|
Year
|
Description / Event
|
| 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; Othman Dan Fodio established Islamic State of Sokoto
in Central Sudan; 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; 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; Death of Ibn Saud II; 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; 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; 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; 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;
Adrianople fell to Russia. |
| 1879 |
Jamaluddin Afghani exiled from
Egypt; 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;
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; 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; 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. |
| 1901 |
Ibn Saud (Abd al-Aziz) captures
Riyad; French forces occupy Morocco. |
| 1904 |
Morocco becomes a French protectorate
under the Conference of Algeciras; 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; 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; World War I ends on November 11; Syria and Damascus become
a French protectorate. |
| 1921 |
Abd Allah bin Husayn in made King
of Transjordan. His father was the Sharif of Mecca; Faysal bin Husayn is
made King of Iraq. His father was the Sharif of Mecca; 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;
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;
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; Peace treaty of Ta'if; 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; Death of King Abd al-Aziz (Ibn Saud) of
Saudi Arabia; The foundation stone is laid to enlarge the Prophet's mosque
in Medina. |
| 1956 |
Morocco becomes independent; Tunisia
becomes independent. |
| 1957 |
The Bey of Tunisia is deposed,
and Bourguiba becomes becomes president; Enlargement of the Haram in Mecca
begins. |
| 1962 |
Algeria becomes independent; 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; 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; 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. |
