Islamic Art Timeline

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  • 622

    HIJRA

    Muhammad and his followers migrate from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina)
  • 632

    DEATH OF MUHAMMAD

  • Period: 632 to 1000

    ISLAMIC ART PHASE 1

  • 634

    ARAB CONQUEST OF DAMASCUS

  • 1000

    UMAYYAD'S ESCAPE TO SPAIN

  • Period: 1000 to 1250

    ISLAMIC ART PHASE 2

  • 1031

    COLLAPSE OF UMAYYAD CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA

  • 1212

    DEFEAT OF ALMOHAD CALIPHATE

    Spain
  • Period: 1238 to 1492

    NASRID DYNASTY

    The last Muslim dynasty in Spain (Emirate of Granada)
  • 1239

    CONQUEST OF MALAGA

    By the Emirate of Granada
  • 1250

    MONGOL CONQUEST

    Arrival of Islamic/Asian motifs in art
  • Period: 1250 to 1517

    MAMLUK SULTANATE

    In Egypt, the Levant, Hejaz
  • Period: 1250 to

    ISLAMIC ART PHASE 3

  • 1311

    COMPENDIUM OF CHRONICLES

    Rashid al-Din's manuscript
  • Period: 1362 to 1389

    REIGN OF MURAD I

    Ottoman Sultan
  • 1517

    OTTOMAN CONQUEST OF EGYPT

  • 1520

    SAZ LEAF

  • REVOLT OF CAIRO

  • Period: to

    NAPOLEONIC EXPEDITION TO EGYPT

  • Period: to

    REIGN OF MUHAMMAD ALI PASHA

    Governor of Egypt; Founder of Egyptian viceroyalty
  • Period: to

    PASCAL COSTE AS ARCHITECT TO MUHAMMAD ALI

    Viceroy of Egypt
  • Period: to

    GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

    Ottoman Empire vs Greek Rebels
  • Period: to

    THIRD SIEGE OF MISSOLONGHI

  • OWEN JONES FIRST TRIP TO SPAIN

  • SEMPER'S DISCOVERY

    Of Polychromy in Ancient Architecture

  • OWEN JONES RETURN TO SPAIN

  • Period: to

    TANZIMAT

    Throughout Ottoman empire
  • Period: to

    NAeSR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR REIGN

    Longest reigning Islamic ruler of all time. King of Persia

  • BARTHOLDI COMMISSION

    To build a lighthouse at Suez Canal
  • Period: to

    DIKRAN KELEKIAN

    Ran an art dealing business, emigrated to NYC

  • WORLD FAIR EXHIBITION

    Ottoman's submitted replica of Ahmed III's fountain

  • SCHOOL OF CERAMICS

    Founded in Manises

  • THE MESSAGE

    Director: Moustapha Akkad

  • US INVASION OF IRAQ

  • MOMA ISLAMIC ART WING

  • Period: to 1300

    ALHAMBRA COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION