history in islam

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  • 570

    Birth of Muhammad ibn Abd Allah in Mecca.

    Birth of Muhammad ibn Abd Allah in Mecca.
  • Mar 5, 610

    Muhammad receives first revelation at Mt. Hira, near Mecca, and begins career as a prophet.

  • Period: Jan 1, 622 to

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    mahhamad
  • Mar 3, 622

    mohammed was born

    he was an orphan
  • Mar 5, 622

    he year of the Hijra: Muhammad and the Muslims migrate from Mecca to Medina.

  • Mar 3, 630

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    Muhammad wins control of Mecca.
  • Mar 5, 630

    uhammad wins control of Mecca.

  • Mar 3, 632

    Death of Muhammad; death of Fatima, his daughter; election of Abu Bakr as first caliph.

    Death of Muhammad; death of Fatima, his daughter; election of Abu Bakr as first caliph.
  • Mar 5, 632

    Death of Muhammad; death of Fatima, his daughter; election of Abu Bakr as first caliph

  • Mar 5, 634

    Death of Abu Bakr.

  • Mar 5, 637

    Conquest of Syria and the fall of Jerusalem.

  • Mar 5, 640

    Conquest of Persia.

  • Mar 5, 655

    Assassination of Uthman, the third caliph.

  • Mar 5, 661

    Death of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph and first Shii imam.

  • Mar 5, 700

    Conquest and conversion of Berber tribes in North Africa.

  • Mar 5, 711

    Tariq ibn Ziyad leads conquest of Andalusia (southern Spain).

  • Mar 5, 732

    Battle of Tours, France.

  • Mar 5, 750

    Abbasids capture Damascus, ending Umayyad rule in Syria; Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah founds Abbasid Caliphate.

  • Mar 3, 754

    Death of al-Saffah; Abu Jaafar al-Mansur becomes second Abbasid caliph.

    Death of al-Saffah; Abu Jaafar al-Mansur becomes second Abbasid caliph.
  • Mar 5, 1021

    The Fatimid caliph al-Hakim disappears/dies; Druze religion begins.

  • Mar 5, 1096

    Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade to conquer Jerusalem.

  • Mar 3, 1099

    Crusaders capture Jerusalem, ending the First Crusade.

    Crusaders capture Jerusalem, ending the First Crusade.
  • Mar 5, 1099

    Crusaders capture Jerusalem, ending the First Crusade.

  • Mar 5, 1111

    Death of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, philosopher and theologian.

  • Mar 5, 1111

    Death of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, philosopher and theologian.

  • Mar 5, 1206

    Ghurids establish the Delhi Sultanate in India.

  • Mar 4, 1240

    Death of Ibn al-Arabi, Sufi philosopher, in Damascus

  • Mar 5, 1273

    Death of Jalal al-Din Rumi, Sufi poet and teacher, in Konya.

  • Mar 5, 1320

    Death of Yunus Emre, Turkish mystic and poet.

  • Mar 5, 1398

    Ottoman Empire rules much of the Middle East and eastern Europe.

  • Mar 5, 1453

    Constantinople (Istanbul) falls to Ottomans and becomes the new Ottoman capital; Byzantine Empire ends.

  • Mar 5, 1453

    Constantinople (Istanbul) falls to Ottomans and becomes the new Ottoman capital; Byzantine Empire ends.

  • Mar 5, 1501

    Ismail I establishes the Safavid dynasty in Persia.

  • Mar 5, 1520

    Reign of the Ottoman sultan Sulayman the Magnificent.

  • Mar 5, 1526

    Reign of the Ottoman sultan Sulayman the Magnificent.

  • Mar 5, 1529

    Ottomans lift first siege of Vienna and retreat.

  • Mar 5, 1556

    Reign of Akbar, Mughal emperor.

  • Mar 5, 1571

    Christian fleet defeats Ottoman navy at Lepanto, marking the end of Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean region.

  • Death of Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi, leading Shii scholar.

  • Safavid rule in Iran effectively ended by Afghan invasion.

  • British withdraw from Indonesia, restoring it to Dutch rule.

  • Sepoy Rebellion against English East India Company rule sweeps northern India.

  • Golden age of Umayyad rule in Andalusia.

    Golden age of Umayyad rule in Andalusia.

  • Crucifixion of the Sufi al-Hallaj in Baghdad.

    Crucifixion of the Sufi al-Hallaj in Baghdad.

  • The building of the Great Mosque at Cordoba.

  • Death of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, hadith scholar and eponym of the Hanbali Legal School.

  • Death of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, hadith scholar and eponym of the Hanbali Legal School.