The Muslim World Timeline

  • Muhammad Dies
    Jan 24, 632

    Muhammad Dies

  • Abu Bakr
    Apr 23, 634

    Abu Bakr

    Rules from 632-634, and he father one of Muhammad's favoirte wives. Had alot of revolt boht political and economical.
  • Umar
    May 23, 644

    Umar

    Ruled from 634-644, and he is known for the Gaazu raids whcih would punder non united tribes and gorups. Muhammad said you could not raid or attack another group, but he went against that teaching. He will be stabbed to death in a Mosque
  • Uthmand
    Sep 23, 656

    Uthmand

    Rule from 633-656, and he is married to one of muhammads daughters. He alienated Muslims by giving prestigious post to members of his own family. A group of his own soldiers will break into his house and kill him.
  • Alli
    Aug 25, 661

    Alli

    Married to Fatima and will be involved in the 5 years civil war called the Fatinah. He will not be accepted in Syria and will be murdered in 611
  • Abbassid
    Jan 23, 750

    Abbassid

    He will take control in Damascus in 750, and he was the ruler who killed the Umayyad family which was unheard of. He moved the capitol from Iraq to Baghdad.
  • Harun al-Rashid
    Jan 23, 763

    Harun al-Rashid

    He will rule from 763 to 809, and he is known for his generosity, and support of learning.
  • Controll of Bagdad
    Jan 23, 1055

    Controll of Bagdad

    By 1055 a Seljuk sultan or authority controlled Baghdad but he left the Abbassid caliph as a figurehead.
  • Crusades
    Jan 23, 1099

    Crusades

    After a long and bloody seige Christian crusades captured Jerusalem.
  • Genghiz khan
    Jan 23, 1216

    Genghiz khan

    Genghiz Khan led his army of the Mongols out of central Asia and acrross Persia and Mesopotamia.
  • Abbassid Dynasty
    Jan 23, 1258

    Abbassid Dynasty

    This will mark the end of the Abbassid Dynasty.
  • Hulagu
    Jan 23, 1258

    Hulagu

    In 1258, Huluga grandson of Genghiz burned and looted Baghdad killing the last Abbassid Caliph.
  • Baghdad Peek

    Baghdad Peek

    The City of Bagdad reached its peak under the reign of Harun.
  • Seljuk Turks

    Seljuk Turks

    In the 900's the Seljuk Turks migrated into the Middle East from Central Asia. they adopt Islam and built a large empire across the fertile crescent.