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Jul 16, 622
Muhammad flees Mecca to Medina.
On July 16, 622, when a plot to assassinate Muhammad was discovered, Muhammad and his followers escaped during the night and fled to Medina, an event known as the Hijra. -
Jun 8, 632
Muhammad dies
Muhammad dies -
Oct 30, 634
Ali the fourth caliph in Islam is assassinated
Ali the fourth caliph in Islam is assassinated -
Oct 30, 750
Umayyad dynasty ends and Abbassid dynasty begins
The Abbasid caliphate was founded by the descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's youngest uncle, ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, in Harran in 750 CE and shifted its capital in 762 to Baghdad. It flourished for two centuries, but slowly went into decline with the rise to power of the Turkish army it had created, the Mamluks. -
Oct 30, 750
Abbassid dynasty ends
The dynasty finally ended with Al-Mutawakkil III, who was taken away as a prisoner, by Selim I -
Jun 7, 1099
Christian crusaders capture Jerusalem from the Muslims
The Siege of Jerusalem took place from June 7 to July 15, 1099 during the First Crusade. The Crusaders stormed and captured the city from Fatimid Egypt. -
Oct 2, 1187
Saladin caputures Jerusalem for the Muslims.
On October 2, 1187 Balian of Ibelin surrendered Jerusalem to Saladin -
Nov 6, 1494
Suleiman the Magnificent becomes the ruler of the Ottoman empire
the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent[3] and in the East, as "The Lawgiver" (Turkish: Kanuni; Arabic: القانونى, al‐Qānūnī), for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system -
Oct 30, 1502
Abbas the Great gains control of the Safavid Empire
Towards the end of 14th century, Timur (Tamerlane) claimed to be descent from Genghis Khan's family. -
The Taj Mahal is built.
Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish and Indian architectural styles
