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A Brief Chronology of Muslim History(800-1099) C.E.

9th Century (800-899) C.E.

800:The Aghlabid rule is established in North Africa.

803:Downfall of the Barmakids. Execution of Jafar Barmki.

805:Campaigns against the Byzantines. Capture of the islands of Rhodes and Cypress.

809:Death of Harun ur Rashid. Accession of Amin.

814:Civil war between Amin and Mamun. Amin killed and Mamun becomes the Caliph.

815:Shia revolt under Ibn Tuba Tabs.

816:Shia revolt in Makkah; Harsama quells the revolt. In Spain the Umayyads capture the island of Corsica.

817:Harsama killed.

818:The Umayyads of Spain capture the islands of Izira, Majorica, and Sardinia.

819:Mamun comes to Baghdad.

820:Tahir establishes the rule of the Tahirids in Khurasan.

822:Death of Al Hakam in Spain; accession of Abdul Rahman. II.

823:Death of Tahir in Khurasan. Accession of Talha and his deposition. Accession of Abdullah b Tahir.

827:Mamun declares the Mutazila creed as the state religion.

833:Death of Mamun. Accession of Mutasim.

836:Mutasim shifts the capital to Samarra.

837:Revolt of the Jats.

838:Revolt of Babek in Azarbaijan suppressed.

839:Revolt of Maziar in Tabaristan. The Muslims occupy South Italy. Capture of the city of Messina in Sicily.

842:Death of Mutasim, accession of Wasiq.

843:Revolts of the Arabs.

847:Death of Wasiq, accession of Mutawakkil.

850:Mutawakkil restores orthodoxy.

849:Death of the Tahirid ruler Abdullah b Tahir; accession of Tahir II.

852:Death of Abdur Rahman II of Spain;. accession of Muhammad I.

856:Umar b Abdul Aziz founds the Habbarid rule in Sind.

858:Mutawakkil founds the town of Jafariya.

860:Ahmad founds the Samanid rule in Transoxiana.

861:Murder of the Abbasid Caliph Mutawakkil; accession of Muntasir.

862:Muntasir poisoned to death; accession of Mutasin.

864:Zaidi state established in Tabaristan by Hasan b Zaid.

866:Mutasim flies from Samarra, his depostion and accession of Mutaaz.

867:Yaqub b Layth founds the Saffarid rule in Sistan.

868:Ahmad b Tulun founds the Tulunid rule in Egypt.

869:The Abbasid Caliph Mutaaz forced to abdicate, his death and accession of Muhtadi.

870:Turks revolt against Muhtadi, his death and accession of Mutamid.

873:Tahirid rule extinguished.

874:Zanj revolt in South Iraq. Death of the Samanid ruler Ahmad, accession of Nasr.

877:Death of Yaqubb Layth in Sistan, accession of Amr b Layth.

885:Death of Ahmad b Tulun in Egypt, accession of Khamar- wiyiah.

866:Death of Muhammad I the Umayyad ruler of Spain, accession of Munzir. Death of Abdullah b Umar the Habbari ruler of Sind.

888:Death of Munzir the Umayyad ruler of Spain, accession of Abbullah.

891:The Qarmatian state established at Bahrain.

892:Death of the Samanid ruler Nasr, accession of Ismail.

894:The Rustamids become the vassals of Spain.

896:Death of the Tulunid ruler Khamarwiyiah; accession of Abul Asakir Jaish.

897:Assassination of Abul Asakir Jaish; accession of Abu Musa Harun.

898:Qarmatians sack Basra.

10th Century (900-999) C.E.

902:Death of the Abbasid Caliph Muktafi; death of the Saffarid ruler Amr.

903:Assassination of the Qarmatian ruler Abu Said; accession of Abu Tahir.

905:Abdullah b Hamdan founds the Hamdanid rule in Mosul and Jazira. End of the Tulunid rule in Egypt.

907:Death of the Abbasid Caliph Muktafi; accession of Muqtadir.

908:End of the Saffarid rule, annexation of their territories by the Samanids.

909:Ubaidullah overthrows the Aghlablds and founds the Fatimid rule in North Africa.

912:Death of the Umayyad Amir Abdullah in Spain, accession of Abdur Rahman III.

913:Assassination of the Samanid ruler Ahmad II, accession of Nasr II.

928:Mardawij b Ziyar founds the Ziyarid rule in Tabaristan.

929:Qarmatians sack Makkah and carry away the Black Stone from the Holy Kaaba. In Spain, Abdur Rahman III declares himself as the Caliph.

931:Deposition and restoration of the Abbasid Caliph Muqtadir. Death of the Qarmatian ruler Abu Tahir; accession of Abu Mansur.

932:Death of the Abbasid Caliph Muqtadir; accession of Al Qahir.

934:Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph Al Qahir; accession of Ar Radi. Death of the Fatimid Caliph Ubaidullah ; accession of Al Qaim.

935:Assassination of the Ziyarid ruler Mardawij; accession of Washimgir. Death of Hamdanid ruler Abdullah b Hamdan accession of Nasir ud Daula.

936:By coup Ibn Raiq becomes the Amir ul Umara.

938:By another coup power at Baghdad is captured by Bajkam.

940:Death of the Abbasid Caliph Ar Radi, accession of Muttaqi.

941:Assassination of Bajkam, capture of power by Kurtakin.

942:Ibn Raiq recaptures power.

943:Al Baeidi captures power. The Abbasid Caliph Muttaqi is forced to seek refuge with the Hamdanids. Sail ud Daula captures power at Baghdad and the Caliph returns to’ Baghdad. Power is captured by Tuzun and Sail ud Daula retires’ to Mosul. Death of the Samanid ruler Nasr II, accession of Nuh.

944:Muttaqi is blinded and deposed, accession of Mustakafi.

945:Death of Tuzun. Shirzad becomes Amir ul Umra. The Buwayhids capture power. Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph Mustakafi.

946:Death of the Fatimid Caliph A1 Qaim. accession of Mansur. Death of the Ikhshid ruler Muhammad b Tughj, accession of Abul’ Qasim Ungur.

951:The Qarnaatiana restore the Black Stone to the Holy Kaaba.

954:Death of the Sasanid ruler Nuh, accession of Abdul Malik.

961:Death of the Samanid ruler Abdul Malik, accession of Manauf. Alptgin founds the rule of the Ghazanavids. Death of the Umayyad Caliph Abdul Rahman III in Spain; accession of Hakam. Death of the Ikhshid ruler Ungur accession of Abul Hasan Ali.

965:Death of the Qarmatian ruler Abu Mansur; accession of Hasan Azam. Assassination of the Ikhshid ruler Abul Hasan Ali; power captured by Malik Kafur.

967:Death of the Buwayhid Sultan Muiz ud Daula, accession of Bakhtiar. Death of the Hamdanid ruler Sail ud Daula.

968:Byzantines occupy Aleppo. Death of the Ikhshid ruler Malik Kafur; accession of Abul Fawaris.

969:The Fatimids conquer Egypt.

972:Buluggin b Ziri founds the rule of the Zirids Algeria.

973:Shia Sunni disturbances in Baghdad; power captured in Baghdad by the Turkish General Subuktgin.

974:Abdication of the Abbasid Caliph Al Muttih; accession of At Taii.

975:Death of the Turk General Subuktgin. Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Muizz.

976:The Buwayhid Sultan Izz ud Daula recaptures power with the help of his cousin Azud ud Daula. Death of the Samanid ruler Mansur, accession of Nuh II. In Spain death of the Umayyad Caliph Hakam, accession of Hisham II.

978:Death of the Buwayhid Sultan Izz ud Daula, power captured by Azud ud Daula. The Hamdanids overthrown by the Buwayhids.

979:Subkutgin becomes the Amir of Ghazni.

981:End of the Qarmatian rule at Bahrain.

982:Death of the- Buwayhid Sultan Azud ud Daula; accession of Samsara ud Daula.

984:Death of the Zirid ruler Buluggin, accession of Mansur.

986:The Buwyhid Sultan Samsara ud Daula overthrown by Sharaf ud Daula.

989:Death of the Buwayhid Sultan Sharaf ud Daula, accession of Baha ud Daula.

991:Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph At Taii, accession of Al Qadir.

996:Death of the Zirid ruler Mansur, accession of Nasir ud Daula Badis.

997:Death of the Samanid ruler Nuh II, accession of Mansur II.

998:Death of the Samanid ruler Mansur II, accession of Abdul Malik II. Mahmud becomes the Amir of Ghazni.

999:End of the Samanids.

11th Century (1000-1099) C.E.

1001:Mahmud Ghazanavi defeats the Hindu Shahis.

1004:Mahmud captures Bhatiya.

1005:Mahmud captures Multan and Ghur.

1008:Mahmud defeats the Rajput confederacy.

1010:Abdication of Hisham II in Spain. accession of Muhammad.

1011:In Spain Muhammad is overthrown by Sulaiman.

1012:In Spain power is captured by Bani Hamud. Death of the Buwayhid Baha ud Daula, accession of Sultan ud Daula.

1016:Death of the Zirrid ruler Nasir ud Daula Badis; accession of Al Muizz.

1018:In Spain power is captured by Abdul Rahman IV.

1019:Conquest of the Punjab by Mahmud Ghazanavi.

1020:The Buwayhid Sultan ud Daula is Overthrown by Musharaf ud Daula, Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Hakim, accession of Al Zahir.

1024:In Spain assassination of Abdul Rahman IV, accession of Mustafi.

1025:Death of the Buwayhid Mushgraf ud Daula, accession of Jalal ud Daula.

1029:In Spain death of Mustaft, accession of Hisham III.

1030:Death of Mahmud Ghazanavi.

1031:In Spain deposition of Hisharn III, and end of the Umayyad rule. Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al Qadir, accession of Al Qaim.

1036:Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Zahir, accession of Mustansir. Tughril Beg is crowned as the king of the Seljuks.

1040:Battle of Dandanqan, the Seljuks defeat the Ghazanavids. Deposition of Masud the Ghazanavid Sultan, accession of Muhammad. Al Moravids come to power in North Africa.

1041:The Ghazanavid Sultan Muhammad is overthrown by Maudud.

1044:Death of the Buwayhid Jalal ud Daula, accession of Abu Kalijar.

1046:Basasiri captures power in Baghdad.

1047:The Zirids in North Africa repudiate allegiance to the Fatimid and transfer allegiance to-the Abbasids.

1048:Death of the Buwayhid Abu Kalijar, accession of Malik ur Rahim.

1050:Yusuf b Tashfin comes to power .in the Maghrib.

1055:Tughril Beg overthrows the Buwayhids.

1057:Basasiri recaptures power in Baghdad, deposes Al Qaim and offers allegiance to the Fatimid Caliph.

1059:Tughril Beg recaptures power in Baghdad, al Qaim is restored as the Caliph.

1060:Ibrahim becomes the Sultan of Ghazni. Yusuf b Tashfin founds the city of Marrakesh. The Zirids abandon their capital Ashir and establish their capital at Bougie.

1062:Death of the Zirid ruler Al Muizz, accession of Tamin.

1063:Death of the Seljuk Sultan Tughril Beg; accession of Alp Arsalan.

1071:Battle of Manzikert, the Byzantine emperor taken captive by the Seljuks.

1073:Death of Alp Arsalan, accession of Malik Shah.

1077:Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al Qaim, accession of Al Muqtadi.

1082:The A1 Moravids conquer Algeria.

1086:Battle of Zallakha. The Al Moravids defeat the Christians in Spain. Death of the Rum Sejuk Sultan Sulaiman, accession of Kilij Arsalan.

1091:The Normans conquer the island of Sicily; end of the Muslim rule.

1092:Death of the Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah, accession of Mahmud.

1094:Death of Mahmud; accession of Barkiaruk. Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al Muqtadi, accession of Mustahzir.

1095:The first crusade.

1099:The crusaders capture Jerusalem. 

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