history in islam

Birth of Muhammad ibn Abd Allah in Mecca.

570

Birth of Muhammad ibn Abd Allah in Mecca.

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

Mar 5, 610

islam

Period: Jan 1, 622 to Mar 3, 2014

mahhamad

mohammed was born

Mar 3, 622

he was an orphan

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

Mar 5, 622

muhammad

Mar 3, 630

Muhammad wins control of Mecca.

uhammad wins control of Mecca.

Mar 5, 630

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

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 Abu Bakr.

Mar 5, 634

Conquest of Syria and the fall of Jerusalem.

Mar 5, 637

Conquest of Persia.

Mar 5, 640

Assassination of Uthman, the third caliph.

Mar 5, 655

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

Mar 5, 661

Conquest and conversion of Berber tribes in North Africa.

Mar 5, 700

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

Mar 5, 711

Battle of Tours, France.

Mar 5, 732

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

Mar 5, 750

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

Mar 3, 754

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

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

Mar 5, 1021

Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade to conquer Jerusalem.

Mar 5, 1096

Crusaders capture Jerusalem, ending the First Crusade.

Mar 3, 1099

Crusaders capture Jerusalem, ending the First Crusade.

Crusaders capture Jerusalem, ending the First Crusade.

Mar 5, 1099

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

Mar 5, 1111

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

Mar 5, 1111

Ghurids establish the Delhi Sultanate in India.

Mar 5, 1206

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

Mar 4, 1240

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

Mar 5, 1273

Death of Yunus Emre, Turkish mystic and poet.

Mar 5, 1320

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

Mar 5, 1398

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, 1453

Ismail I establishes the Safavid dynasty in Persia.

Mar 5, 1501

Reign of the Ottoman sultan Sulayman the Magnificent.

Mar 5, 1520

Reign of the Ottoman sultan Sulayman the Magnificent.

Mar 5, 1526

Ottomans lift first siege of Vienna and retreat.

Mar 5, 1529

Reign of Akbar, Mughal emperor.

Mar 5, 1556

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

Mar 5, 1571

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

Mar 5, 1699

Safavid rule in Iran effectively ended by Afghan invasion.

Mar 5, 1722

British withdraw from Indonesia, restoring it to Dutch rule.

Mar 4, 1816

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

Mar 5, 1857

Golden age of Umayyad rule in Andalusia.

Mar 2, 2022

Golden age of Umayyad rule in Andalusia.

Crucifixion of the Sufi al-Hallaj in Baghdad.

Mar 2, 2022

Crucifixion of the Sufi al-Hallaj in Baghdad.

The building of the Great Mosque at Cordoba.

Mar 2, 2022

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

Mar 2, 2022

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

Mar 2, 2022