Islamic Empires

Ottoman Empire

Period: Mar 31, 1289 to Mar 31, 1923

Discover the Ottomans The Ottoman Empire was one of the most influential and powerful empires in human history. Also known as the "Turkish Empire" in what we now know as Turkey, this was a state founded by Turkish tribes under Osman Bey in Northwestern Anatolia in 1299. With the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453, the Ottoman state became an empire.

Gallipoli

Mar 31, 1352

Ottomans @ Gallipoli
The Ottomans seize the fort at Gallipoli

Ottomans Conquere Constantinople

Mar 31, 1453

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Mehmed II conquers Constantinople and transforms the Ottoman state into an Empire.

Ismail

Mar 31, 1501

Ismail
Safavid Empire created when Ismail Becomes Shah of Persia. Self Proclaimed. Supported by both Ottomans and Mongols.

Safavid Empire

Period: Mar 31, 1501 to Mar 31, 1723

Safavid Empire

Mughal Empire

Period: Mar 31, 1503 to Mar 31, 1858

Mughal Empire BBC

Safavids in Baghdad

Mar 31, 1508

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Ismail Conqures Baghdad by defeating the Uzbecks.

Safavid Religious Changes

Mar 31, 1510

Shi'ism
Ismail creates the Shi'ism movement and attempts to convert the Sunni population. Origins of the Sunni vs. Shiite struggle.

Delhi Sultanates Defeated

Mar 31, 1527

Battle of Khanwa
The last of the Delhi Sultanates, Ibrahim Shah, is defeated by Babur at the Battle of Khanwa. This puts Babur in power.

Ottomans Take Vienna

May 10, 1529

Seige of Vienna
Ottomans take Vienna, forcing Suleiman to leave Istanbul on May 10, 1529 and head west northwest through the Gate of Adrianope to Edirne. They proceed up the low-lying river valley toward Sofia.

Indian Religions Change

Mar 31, 1530

Mughal BBC
Under Mughal leader, Babur's Rule in India, religions change. The Mughals were Muslim yet ruled a land with a large Hindu population. However for much of their empire they allowed Hindus to reach senior government or military positions.

Safavid Art

Mar 31, 1531

[Safavid Art](1st Jan, 1531 Tahmasp, Ismail's son takes great intrest in art; spurring many Safavis arts Safavid Art)
Ismail's son, Tahmasp takes great intrest in art.

Ottoman-Safavid War

Period: Mar 31, 1532 to Mar 31, 1555

Ottoman-Safavid War

Sur Dynasty overtakes Mughal Dynasty

Jun 26, 1539

Sur Dynasty
Mughal's now ruled by Sher Shah

Mughal Architecture

Mar 31, 1555

Mughal Architecture
Mughal leader Humayun Dies, Architechural masterpiece of a tomb is erected in his honor.

Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar

Feb 1, 1556

AkbarJalaluddin Muhammad Akbar wass placed on the Mughal Throne when he was fourteen years old. He was crowned in February 1556 in Delhi following the death of his father Humayun. During his reign, he eliminated military threats from the powerful Pashtun descendants of Sher Shah Suri, and at the Second Battle of Panipat he defeated the newly self-declared Hindu king Hemu. It took him nearly two more decades to consolidate his power and bring all the parts of northern and central India into his realm.

Ottomans Conquer Tunisia

Mar 31, 1574

Shah Abbas 1

Mar 31, 1587

Abbas I
The Safavid reign of Shah Abbas I begins. Abbas established the Safavids as a true state and expanded territory.

Tobacco Introduced to Mughals

Mar 31, 1604

Mughal Tobacco
Tobacco became an important cash crop for the Mughals

Jahangir Succeeds Akbar

Mar 31, 1605

Jahangir
Jahangir takes the Mughal throne after Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar.

Ottoman-Saffavid Truce

May 16, 1639

Ottoman-Safavid Truce
On 17 may 1639, a peace treaty was signed between the Ottomans and Safavids, which established the Ottoman-Safavid frontier and put an end to more than a hundred years of sporadic conflict.

Fall of Safavid Empire

Mar 31, 1723

Fall of Safavids

Crimean War

Period: Mar 31, 1853 to Mar 31, 1856

Crimean War
War fought mainly on the Crimean Peninsula between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish.

British Take Over Mughals

Mar 31, 1858

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Ottomans Declared Bankrupt

Mar 31, 1875

Fall of Ottomans

Mar 31, 1923