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575
Muhammad is born
Muhammad is born in this year. In the city of Mecca. -
Period: 575 to
Islam Histroy
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Mar 3, 610
Muhammad becomes the prophet
Muhammad receives first revelation at Mt. Hira, near Mecca, and begins career as a prophet. And begins his faith of Muslim -
Mar 3, 622
Muhammad and Muslims move.
The year of Hijra: Muhammad and Muslims migrate from Mecca to Medina and continue the Muslim faith there. -
Mar 3, 630
Muhammad moves back to Mecca
Muhammad moves back to Mecca and wins control of it. -
Mar 4, 632
Muhammads death
Death of Muhammad; death of Fatima, his daughter; election of Abu Bakr as first caliph -
Mar 4, 634
Abu Bakr Death
Death of Abu Bakr. -
Mar 4, 635
Damascus conquers
Conquest of Damascus. -
Mar 4, 636
Battle of Qadisiyya
Battle of Qadisiyya: Arab army decisively defeats Persian army in Iraq -
Mar 4, 637
Conquest of Syria
Conquest of Syria and the fall of Jerusalem. -
Mar 4, 640
Conquest of Persia
Conquest of Persia -
Mar 4, 642
Conquest of Egypt
Conquest of Egypt; foundation of Fustat (later part of Cairo). -
Mar 4, 644
Death of Umar ibn al-Khattab
Death of Umar ibn al-Khattab, second caliph. -
Mar 4, 653
Caliph Uthman
Caliph Uthman authorizes collection and official establishment of the text of the Quran. -
Mar 4, 655
Assassination of Uthman
Assassination of Uthman, the third caliph -
Mar 5, 661
death of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Death of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph and first Shii imam.
Muawiya becomes caliph and founder of Umayyad dynasty -
Mar 5, 662
Revolt of the Khawarij
Revolt of the Khawarij -
Mar 4, 670
Damascus becomes new capital of Umayyad dynasty
Damascus becomes new capital of Umayyad dynasty under Muawiya.
New wave of conquest begins. -
Mar 5, 700
Conquest and conversion
Conquest and conversion of Berber tribes in North Africa -
Mar 5, 711
Tariq ibn Ziyad leads conquest of Andalusia
Tariq ibn Ziyad leads conquest of Andalusia (southern Spain).
Muhammad ibn Qasim initiates Arab conquest of Sind (India) -
Mar 5, 712
Muslim armies in Persia begin conquest of Bakhara
Muslim armies in Persia begin conquest of Bakhara and Samarqand in Central Asia. -
Mar 5, 732
Battle of Tours, France.
Battle of Tours, France. -
Mar 5, 750
Abbasids capture Damascus
Abbasids capture Damascus, ending Umayyad rule in Syria; Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah founds Abbasid Caliphate. -
Mar 5, 754
Death of al-Saffah
Death of al-Saffah; Abu Jaafar al-Mansur becomes second Abbasid caliph -
Mar 5, 756
Establishment of Umayyad rule in Spain
Establishment of Umayyad rule in Spain -
Mar 5, 762
Baghdad founded by Caliph al-Mansur
Baghdad founded by Caliph al-Mansur as the capital of the Abbasid Empire. -
Mar 5, 765
Death of Jaafar al-Sadiq, sixth Shii imam.
Death of Jaafar al-Sadiq, sixth Shii imam. -
Mar 5, 767
Death of Abu Hanifa
Death of Abu Hanifa, Iraqi jurist and eponym of the Hanafi Legal School -
Mar 16, 1030
Reign of Mahmud of Ghazna, who raids northwest India
Reign of Mahmud of Ghazna, who raids northwest India (Punjab, 1001-21) and puts the conquered territories under Islamic authority in the name of the Abbasid caliph. -
Mar 16, 1064
Death of Ibn Hazm, Andalusian jurist and scholar
Death of Ibn Hazm, Andalusian jurist and scholar -
Mar 16, 1099
Crusaders capture Jerusalem, ending the First Crusade
Crusaders capture Jerusalem, ending the First Crusade -
Mar 16, 1111
Death of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, philosopher and theologian.
Death of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, philosopher and theologian. -
Mar 16, 1171
End of the Fatimid dynasty
End of the Fatimid dynasty; Salah al-Din founds the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt. -
Mar 16, 1453
Constantinople (Istanbul) falls
Constantinople (Istanbul) falls to Ottomans and becomes the new Ottoman capital; Byzantine Empire ends -
Mar 16, 1571
Christian fleet defeats Ottoman navy at Lepanto, marking the end of Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean region.
Christian fleet defeats Ottoman navy at Lepanto, marking the end of Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean region. -
Death of Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Death of Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Muslim modernist reformer.
Death of Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya movement -
Death of Muhammad Abduh
Death of Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian religious scholar and reformer.
Massacre of Armenians in eastern Turkey. -
Bombing
Bombming of World trade center in New York -
Religious militants connected with al-Qaeda
Religious militants connected with al-Qaeda fly hijacked airliners into the New York World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S. and coalition forces invade Afghanistan and depose the Taliban. -
U.S. and coalition forces launch Gulf War II by invading Iraq and deposing Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party.Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights advocate, wins Nobel Peace Prize.
U.S. and coalition forces launch Gulf War II by invading Iraq and deposing Saddam Hussein and the Baath Party.
Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights advocate, wins Nobel Peace Prize. -
Iraqi national elections bring Shii political coalition
Iraqi national elections bring Shii political coalition (United Iraqi Alliance) to power.
Muhammad al-Baradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, wins Nobel Peace Prize -
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish author, wins Nobel Prize in literature.
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish author, wins Nobel Prize in literature.
Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker and economist, wins Nobel Peace Prize.
Saddam Hussein executed. -
Popular upheavals rock many countries in the Arab world
Popular upheavals rock many countries in the Arab world, beginning in Tunisia, and spreading across the Middle East and North Africa to Egypt, Libya, Syria, Jordan, Bahrain, and Yemen, among others.
Death of Osama Bin Laden -
In Syria
In Syria, more than 100,000 have died in an ongoing civil war between supporters of the government led by Bashar al-Assad and forces seeking to ouster it; more than 1.4 million Syrians have fled the war zone. The conflict started in 2011 with peaceful protests against the government, part of a wider movement in the Arab world of popular protests against entrenched authoritarian governments. -
Muawiya
Muawiya, chief of the Umayyads, conquers Egypt -
Death of Muawiya.
Death of Muawiya. Martyrdom of Husayn, third Shii imam, at Karbala, Iraq -
Building of the Mosque
Building of the Mosque of Umar (Dome of the Rock) in Jerusalem. -
Arabic becomes official language
Arabic becomes official language of government in the Islamic Empire -
Cordoba becomes administrative capital of Andalusia
Cordoba becomes administrative capital of Andalusia -
Death of Hasan al-Basri
Death of Hasan al-Basri, Muslim ascetic and teacher. -
Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate
Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate -
The building of the Great Mosque at Cordoba.
The building of the Great Mosque at Cordoba. -
Death of Malik ibn Anas
Death of Malik ibn Anas, jurist of Medina and eponym of the Maliki Legal School -
Death of Abu Yusuf
Death of Abu Yusuf, co-founder of Hanafi Legal School -
Death of female mystic Rabia al-Adawiyya.
Death of female mystic Rabia al-Adawiyya. -
Muslims capture Sicily and southern Italy
Muslims capture Sicily and southern Italy -
Period of Lesser Occultation of Muhammad
Period of Lesser Occultation of Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Shii imam -
Golden age of Umayyad rule in Andalusia.
Golden age of Umayyad rule in Andalusia. -
Foundation of Fatimid Ismaili Shii dynasty in North Africa.
Foundation of Fatimid Ismaili Shii dynasty in North Africa. -
Death of al-Maturidi, Sunni theologian, in Samarqand.
Death of al-Maturidi, Sunni theologian, in Samarqand. -
Fatimids found Al-Azhar mosque-university in Cairo
Fatimids found Al-Azhar mosque-university in Cairo