzz Turks.
1206:  Death of Shahab ud Din Ghuri. Qutb ud Din Aibik crowned
king in Lahore.
1210:  Assassination of the Ghurid Sultan MahmUd, accession of
Sam. Death of Qutb ud Din Aibak, accession of Aram Shah
in India.
1211:  End of the Ghurid rule, their territories annexed by the
Khawarzam Shahs. In India Aram Shah overthrown by
Iltutmish.
1212:  Battle of Al Uqab in Spain, end of the Al Mohad rule in
Spain. The Al Mohads suffer defeat by the Christians in
Spain at the Al-Uqba. The Al Mohad Sultan An Nasir
escapes to Morocco where he dies soon after. Accession of
his son Yusuf who takes over title of Al Mustansir.
1214:  In North Africa death of the Al Mohad ruler Al Nasir,
accession of Al Mustansir. The Banu Marin under their
leader Abdul Haq occupy the north eastern part of Morocco.
1216:  The Banu Marin under their leader Abdul Haq occupy north
eastern part of Morocco. The Al Mohads suffer defeat by the
Marinids at the battle of Nakur. The Banu Marin defeat the
Al Mobads at the battle of Nakur.
1217:  The Marinids suffer defeat in the battle fought on the banks
of the Sibu river. Abdul Haq is killed and the Marinids
evacuate Morocco. In the battle of Sibu the Marinids suffer
defeat; their leader Abdul Haq is killed and they evacuate
Morocco.
1218:  Death of the Ayyubid ruler Al Adil, accession of Al Kamil.
The Marinids return to Morocco under their leader Othman
and occupy Fez.
1220:  Death of the Khawarzam Shah Ala ud Din, accession of
Jalal ud Din Mangbarni.
1222:  Death of the Zangi ruler Nasir ud Din Mahmud, power
captured by Badr ud Din Lulu.
1223:  Death of the Al Mohad ruler Muntasir, accession of Abdul
Wahid. Death of Yusuf Al Mustansir, accession of Abdul
Wahid in Morocco.. In Spain a brother of Yusuf declares his
independence and assumes the title of Al Adil. In Spain Abu
Muhammad overthrows Al Adil. Al Adil escapes to Morocco
and overthrows Abdul Wahid.
1224:  Death of the Al Mohad ruler Abdul Wahid, accession of
Abdullah Adil.
1225:  Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al Nasir, accession of Al
Mustansir.
1227:  Death of the Al Mohad ruler Abdullah Adil, accession of
Mustasim. Assassination of Al Adil, accession of his son
Yahya who assumes the throne under the name of Al
Mustasim.
1229:  Death of the Al Mohad ruler Mustasim, accession of Idris.
The Ayyubid Al Kamil restores Jerusalem to the Christians.
Abu Muhammad dies in Spain and is succeeded by Al
Mamun. Al Mamun invades Morocco with Christian help.
Yahya is defeated and power is captured by Al Mamun. He
denies the Mahdiship of Ibn Tumarat.
1230:  End of the Khawarzam Shah rule.
1232:  Death of the Al Mohad ruler Idris, accession, of Abdul
Wahid II. Assassination of Al Mamun; accession of his son
Ar-Rashid.
1234:  Death of the Ayyubid ruler Al Kamil, accession of Al Adil.
1236:  Death of Delhi Sultan Iltutmish. Accession of Rukn ud Din
Feroz Shah.
1237:  Accession of Razia Sultana as Delhi Sultan.
1240:  Death of Ar-Rashid; accession of his son Abu Said.
1241:  Death of Razia Sultana, accession of Bahram Shah.
1242:  Death of Bahram Shah, accession of Ala ud Din Masud Shah
as Delhi Sultan. Death of the Al Mohad rules Abdul Wahid,
accession of Abu Hasan. Death of the Abbasid Caliph
Mustansir, accession of Mustasim.
1243:  Death of the Al Mohad ruler Abdul Walid II, accession of
1244:  The Al Mohads defeat the Marinids at the battle of Abu
Bayash. The Marinids evacuate Morocco.
1245:  The Muslims reconquer Jerusalem.
1246:  Death of the Delhi Sultan Ala ud Din Masud Shah, accession
of Nasir ud Din Mahmud Shah.
1248:  Death of the Al Mohad ruler Abul Hasan, accession of Omar
Murtaza. Abu Said attacks Tlemsen, but is ambushed and
killed; accession of his son Murtada.
1250:  The Marinids return to Morocco, and occupy a greatar part
thereof.
1258:  The Mongols sack Baghdad. Death of the Abbasid Caliph
Mustasim. End of the Abbasid rule. Fall of Baghdad, end of
the Abbasid caliphate. The Mongol II-Khans under Halaku
establish their rule in Iran and Iraq with the capital at
Maragah. Berek Khan the Muslim chief of the Golden Horde
protests against the treatment meted out to the Abbasid
Caliph and withdraw his Contingent from Baghdad.
1259:  Abu Abdullah the Hafsid ruler declares himself as the Caliph
and assumes the name of Al Mustamir.
1260:  Battle of Ayn Jalut in Syria. The Mongols are defeated by
the Mamluks of Egypt, and the spell of the invincibility of the
Mongols is broken. Baybars becomes the Mamluk Sultan.
1262:  Death of Bahauddin Zikriya in Multan who is credited with
the introduction of the Suhrawardi Sufi order in the
IndoPakistan sub-continent.
1265:  Death of Halaku. Death of Fariduddin Ganj Shakkar the
Chishti saint of the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent.
1266:  Death of Berek Khan the first ruler of the Golden Horde to
be converted to Islam. The eighth crusade. The crusaders
invade Tunisia. Failure of the crusade.
1267:  Malik ul Salih establishes the first Muslim state of Samudra
Pasai in Indonesia. Murtada seeks the help of the Christians,
and the Spaniards invade Morocco. The Marinids drive
away the Spaniards from Morocco. Assassination of
Murtada; accession of Abu Dabbas.
1269:  Abu Dabbas is overthrown by the Marinida, End of the Al
Mohads. End of the rule of the Al Mohads in Morocco, the
Marinids come to power in Morocco under Abu Yaqub.
1270:  Death of Mansa Wali the founder of the Muslim rule in M
ali.
1272:  Death of Muhammad I the founder of the state of Granada.
Yaghmurason invades Morocco but meets a reverse at the
battle
1273:  Death of Jalaluddin Rumi.
1274:  Death of Nasiruddin Tusi. The Marinids wrest Sijilmasa
from the Zayenids. Ninth crusade under Edward I of
England. The crusade ends in fiasco and Edward returns to
England.
1277:  Death of Baybars.
1280:  Battle of Hims.
1283:  Death of Yaghmurasan. Accession of his son Othman.
1285:  Tunisis splits in Tunis and Bougie.
1286:  Death of Ghiasuddin Balban. Death of Abu Yusuf Yaqub.
Bughra Khan declares his independence in Bengal under the
name of Nasiruddin.
1290:  End of the slave dynasty Jalaluddin Khilji comes into power.
Othman embarks on a career of conquest and by 1290 C.E.
most of the Central Maghreb is conquered by the Zayanids.
1291:  Saadi.
1296:  Alauddin Ghazan converted to Islam.
1299:  Mongols invade Syria. The Marinids besiege Tlemsen the
capital of the Zayanids.
 
 
 

14th Century (1300-1399) C.E.
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1301:  In Bengal, Death of Ruknuddin the king of Bengal,
succeeded by brother Shamsuddin Firuz.
1302:  In Granada, Death of Muhammad II; succession of
Muhammad III.
1304:  In the Mongols II Khans empire, Death of Ghazan,
succession of his brother Khudabanda Ul Jaytu. In Algeria,
Death of Othman, succession of his son Abu Zayan
Muhammad.
1305:  In the Khiljis empire, Alauddin Khilji conquers Rajputana.
1306:  In the Chughills empire, Death of Dava, succession of his
son Kunjuk.
1307:  In the Marinids empire, Assassination of the Marinid Sultan
Abu Yaqub Yusuf; accession of Abu Thabit
1308:  In the Chughills empire, Deposition of Kunjuk, power
captured by Taliku. In Algeria, Death of Abu Zayan
Muhammad, succession of his brother Abu Hamuw Musa. In
the Marinids empire, Abu Thabit overthrown by Abu Rabeah
Sulaiman.
1309:  In the Chughills empire, Assassination of Taliku, accession
of Kubak. In Granada, Muhammad III overthrown by his
uncle Abul Juyush Nasr.
1310:  In the Chughills empire, Kubak overthrown by his brother
Isan Buga. In the Marinids empire, Abu Rabeah Sulaiman
overthrown by Abu Said Othman. In the Khiljis empire,
Alauddin conquers Deccan.
1312:  In Tunisia, In Tunis Abul Baqa is overthrown by Al Lihiani.
1313:  In the Mongols II Khans empire, Invasion of Syria, the
Mongols repulsed. In the Golden Horde empire, Death of
Toktu, accession of his nephew Uzbeg.
1314:  In Kashmir, Rainchan an adventurer from Baltistan
overthrows Sinha Deva the Raja of Kashmir. Rainchan is
converted to Islam and adopts the name of Sadrud Din. In
Granada, Abul Juyush overthrown by his nephew Abul
Wahid Ismail.
1315:  In Tunisia, War between Bougie and Tunis, Lihani defeated
and killed. Abu Bakr becomes the ruler of Bougie and Tunis.
1316:  In the Mongols II Khans empire, Death of Khudabanda Ul
Jaytu, succession of Abu Said. In the Khiljis empire, Death
of Alauddin, accession of Shahabuddin Umar, usurpation of
power by Malik Kafur, a Hindu convert.
1318:  In the Khiljis empire, Assassination of Malik Kafur,
deposition of Shahabuddin Umar, accession of Qutbuddin
Mubarak. In the Chughills empire, Isan Buga overthrown by
Kubak.
1320:  In the Khiljis empire, Assassination of Qutbuddin Mubarak,
usurpation of power by Khusro Khan a Hindu convert.
Khusro Khan overthrown by Ghazi Malik. End of the rule of
Khiljis. In Tunisia, Abu Bakr expelled from Tunis by Abu
Imran. In the Tughluqs empire, Ghazi Malik founds the rule
of the Tughluq dynasty.
1321:  In the Chughills empire, Death of Kubak, succession of
Hebbishsi who is overthrown by Dava Temur.
1322:  In the Chughills empire, Dava Temur overthrown by
Tarmashirin, who is converted to Islam. In Bengal, Death of
Shamsuddin Firuz. The kingdom divided into two parts.
Ghiasuddin Bahadur became the ruler of East Bengal with
the capital at Sonargaon, Shahabuddin became the ruler of
West Bengal with the capital at Lakhnauti.
1324:  In Bengal, Shahabuddin dies and is succeeded by his brother
Nasiruddin.
1325:  In the Tughluqs empire, Death of Ghazi Malik (Ghiasuddin
Tughluq); accession of his son Muhammad Tughluq. In
Granada, Assassination of Abul Wahid Ismail, succession of
his son Muhammad IV. Assassination of Muhammad IV.
Accession of his brother Abul Hallaj Yusuf. In the Samudra
Pasai empire, Death of Malik al Tahir I, accession of Malik
al Tahir II. In Bengal, With the help of Ghiasuddin Tughluq,
Nasiruddin over-throws. Ghiasuddin Bahadur and himself
become's the ruler of United Bengal.
1326:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Death of Othman, succession
of Orkhan. Orkhan conquers Bursa and makes it his capital.
1327:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, The Turks capture the city of
Nicaea.
1329:  In the Tughluqs empire, Muhammad Tughluq shifts the
capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in Deccan.
1330:  In the Chughills empire, Death of Tramashirin, succession of
Changshahi. Amir Hussain establishes the rule of the
Jalayar dynasty at Baghdad. In Tunisia, Abu Bakr
overthrows Abu Imran and the state is again united, under
him. In Bengal, Muhammad b Tughluq reverses the policy of
his father and restores Ghiasuddin Bahadur to the throne of
Sonargeon.
1331:  In the Marinids empire, Death of Abu Said Othman,
sucession of Abul Hasan. In Bengal, Annexation of Bengal
by the Tughluqs.
1335:  In the Mongols II Khans empire, Death of Abu Said, power
captured by Arpa Koun. In the Chughills empire,
Assassination of Changshahi, accession of Burun.
1336:  In the Mongols II Khans empire, Arpa defeated and killed,
succeeded by Musa. Birth of Amir Temur. In the Jalayar
empire, Death of Amir Hussain, succession of Hasan
Buzurg. In the Ottoman Turks empire, The Turks annex the
state of Karasi. In Bengal, The Tughluq Governor at
Sonargeon assassinated by armour bearer who captured
power and declared his independence assuming the name of
Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah.
1337:  In the Mongols II Khans empire, The rule of Musa
overthrown, Muhammad becomes the Sultan. In the
Sarbadaran empire, On the disintegration of the II-Khan
rule, Abdur Razaq a military adventurer establishes an
independent principality in Khurasan with the capital at
Sabzwar. In the Muzaffarids empire, On the disintegration of
the II Khan rule Mubarazud Din Muhammad established the
rule of the Muzaffarid dynasty. In the Ottoman Turks empire,
The Turks capture the city of Nicomedia. In Algeria, Algeria
is occupied by Marinids.
1338:  In the Mongols II Khans empire, Muhammad overthrown,
succession of Sati Beg. Sati Beg marries Sulaiman who
becomes the co-ruler.
1339:  In Kashmir, Death of Sadrud Din, throne captured by a
Hindu Udyana Deva. In the Chughills empire, Deposition of
Burun, accession of Isun Temur. In Bengal, The Tughluq
Governor at Lakhnauti-Qadr Khan assassinated and power
is captured by the army commander-in-chief who declares
his independence and assumes the title of Alauddin Ali Shah.
1340:  In the Muzaffarids empire, The Muzaffarids conquer
Kirman. In the Chughills empire, Deposition of Isun Temur,
accession of Muhammad.
1341:  In the Golden Horde empire, Death of Uzbeg, succession of
his son Tini Beg.
1342:  In the Golden Horde empire, Tini Beg overthrown by his
brother Jani Beg.
1343:  In the Chughills empire, Muhammad overthrown, power
captured by Kazan. In Bengal, Ilyas an officer of Alauddin
murders his patron and captures the throne of West Bengal.
1344:  In the Mongols II Khans empire, Deposition of Sulaiman,
succession of Anusherwan.
1345:  In the Samudra Pasai empire, Death of Malik al Tahir II,
accession of Tahir III. His rule lasted throughout the
fourteenth century. In Bengal, llyas captures East Bengal
and under him Bengal is again united. He establishes his
capital at Gaur.
1346:  In the Chughills empire, Deposition of Kazan, accession of
Hayan Kuli. In Tunisia, Death of Abu Bakr, succession of his
son Fadal. In Kashmir, Death of Udyana Deva, throne
captured by Shah Mirza who assumed the name of Shah Mir,
and rounded the rule of Shah Mir dynasty.
1347:  The Marinids capture Tunisia. In the Bahmanids empire,
Hasan Gangu declares his independence and establishes a
state in Deccan with the capital at Gulbarga.
1349:  In Kashmir, Death of Shah Mir, accession of his son
Jamsbed. In Algeria, The Zayanids under Abu Said Othman
recapture Algeria.
1350:  In the Sarbadaran empire, Revolt against Abdur Razaq.
Power captured by Amir Masud. In Tunisia, Deposition of
Fadal, succession of his brother Abu Ishaq. In Kashmir,
Jamshed overthrown by his step brother Alauddin Ali Sher.
1351:  In the Marinids empire, Death of Abul Hasan, succession of
Abu Inan. In the Tughluqs empire, Death of Muhammad
Tughluq accession of Firuz Shah Tughluq.
1352:  In Algeria, The Marinids again capture Algeria. Abu Said
Othman is taken captive and killed.
1353:  End of the Mongol II Khan rule. In the Ottoman Turks
empire, The Turks acquire the fortress of Tympa on the
European side of the Hollespoint. In the Muzaffarids empire,
The Muzaffarids conquer Shiraz and establish their capital
there.
1354:  In the Muzaffarids empire, The Muzaffarids annex Isfahan.
In Granada, Assassination of Abu Hallaj Yusuf, succession
of his son Muhammad V.
1356:  In the Jalayar empire, Death of Hasan Buzurg, succession of
his son Owaia.
1357:  In the Golden Horde empire, Death of Jani Beg, succession
of Kulpa.
1358:  In the Bahmanids empire, Death of Hasan Gangu, accession
of his son Muhammad Shah. In the Muzaffarids empire,
Death of Mubarazuddin Muhammad; accession of Shah
Shuja. In the Marinids empire, Assassination of Abu Inan,
succession of Abu Bakr Said. In Bengal, Death of Ilyas,
succession of his son Sikandar Shah.
1359:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Death of Orkhan, succession
of Murad. In the Muzaffarids empire, Shah Shuja deposed by
his brother Shah Mahmud. In Tunisia, Abul Abbas a nephew
of Abu Ishaq revolts and establishes his rule in Bougie. In
Algeria, The Zayanids under Abu Hamuw II recapture
Algeria. In the Marinids empire, Abu Bakr Said overthrown
by Abu Salim Ibrahim. In Granada, Muhammad V loses the
throne in palace revolution, succeeded by Ismail.
1360:  In the Muzaffarids empire, Death of Shah Mahmud. Shah
Shuja recaptures power. In the Chughills empire, Power
captured by Tughluq Temur. In Granada, Ismail overthrown
by his brother-in-law Abu Said.
1361:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Murad conquers a part of
Thrace and establishes his capital at Demolika in Thrace. In
the Golden Horde empire, Kulpa overthrown by his brother
Nauroz. In the Marinids empire, Abu Salim Ibrahim
overthrown by Abu Umar. Abu Umar overthrown by Abu
Zayyan.
1362:  In the Golden Horde empire, State of anarchy. During 20
years as many as 14 rulers came to the throne and made
their exit. In Granada, Abu Said overthrown by Muhammad
V who comes to rule for the second time. In Kashmir, Death
of Alauddin Ali Sher, succeeded by his brother Shahabuddin.
1365:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, The Turks defeat the
Christians at the battle of Matiza, the Byzantine ruler
becomes a vassal of the Turks.
1366:  In the Marinids empire, Assassination of Abu Zayyan,
succession of Abu Faris Abdul Aziz.
1369:  Power captured by Amir Temur. End of the rule of the
Chughills. Amir Temur captures power in Transoxiana. In
Tunisia, Death of Abu Ishaq. Succession of his son Abu
Baqa Khalid.
1370:  In Tunisia, Abu Baqa overthrown by Abul Abbas under
whom the state is reunited. In the Sarbadaran empire, Death
of Amir Masud, succession of Muhammad Temur.
1371:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Invasion of Bulgaria,
Bulgarian territory upto the Balkans annexed by the Turks.
1372:  In the Marinids empire, Death of Abu Faris, succession of
Abu Muhammad.
1374:  In the Marinids empire, Abu Muhammad overthrown by Abul
Abbas.
1375:  In the Sarbadaran empire, Deposition of Muhammad Temur,
power captured by Shamsuddin. In the Jalayar empire,
Death of Owais, succession by his son Hussain.
1376:  In Kashmir, Death of Shahabuddin, succeeded by his brother
Qutbuddin.
1377:  In the Bahmanids empire, Death of Muhammad Shah,
succeeded by his son Mujahid.
1378:  In the Bahmanids empire, Mujahid assassinated, throne
captured by his uncle Daud.
1379:  Turkomans of the Black Sheep empire, Bairam Khawaja
found the independent principality of the Turkomans of the
Black Sheep and established his capital at Van in Armenia.
In the Bahmanids empire, Assassination of Daud; accession
of Muhammad Khan.
1380:  In the Golden Horde empire, Power is captured by
Toktamish, a prince of the White Horde of Siberia. In Amir
Temur's empire, Amir Temur crosses the Oxus and conquers
Khurasan and Herat. Amir Temur invades Persia and
subjugates the Muzaffarids and Mazandaran.
1381:  In Amir Temur's empire, Annexation of Seestan, capture of
Qandhar.
1384:  In Amir Temur's empire, Conquest of Astrabad,
Mazandaran, Rayy and Sultaniyah. In the Muzaffarids
empire, Death of Shah Shuja, accession of his son Zainul
Abdin. In the Marinids empire, Abul Abbas overthrown by
Mustansir. Turkomans of the Black Sheep empire, Death of
Bairam Khawaja, succession of Qara Muhammad.
1386:  In Amir Temur's empire, Annexation of Azarbaijan, Georgea
overrun. Subjugation of Gilan and Shirvan. Turkomans of
the Black Sheep defeated. In the Marinids empire, Death of
Mustansir, succession of Muhammad.
1387:  In the Marinids empire, Muhammad overthrown by Abul
Abbas who comes to power for the second time.
1388:  In Algeria, Death of Abu Hamuw II, succession of Abu
Tashfin. In the Tughluqs empire, Death of Firuz Shah
Tughluq, succeeded by his grandson Ghiasuddin Tughluq II.
1389:  In the Muzaffarids empire, Death of the poet Hafiz Shirazi.
In the Tughluqs empire, Death of Ghiasuddin Tughluq II,
accession: of Abu Bakr Tughluq Shah. Turkomans of the
Black Sheep empire, Death of Qara Muhammad. succession
of Qara Yusuf.
1390:  In the Tughluqs empire, Abu Bakr overthrow by Nasiruddin
Tughluq. In Bengal, Death of Sikandar Shah, accession of
his son Ghiasud. In the Burji Mamluks empire, The rule of
the Burji Mamluks rounded by Saifuddin Barquq.
1391:  In Amir Temur's empire, Annexation of Fars. In the
Muzaffarids empire, Annexation of the Muzaffarids by Amir
Temur. In Granada, Death of Muhammad V, succession of
his son Abu Hallaj Yusuf II.
1392:  In the Jalayar empire, Death of Hussain, succession of his
son Ahmad. In Granada, Death of Abu Hallaj ; succession of
Muhammad VI.
1393:  Amir Temur defeats Tiktomish, the ruler of the Golden
Horde. Capture of the Jalayar dominions by Amir Temur. In
the Marinids empire, Death of Abul Abbas; succession of
Abu Faris II.
1394:  Amir Temur defeats the Duke of Moscow. In the Tughluqs
empire, Death of Nasiruddin Tugluq, accession of Alauddin
Sikandar Shah. In Kashmir, Death of Qutbuddin. Turkomans
of the White Sheep empire, Qara Othman established the
rule of the White Sheep Turkomans in Diyarbekr.
1395:  In the Golden Horde empire, Amir Temur defeated
Toktamish and razes Serai to the ground. End of the rule of
the Golden Horde. Annexation of Iraq by Amir Temur. In the
Tughluqs empire, Death of Sikandar Shah. Accession of
Muhammad Shah.
1396:  In the Amir Temur's empire, Destruction of Sarai, and of the
rule of the Golden Horde. In the Sarbadaran empire,
Principality annexed by Amir Temur.
1397:  In the Bahmanids empire, Death of Muhammad Khan.
1398:  In the Amir Temur's empire, Campaign in India. In the
Marinids empire, Death of Abu Faris II. In the Tughluqs
empire, Invasion of Amir Timur, Mahmud Shah escapes from
the capital. In Morocco, Death of the Marinid Sultan Abu
Faris II; succession of his son Abu Said Othman.
1399:  In the Amir Temur's empire, Campaign in Iraq and Syria. In
the Burji Mamluks empire, Death of Saifuddin Barquq,
succession of his son Nasiruddin in Faraj.
 
 
 

15th Century (1400-1499) C.E.
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1400:  In the Burji Mamluks empire, The Mamluks lost Syria which
was occupied by Amir Timur.
1401:  In the Golden Horde empire, Death of Timur Qutluq, the
ruler, installed by Amir Timur. accession of Shadi Beg.
1402:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Defeat of Bayazid at the battle
of Ankara, taken captive Amir Timur.
1403:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Muhammad I, the son of
Bayazid ascended the throne.
1405:  In the Timurids empire, Death of Amir Timur, succession of
his son Shah Rukh.
1407:  In the Golden Horde empire, Deposition of Shadi Beg,
installation of Faulad Khan by the king maker Edigu.
1410:  In the Golden Horde empire, Deposition of Faulad Khan,
installation of Timur.
1412:  In the Golden Horde empire, Deposition of Timur,
installation of Jalaluddin. In the Burji Mamluks empire,
Death of Nasiruddin Faraj, succession of Al Muayyad.
1413:  In the Golden Horde empire, Deposition of Jalaluddin,
installation of Karim Bardo.
1414:  In the Golden Horde empire, Deposition of Karim Bardo,
installation of Kubak Khan.
1416:  In the Golden Horde empire, Deposition of Kubak Khan,
installation of Jahar Balrawi. Deposition of Jahar Balrawi,
installation of Chaighray.
1419:  In the Golden Horde empire, Death of Edigu, overthrow of
Chaighray, power captured by Ulugh Muhammad.
1420:  In the Golden Horde empire, Ulugh Muhammad overthrown
by Daulat Bairawi. Turkomans of the Black Sheep empire,
Death of Qara Yusuf; succession of his son Qara Iskandar.
In Morocco, Assassination of Abu Said Othman; succession
of his infant son Abdul Haq.
1421:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Death of Muhammad I;
accession of his son Murad II. In the Burji Mamluks empire,
Death of Al Muayyad, succession of Muzaffar Ahmad.
Muzaffar Ahmad overthrown by Amir Saifuddin Tata, Death
of Saifuddin Tata, succession of his son Muhammad.
Muhammad overthrown by Amir Barsbay.
1424:  In the Golden Horde empire, Death of Daulat Bairawi,
succession of Berk. In Algeria, The Halsida of Tunisia
occupy Algeria. This state of affairs continued throughout
the fifteenth century.
1425:  In the Uzbegs empire, Abul Khayr, a prince of the house of
Uzbeg declare his independence in the western part of
Siberia.
1427:  In the Golden Horde empire, Berk overthrown by Ulugh
Muhammad who captured power for the second time.
1430:  In the Uzbegs empire, Abul Khayr occupies Khawarazm.
1434:  Turkomans of the Black Sheep empire, Deposition of Qara
Iskandar; installation of his brother Jahan Shah. Turkomans
of the White Sheep empire, Death of Qara Othman,
succession of his son Ali Beg. In Tunisia, Death of Abul
Faris after a rule of forty years, succession of his son Abu
Abdullah Muhammad.
1435:  In Tunisia, Deposition of Abu Abdullah Muhammad, power
captured by Abu Umar Othman.
1438:  In the Burji Mamluks empire, Death of Barsbay, accession
of his minor son Jamaluddin Yusuf; Yusuf overthrown and
power captured by the Chief Minister Saifuddin Gakmuk.
Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, Ali Beg overthrown
by his brother Hamza.
1439:  In the Golden Horde empire, Ulugh Muhammad withdrew
from Sarai and found the principality of Qazan. Said Ahmad
came to power in Sarai.
1440:  Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, Hamza overthrown by
Jahangir a son of Ali Beg.
1441:  In the Golden Horde empire, Crimea seceded from Sarai.
1446:  In the Timurids empire, Death of Shah Rukh, succession of
Ulugh Beg. In the Ottoman Turks empire, Second battle of
Kossova resulting in the victory of the Turks. Serbia annexed
to Turkey and Bosnia became its vassal.
1447:  In the Golden Horde empire, Astra Khan seceded from
Sarai.
1449:  In the Uzbegs empire, Abul Khayr captures Farghana. In the
Timurids empire, Death of Ulugh Beg, succession of Abdul
Latif.
1450:  In the Timurids empire, Assassination of Abdul Latif,
accession of Abu Said.
1451:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Death of Murad II; accession
of his son Muhammad II.
1453:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Capture of Constantinople by
the Turks. Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, Death of
Jahangir; accession of his son Uzun Hasan. In the Burji
Mamluks empire, Death of Gakmuk. succession of his son
Fakhruddin Othman. Othman overthrown by the Mamluk
General Saifuddin Inal.
1454:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Attack against Wallachia,
Wallachia became a vassal state of Turkey.
1456:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Annexation of Serbia.
1461:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Annexation of Bosnia and
Herzogovina. In the Burji Mamluks empire, Death of
Saifuddin Inal, succession of his son Shahabuddin Ahmad.
Shahabuddin Ahmad overthrown by the Mamluk General
Saifuddin Khushqadam.
1462:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Annexation of Albania.
1465:  In the Golden Horde empire, Death of Said Ahmad,
succession of his son Khan Ahmad. In Morocco,
Assassination of Abdul Haq. End of the Marinid rule. Power
snatched by Sharif Muhammad al Jati.
1467:  Turkomans of the Black Sheep empire, Death of Jahan Shah,
end of the rule of the Black Sheep Turkoman rule.
Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, Jahan Shah of the
Black Sheep attacked the White Sheep. Jahan Shah was
defeated and the Black Sheep territories annexed by the
White Sheep. In the Burji Mamluks empire, Death of
Khushqadam, accession of his son Saifuddin Yel Bey.
Deposition of Yel Bey, power captured by the Mamluk
General Temur Bugha.
1468:  In the Uzbegs empire, Death of Abul Khayr, succession of
his son Haidar Sultan. Turkomans of the White Sheep
empire, Uzun Hasan defeated the Timurids at the battle of
Qarabagh whereby the White Sheep became the masters of
Persia and Khurasan. In the Burji Mamluks empire,
Deposition of Femur Bugha, power captured by the Mamluk
General Qait Bay.
1469:  In the Timurids empire, Death of Abu Said, disintegration of
the Timurid state. In Khurasan Hussain Baygara came to
power and he ruled during the remaining years of the
fifteenth century.
1472:  In Morocco, Sharif Muhammad al Jati overthrown by the
Wattisid chief Muhammad al Shaikh who establishes the rule
of the Wattisid dynasty.
1473:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, War against Persia; Persians
defeated.
1475:  In the Ottoman Turks empire, Annexation of Crimea. War
against Venice. Tukey became the master of the Aegean Sea.
1478:  Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, Death of Uzun
Hasan, succession of his son Khalil.
1479:  Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, Khalil overthrown by
his uncle Yaqub.
1480:  In the Golden Horde empire, Assassination of Khan Ahmad,
succession of his son Said Ahmad II.
1481:  In the Golden Horde empire, Said Ahmad I1 overthrown by
his brother Murtada. In the Ottoman Turks empire, Death of
Muhammad II, accession of Bayazid II.
1488:  In the Uzbegs empire, Death of Haider Sultan, succession of
his nephew Shaybani Khan. In Tunisia, Death of Abu Umar
Othman after a rule of 52 years, succession of Abu Zikriya
Yahya.
1489:  In Tunisia, Abu Zikriya Yahya overthrown by Abul Mumin.
1490:  In Tunisia, Abul Mumin overthrown, power recaptured by
Abu Yahya.
1493:  Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, Death of Yaqub.
accession of his son Bayangir.
1495:  Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, Bayangir overthown
by his cousin Rustam.
1496:  In the Burji Mamluks empire, Abdication of Qait Bay,
succession of his son Nasir Muhammad.
1497:  Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, Rustam overthrown
by Ahmad. Anarchy and fragmentation.
1498:  In the Burji Mamluks empire, Deposition of Nasir
Muhammad, power captured by Zahir Kanauh.
1499:  In the Uzbegs empire, Shayhani Khan conquered
Transoxiana. In the Golden Horde empire, Death of
Murtada, succession of Said Ahmad III." In the Ottoman
Turks empire, The Turks defeated the Venetian fleet in the
battle of Lepanto.
 
 
 

16th Century (1500-1599) C.E.
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1500:  In the Burji Mamluks empire, Zahir Kanauh overthrown by
Ashraf Gan Balat.
1501:  Isamil I establishes the Safavid dynasty in Persia, and the
Twelve-Imam Shi'ism becomes the state religion.
1507:  The Portuguese under d'Albuquerque establish strongholds
in the Persian Gulf.
1508:  Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, End of the White
Sheep dynasty and the annexation of their territories by the
Safawids.
1511:  D'Albuquerque conquers Malacca from the Muslims.
1517:  The Ottoman Sultan Selim Yavuz ("the Grim") defeats the
Mamluks and conquers Egypt.
1520:  The reign of Sulayman the Magnificent begins.
1526:  Louis of Hungary dies at the Battle of Mohacs.
1526:  The Battle of Panipat in India, and the Moghul conquest;
Babur makes his capital at Delhi and Agra.
1528:  The Ottomans take Buda in Hungary.
1529:  Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna.
1550:  The architect Sinan builds the Suleymaniye mosque in
Istanbul.
1550:  The rise of the Muslim kingdom of Atjeh in Sumatra.
1550:  Islam spreads to Java, the Moluccas, and Borneo.
1556:  The death of Sulayman the Magnificent.
1568:  Alpujarra uprising of the Moriscos (Muslims forcibly
converted to Catholicism) in Spain.
1571:  The Ottomans are defeated at the naval Battle of Lepanto,
and their dominance in the Mediterranean is brought to a
close.
1578:  The Battle of the Three Kings at Qasr al-Kabir in Morocco.
King Sebastian of Portugal is killed.
1588:  Reign of Safavid Sultan Shah Abbas I begins.
1591:  Mustaili Ismailis split into Sulaymanis and Daudis.
 
 
 

17th Century (1600-1699) C.E.
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1600:  Sind annexed by the Mughals. End of the Arghun rule in
Sind.
1601:  Khandesh annexed by the Mughals.
1603:  Battle of Urmiyah. Turks suffer defeat. Persia occupies
Tabriz, Mesopotamia. Mosul and Diyarbekr. Death of
Muhammad III, Sultan of Turkey, accession of Ahmad I. In
Morocco al Shaikh died.
1604:  In Indonesia death of Alauddin Rayat Shah, Sultan of Acheh,
accession of Ali Rayat Shah III.
1605:  Death of the Mughal emperor Akbar; accession of Jahangir.
1607:  Annexation of Ahmadnagar by the Mughals.
1609:  Annexation of Bidar by the Mughals
1611:  Kuch Behar subjugated by the Mughals.
1612:  Kamrup annexed by the Mughals.
1617:  Death of Ahmad I, Sultan of Turkey, accession of Mustafa;
Deposition of Mustafa: accession of Othman II.
1618:  Tipperah annexed by the Mughals.: '
1620:  In Turkey deposition of Mustafa, accession of Othman II.
1623:  In Turkey Mustafa recaptured power.
1625:  In Turkey deposition of Mustafa, accession of Murad IV.
1627:  Death of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, accession of Shah
Jahan.
1628:  Reign of Safavid Sultan Shah Abbas I comes to an end.
1629:  In Persia death of Shah Abbas; accession of grandson Safi.
1631:  Death of Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Mughal Emperor Shah
Jahan and the lady of Taj Mahal, Agra.
1637:  Death of Iskandar Muda in Indonesia; accession of Iskandar
II.
1640:  Death of Otthman Sultan Murad IV. accession of his brother
Ibrahim.
1641:  Turks capture Azov. In Indonesia death of Iskandar II;
accession of the Queen Tajul Alam.
1642:  In Persia death of Shah Safi, accession of Shah Abbas II.
1648:  In Turkey Ibrahim deposed; accession of Muhammad IV.
1656:  Muhammad Kuiprilli becomes the Grand Minister in Turkey.
1658:  Deposition of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, accession of
Aurangzeb.
1661:  Death of Muhammad Kuiprilli, accession of his son Ahmad
Kuiprilli.
1667:  Death of Shah Abbas II; accession of Shah Sulaiman.
1675:  Execution of the Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur. In Indonesia
death of the queen Tajul Alam, accession of the queen Nur ul
Alam.
1676:  Death of the Grand Wazir of Turkey Ahmad Kuiprilli,
succession by Kara Mustafa.
1678:  In Indonesia death of the queen Nur ul Alam, accession of
the queen Inayat Zakia.
1680:  Death of Marhatta chieftain Shivaji.
1682:  Assam annexed by the Mughals. Aurangzeb shifts the capital
to Aurangabad in the Deccan.
1683:  The Turks lift the siege of Vienna and retreat. Kara Mustafa
the Grand Wazir executed for the failure of the expedition.
1686:  Annexation of Bijapur by the Mughals.
1687:  Golkunda annexed by the Mughals. Second battle of
Mohads. Defeat of the Turks by Austria. Deposition of
Muhammad IV. Accession of Sulaiman II.
1688:  In Indonesia death of queen Inayat Zakia, accession of the
queen Kamalah.
1690:  Death of the Ottoman Sultan Sulaiman II, accession of
Ahmad II.
1692:  Death of the Turk Sultan Ahmad II, accession of Mustafa II.
1694:  In Persia death of Shah Safi, accession of Shah Hussain.
1699:  In Indonesia death of Queen Kamalah.
 
 
 

18th Century (1700-1799) C.E.
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1700:  Murshid Quli Khan declares the independence of Bengal and
establishes his capital at Murshidabad.
1703:  Ahmad 11I becomes the Ottoman Sultan. Birth of Shah Wali
Ullah. Birth of the religious reformer Muhammad b Abdul
Wahab.
1707:  Death of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, accession of his
son Bahadur Shah.
1711:  War between Turkey and Russia. Russia defeated at the
battle of Pruth.
1712:  Death of the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah, accession of
Jahandar Shah.
1713:  Jahandar Shah overthrown by his nephew Farrukh Siyar.
1718:  In the war against Austria, Turkey suffers defeat. By the
treaty of Passarowich Turkey loses Hungary.
1719:  Deposition of the Mughal emperor Farrukh Siyar
Muhammad Shah ascends the throne. In Sind the Kalhoras
came to power under Nur Muhammad Kalhora.
1722:  Saadat Khan found the independent state of Oudh. Battle of
Gulnabad between the Afghans and the Persians. The
Persians were defeated and the Afghans under Shah
Mahmud became the masters of a greater part of Persia.
Shah Hussain taken captive, accession of Shah Tahmasp II.
1730:  Zanzibar freed from Portugese rule and occupied by Oreart.
1747:  Ahmad Shah Durrani established Afghan rule in
Afghanistan.
1752:  Death of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, writer of Sassi Pannu,
Sohni Mahinwal and Umer Marvo.
1752:  Ahmed Shah Durrani captured Punjab, Kashmir and Sind.
1761:  Death of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi.
1761:  Battle of Panipat. Ahmad Shah Durrani came to India at the
invitation of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi and smashed rising
Maratha power in the battle of Panipat.
1764:  Conversion to Islam of Areadi Gaya. ruler of Futa Bandu
State in West Sudan.
1773:  Death of Ahmad Shah Durrani.
1783:  End of Kalhora rule in Sind.
1797:  Death of Muhammad Khan Qachar, king of Persia.
1797:  Russia occupied Daghestan.
1799:  Ranjit Singh declared himself Maharajah of Punjab
defeating Afghans.
1799:  Khoqand declared independent Islamic State.
 
 
 

19th Century (1800-1899) C.E.
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1803:  Shah Abdul Aziz ibn Saud assassinated by a Shia fanatic.
Shah Shuja proclaimed as King of Afghanistan.
1805:  Ibn Saud captured Madinah defeating the Turk garrison.
1804:  Othman Dan Fodio established Islamic State of Sokoto in
Central Sudan.
1805:  Faraizi movement launched in Bengal. Muhammad Ali
appointed Pasha of Egypt by the Turks.
1806:  Khanate of Khiva came into limelight under the rule of
Muhammad Rahim Khan.
1807:  Darqawi sect revolted against Turkish domination. Tunisia
repudiated suzerainty of Algeria.
1811:  Birth of Ali Muhammad Bab founder of Bab movement.
1811:  British occupied Indonesia.
1812:  Madina fell to Egyptians.
1813:  Makkah and Taif captured by Egyptian forces and Saudis
expelled from Hijaz.
1814:  Iran executed treaty of alliance with the British known as
Definitive Treaty.
1814:  Death of Ibn Saud II.
1814:  King Othman of Tunisia assassinated by his cousin Mahmud.
1816:  British withdrew from Indonesia restoring it to the Dutch.
1822:  Death of Maulay Ismail in Morocco.
1827:  Malaya became a preserve of the British according to
Anglo- Netherland treaty in 1824.
1828:  Russia declared war against Turkey.
1829:  Treaty of Adrianople.
1830:  French forces landed near Algiers and occupied Algeria
ending 313 years rule of Turks.
1831:  Syed Ahmad Barelvi and Shah Ismail leaders of Jihad
movement in India fell fighting the Sikhs in Balakot.
1832:  Turks defeated in the battle of Konia by Egyptian forces.
1832:  Sayyid Said, King of Oman, shifted his capital to Zanzibar.
1834:  Abdul Qadir recognised as ruler of the area under his
control by the French.
1839:  Defeat of Turkey by the Egyptians in the battle of Nisibin.
1840:  Quadruple Alliance by the European powers to force Egypt
to relinquish Syria.
1840:  British frees occupied Aden.
1841:  State of Adamawa established by Adams adjacent to Nigeria.
1842:  Amir Abdul Qadir, ousted from Algeria by the French.
crossed over to Morocco.
1842:  Shah Shuja assassinated ending the Durrani rule in
Afghanistan.
1847:  Amir Abdul Qadir surrendred to France under the condition
of safe conduct to a Muslim country of his choice but France
violated its pledge and sent him as a captive to France.
1849:  Death of Muhammad Ali pasha.
1850:  Ali Muhammad Bab arrested and executed by Iranian
government. Qurratul Ain Tabira, a renowned poetess and
staunch advocate of Babism also shot dead.
1852:  Release of Amir Abdul Qadir by Napolean III. He settled in
Turkey.
1855:  Khiva annexed by Russia.
1857:  British captured Delhi and eliminated Mughal rule in India
after 332 years. Last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
was exiled to Rangoon in Burma. This was also the end of
1000 years of Muslim rule over India.
1859:  Imam Shamil laid down arms before Russian forces and the
Islamic State of Daghestan became a Russian province.
1860:  Maulay Muhammad defeated by Spain.
1861:  Death of Sultan Abdul-Majid of Turkey.
1862:  Faraizi movement fizzled out after the death of Dadu Miyan..
1865:  Khoqand State liquidated by Russia.
1869:  Jamaluddin Afghani exiled from Afghanistan. He proceeded
to Egypt.
1871:  Tunisia recognised suzerainty of Turkey through a Firman.
1876:  Britain purchased shares of Khediv Ismail in the Suez canal
and got involved in Egyptian affairs.
1878:  Turkey handed over Cyprus to Britain.
1878:  Adrianople fell to Russia.
1879:  Jamaluddin Afghani exiled from Egypt.
1879:  Treaty of Berlin. Turkey lost 4/5 th of its territory in Europe.
1881:  France invaded Tunisia and the Bey acknowledged
supremacy of France as a result of the treaty of Bardo.
1881:  Muhammad Ahmad declared himself Mahdi in northern
Sudan.
1882:  Egypt came under British military occupation.
1883:  Death of Amir Abdul Qadir in Damascus.
1885:  Muhammad Ahmad declared free Government of Sudan
under his rule.
1885:  Death of Mahdi Sudani five months after the occupation of
Khartum.
1890:  End of Banbara State.
1895:  Afghanistan got Wakhan corridor by an understanding with
Russia and British India making Afghan border touch China.
1895:  Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian claimed prophethood.
1897:  State of Bagirimi occupied by the French.
1899:  Fall of Mahdi State occupied by the British and the
Egyptians jointly.
 
 
 

20th Century (1900-1992) C.E.
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1901:  Ibn Saud (Abd al-Aziz) captures Riyad.
1901:  French forces occupy Morocco.
1904:  Morocco becomes a French protectorate under the
Conference of Algeciras.
1904:  The Presian constitution is promoted.
1905:  The beginning of the Salafiyyah movement in Paris with it's
main sphere of influence in Egypt.
1907:  The beginning of the Young Turks movement in Turkey.
1912:  The beginning of the Muhammadiyyah reform movement in
Indonesia.
1914:  Under Ottoman rule, secret Arab nationalist societies are
formed.
1914:  World War I.
1916:  Arab revolt against Ottoman (Turkish) rule. Lawrence of
Arabia leads attacks on the Hijaz Railway.
1918:  Armistice signed with Ottomans on October 30.
1918:  World War I ends on November 11.
1918:  Syria and Damascus become a French protectorate.
1921:  Abd Allah bin Husayn in made King of Transjordan. His
father was the Sharif of Mecca.
1921:  Faysal bin Husayn is made King of Iraq. His father was the
Sharif of Mecca.
1921:  Abd al-Karim leads a revolt against colonial rule in
Moroccan Rif, and declares the "Republic of the Rif".
1922:  Mustafa Kemal abolishes the Turkish Sultanate.
1924:  The Turkish Caliphate is abolished.
1924:  King Abd al-Aziz conquers Mecca and Medina, which leads
to the unification of the Kingdoms of Najd and Hijaz.
1925:  Reza Khan seizes the government in Persia and establishes
the Pahlavi dynasty.
1926:  Abd al-Aziz (Ibn Saud) assumes title of King of Najd and
Hijaz.
1927:  Death of Zaghlul, an Egyptian nationalist leader.
1928:  Turkey is declared a secular state.
1928:  Hasan al-Banna founds the Muslim Brotherhood.
1932:  Iraq granted independence by League of Nations.
1934:  War between King Abd al-Aziz and Imam Yahya of the
Yemen.
1934:  Peace treaty of Ta'if.
1934:  Asir becomes part of Saudi Arabia.
1935:  Iran becomes the official name of Persia.
1936:  Increased Jewish immigration provokes widespread
Arab-Jewish fighting in Palestine.
1939:  World War II.
1941:  British and Russian forces invade Iran and Reza Shah is
forced to abdicate in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Shah
in Iran.
1943:  Beginning of Zionist terrorist campaign in Palestine.
1945:  End of World War II.
1946:  Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria are granted independence from
Britain and France.
1947:  Creation of Pakistan from Muslim Majority area in India.
1948:  Creation of state of Israel. Arab armies suffer defeat in war
with Israel.
1949:  Hasan al-Banna, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, is
assassinated.
1951:  Libya becomes independent.
1952:  King Faruq of Egypt forced to abdicate.
1953:  General Zahedi leads coup against Musaddeq, Shah returns
to power.
1953:  Death of King Abd al-Aziz (Ibn Saud) of Saudi Arabia.
1953:  The foundation stone is laid to enlarge the Prophet's mosque
in Medina.
1956:  Morocco becomes independent.
1956:  Tunisia becomes independent.
1957:  The Bey of Tunisia is deposed, and Bourguiba becomes
becomes president.
1957:  Enlargement of the Haram in Mecca begins.
1962:  Algeria becomes independent.
1962:  Death of Zaydi Imam of Yemen (Ahmad). Crown Prince
Bahr succeds him and takes the title Imam Mansur Bi-Llah
Muhammad.
1965:  Malcom X is assassinated.
1968:  The enlargement of the Haram in Mecca is completed.
1969:  King Idris of Libya is ousted by a coup led by Colonel
Qadhdhafi.
1973:  King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is overthrown.
1975:  Death of Elijah Mohammad, leader of Nation of Islam
among African Americans in North America.
1975:  Wallace Warith Deen Mohammad assumes leadership of
Nation of Islam and shifts movement toward Islamic
Orthodoxy renaming it American Muslim Mission.
1978:  Imam Musa Sadr is apparently assassinated after he
disappears on a trip to Libya. He was the religious leader of
the Lebanese Twelve-Imam Shi'ites. He promoted the
resurgence of Shi'ites in Lebanon and set the foundation of
Amal.
1979:  The Shah leaves Iran on January 15, thus bringing the
Pahlavi dynasty to an end.
1979:  On 1 Muharram AH 1400/21 November, the first day of the
15th Islamic century, fanatics led by students of the
Theological University of Medina attempt to promote one of
their group as Mahdi and thus fulfill a certain prophetic
Hadith: "A man of the people of Medina will go forth,
fleeing to Mecca, and certain of the people of Mecca will
come to him and will lead him forth against his will and
swear fealty to him between the rukn (Black Stone corner of
the Kabah) and the Maqam Ibrahim." They hold the Haram
of Mecca against the army for two weeks. Sixty-three of the
300 fanatics are captured alive, the mosque is recovered,
and the conspirators are all put to death.
1980:  Beginning of the Iran-Iraq war.
1989:  Iran-Iraq comes to an end with much loss of life.
1990:  Military annexation of Kuwait by Iraq, under Ba'athist
leader Saddam Hussain, is reversed in 1991 by a coalition of
United States-led forces.