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Chronology of Major Empires and Dynasties in The Islamic World

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Chronology of Major Empires and Dynasties in the Islamic World

200 a.d.

300

400

500

600

Sasanian empire, 224636

700

800

900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1800

1900

Greater Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt,


the Maghrib, Andalusia, and the Levant

Spanish Umayyads, 7561031

Andalusia and
the Maghrib

Abbasid caliphate, 7501258

Samanids, 8191005

the Arabian Peninsula, Greater Iran, Egypt,


the Levant, the Maghrib, and parts of Central Asia

Greater Iran and parts


of Central Asia

Seljuqs of Iran,
about 10401196

vast area stretching from the Hindu Kush mountains to


eastern Anatolia and from Central Asia to the Persian Gulf

Almoravids and Almohads,


about 10621147; 11301269

the Maghrib and Andalusia

Seljuqs of Rum, 10811307

Greater Iran, the Caucasus,


and parts of Central Asia

most of Anatolia

Ilkhanids, 12061353

parts of Andalusia

Egypt, parts of the Arabian


Peninsula, and the Levant

Nasrid kingdom, 12321492

Mamluks, 12501517

Anatolia; parts of the Balkan Peninsula


and eastern Europe; parts of the Maghrib
(excluding Morocco), the Levant, and the
Arabian Peninsula; and Egypt
Greater Iran and parts of Central Asia

Ottoman empire, 12991923

Timurid empire,
13071507
Greater Iran and parts of Central
Asia and the Caucasus
most of the Indian
subcontinent and parts of
present-day Afghanistan

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1700

southern Europe, Anatolia,


Egypt, and the Levant

Umayyad
caliphate
661750

This chronology aims to help you place the major


empires and dynasties mentioned in this guide in a
historical and geographical framework. The general
regions ruled by each dynasty are indicated here, but
it is important to note that boundaries often varied
depending on territorial losses and gains. Most of the
regions mentioned here are defined in the glossary.

1600

Greater Iran, parts of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Levant, certain coastal
areas of the Arabian Peninsula, and areas of present-day southwestern Pakistan

Byzantine empire, about 3301453

back flap (when bound, appears on folded on top of Map 2)


7.25 wide

1500

Safavid empire, 15011722

Mughal empire, 15261858

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