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A Brief Chronology of Muslim History

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[545-695 CE]  [700-898 CE]  [902-1099 CE]  [1101-1299 CE]
[1301-1499 CE]  [1500-1799 CE]  [1803-1990 CE] 
Year
Description / Event
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.
1196 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.
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.
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.
1281 Death of Yaghmurasan. Accession of his son Othman.
1284 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.
 
Data supplied courtesy of ISL Software, makers of the Alim for Windows among other Islamic software products.

[545-695 CE]  [700-898 CE]  [902-1099 CE]  [1101-1299 CE]
[1301-1499 CE]  [1500-1799 CE]  [1803-1990 CE]


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