The Expansive Realm of Islam By JilliSpencer Period: 570 to 632 Life of Muhammad 595 Muhammad Marries Khadija 622 Muhammad Joins a Group of his Followers in Yathrib 622 The hijra 632 Muhammad's hajj Period: 650 to 660 Compilation of the Quran Period: 661 to 750 Umayyad Dynasty Period: 750 to 1258 Abbasid Dynasty Period: 786 to 809 Reign of Harun al-Rashid 945 Members of a Persian royal family seize control of Baghdad and establish their clan as the power behind the Abbasid throne. Period: 1050 to 1060 Establishment of Saljuq Control Over the Abbasid Dynasty Period: 1058 to 1111 Life of al-Ghazali Period: 1126 to 1198 Life of Ibn Rushd