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375 events

  1. 340 CE

    The First Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen

    Place: Yemen
  2. 440 CE

    Qusayy ibn Kilab Takes Mecca

    Commanders: Qusayy ibn Kilab

    Place: Mecca
  3. 525 CE

    The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen

    Commanders: Aryat (Abraha’s predecessor in Yemen) · Abraha

    Place: Yemen
  4. c. 550 CE

    Thaqif's Takeover of al-Ta'if

    Place: Ta'if
  5. 575 CE

    Liberation and Persian Rule of Yemen

    Place: Yemen
  6. c. 11 January 630 CE · 20 Ramadan 8 AH · Ghazwa

    The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)

    Commanders: Muhammad · Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Mecca
  7. c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH†

    The Conquest of al-Anbar and the Raid on Baghdad's Market

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid · جرير بن عبد الله البجلي

    Place: al-Anbar
  8. 12 AH

    The Peace of al-Hira

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: al-Hira
  9. c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH

    Khalid Kills Ukaydir and Takes Dumat al-Jandal

    Place: Dumat al-Jandal
  10. 635 CE · 14 AH†

    Conquest of Homs

    Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
  11. c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH

    The Conquest of Busra

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Busra

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria
  12. c. 19 March 635 CE · Jumada I 14 AH

    The Conquest of Damascus

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid · Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah

    Place: Damascus

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria
  13. c. 635 CE · c. 14 AH

    The Conquest of Hims

    Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah

    Place: Hims (Emesa)

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria
  14. c. 635 CE · c. 14 AH

    The Conquest of al-Ladhiqiyya

    Place: al-Ladhiqiyya (Latakia)

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria
  15. 15 AH

    Conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)

    Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah

    Place: Jerusalem
  16. c. 636 CE · c. 15 AH

    The Conquest of Qinnasrin

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: Qinnasrin

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria
  17. 637 CE · Rabi' I 16 AH

    Conquest of Takrit (16 AH)
  18. 637 CE · 16 AH

    Conquest of al-Ahwaz, Manadhir and Nahr Tiri (16 AH)

    Place: al-Ahwaz
  19. 16 AH

    Sa'd's Arrival at al-Mada'in and Its Conquest
  20. c. 637 CE · c. 16 AH

    The Conquest of Antioch

    Place: Antioch

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria
  21. 16 AH

    Conquest of Masabadhan
  22. 637 CE · 16 AH

    Conquest of Qarqisiya (16 AH)

    Place: Qarqisiya (Circesium)
  23. 16 AH

    The Conquest of Tikrit
  24. 638 CE · 17 AH

    the Capitulation of Jundishapur (17 AH)

    Place: Jundishapur
  25. 638 CE · 17 AH

    Conquest of al-Sus (17 AH)

    Place: Sus (Khuzistan)
  26. 638 CE · 17 AH

    Conquest of Tustar and the capture of al-Hurmuzan

    Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: Tustar
  27. c. 639 CE · c. 18 AH

    The Conquest of Harran

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri

    Place: Harran

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
  28. c. 637 CE · c. 18 AH

    The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash

    Place: Mar'ash (Germanikeia)

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
  29. c. 639 CE · c. 18 AH

    The Conquest of al-Raqqa

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri

    Place: al-Raqqa

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
  30. c. 639 CE · c. 18 AH

    The Conquest of Edessa (al-Ruha)

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri

    Place: al-Ruha (Edessa)

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
  31. c. October 640 CE · Shawwal 19 AH

    The Conquest of Caesarea

    Place: Caesarea

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria
  32. 0641-07/0641-08 · Sha'ban 20 AH

    The conquest of Damietta and Tinnis as told in the Futuh al-Sham ascribed to al-Waqidi

    Commanders: al-Miqdad ibn Amr · Shata son of al-Bamrak, of Damietta

    Place: Damietta

    Part of: Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria
  33. 20 AH

    Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Al-Fustat
  34. c. 640 CE · c. 20 AH

    The Conquest of Hit and the Euphrates Forts

    Commanders: Midlaj ibn Amr al-Sulami

    Place: Hit

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
  35. c. 640 CE · c. 20 AH

    The Conquest of Ra's al-Ayn

    Commanders: Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari · Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: Ra's al-Ayn

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
  36. c. 20 AH

    Amr's Four Lieutenants Carry the Fustat Terms through Egypt

    Place: Ayn Shams
  37. c. February 642 CE · 10 Rabi' I 21 AH

    The conquest of al-Bahnasa (as told in Futuh al-Sham)

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Place: al-Bahnasa
  38. c. 641 CE · c. 21 AH

    The Conquest of Alexandria

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Alexandria
  39. 641 CE · 21 AH

    Conquest of Dinawar and al-Saymara (21 AH)

    Place: al-Dinawar
  40. 641 CE · 21 AH

    Conquest of Isfahan (21 AH)

    Place: Isfahan
  41. 642 CE · 22 AH

    Conquest of Hamadan and Waj Rudh (22 AH)

    Place: Hamadan
  42. 642 CE · 22 AH

    Conquest of Qazvin and Zanjan (22 AH)

    Place: قزوين
  43. 642 CE · 22 AH

    Conquest of Rayy (22 AH)

    Place: Rayy
  44. 22 AH

    The Conquest of Tripoli

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)
  45. 642 CE · 22 AH

    Conquest of Tripoli and Barqa (22 AH)

    Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)
  46. c. 22 AH

    Uqba ibn Nafi's Charge over Zawila and the Marches to Barqa

    Place: Zawila
  47. 23 AH

    Conquest of Fasa and Darabjird
  48. 23 AH

    Conquest of Istakhr
  49. 23 AH

    Conquest of Kirman
  50. c. 643 CE · c. 23 AH

    The Joint Conquests of Fars

    Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari · Uthman ibn Abi al-As

    Place: Fars
  51. 644 CE · 24 AH

    the conquest of Ascalon (24 AH)

    Commanders: Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan

    Place: Ascalon
  52. 644 CE · 24 AH

    the conquest of Fasa and Darabjird (24 AH)

    Place: Fars
  53. 644 CE · 24 AH

    the conquest of Kirman (24 AH)

    Place: Kirman
  54. c. 645 CE · 24 AH

    The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan

    Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: Qumm
  55. 644 CE · 24 AH

    the conquest of Sijistan (24 AH)

    Place: Sijistan
  56. c. 645 CE · c. 25 AH

    The Taking of Qaliqala and the Opening of Armenia

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan

    Place: Qaliqala (Theodosiopolis/Erzurum)
  57. 647 CE · 26 AH†

    Battle of Sufetula

    Place: Sufetula
  58. c. 647 CE · c. 27 AH

    The Conquest of Shimshat

    Commanders: Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri · Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal

    Place: Shimshat (Arsamosata)

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
  59. 29 AH

    Conquest of Tabaristan

    Commanders: Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Umayya

    Place: Tabaristan
  60. 650 CE · 30 AH

    the conquest of Khurasan (30 AH)

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir

    Place: Mihrajan (Khurasan)
  61. c. 664 CE · c. 44 AH

    Ibn Samura's March to Kabul

    Commanders: Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura

    Place: Kabul
  62. 53 AH

    The Conquest of Rhodes and the Demolition of Its Fort

    Commanders: جنادة بن أبي أمية الأزدي · Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan

    Place: Rhodes
  63. 54 AH

    The Conquest of Arwad

    Commanders: جنادة بن أبي أمية الأزدي · مجاهد بن جبر

    Place: Arwad
  64. c. 678 CE · 59 AH

    The Taking of Hisn Kamkh

    Place: Hisn Kamkh (Kamacha)
  65. c. 692 CE · c. 73 AH

    Muhammad ibn Marwan's Recovery of Armenia

    Commanders: Muhammad ibn Marwan

    Place: Armenia
  66. 698 CE · 79 AH†

    Conquest of Carthage

    Place: Carthage
  67. 705 CE · 86 AH†

    Muslim conquest of Transoxiana

    Place: Transoxiana
  68. 707 CE · 88 AH†

    Siege of Tyana

    Place: Tyana
  69. 89 AH

    The Conquest of Sind
  70. 89? AH

    The Conquest of Tangier

    Commanders: موسى بن نصير

    Place: Tangier
  71. 708 CE · 90 AH

    Conquest of Bukhara

    Place: Bukhara
  72. 91? AH

    Conquest of al-Andalus

    Commanders: طارق بن زياد · موسى بن نصير

    Place: al-Andalus
  73. c. 711 CE · c. 92 AH

    Conquest of Cordoba

    Commanders: مغيث الرومي

    Place: Cordoba
  74. 93 AH

    Qutayba's Expedition and Conquest of Samarkand

    Place: Samarqand
  75. c. 93 AH

    The Conquest of Toledo

    Commanders: طارق بن زياد

    Place: Toledo
  76. c. 712 CE · 93 AH

    Qutayba's Conquest of Samarqand

    Commanders: قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي · Ghurak, King of Sughd

    Place: Samarqand
  77. 713 CE · 94 AH†

    Capture of Ecija (713)

    Place: Écija
  78. 713 CE · 94 AH†

    Capture of Malaga (713)

    Place: Malaga
  79. 713 CE · 94 AH†

    Capture of Orihuela (713)

    Place: Uriyula (Orihuela)
  80. 713 CE · 94 AH†

    Capture of Seville by the Umayyads (713)

    Place: Ishbiliya
  81. 793 CE · 177 AH†

    Capture of Thebasa (793)

    Place: Thebasa
  82. c. 797 CE · 181 AH

    The conquest of the fortress of al-Safsaf
  83. c. 801 CE · c. 185 AH

    The fall of Barcelona to the Franks (185 AH)
  84. c. 824 CE · c. 209 AH†

    The Conquest of Crete

    Commanders: جنادة بن أبي أمية الأزدي · Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid

    Place: Crete
  85. 210 AH

    Abdallah ibn Tahir's Conquest of Alexandria
  86. 222 AH

    Conquest of al-Badhdh, the City of Babak
  87. 223 AH

    Conquest of Amorium

    Place: Amorium
  88. c. 847 CE · c. 232 AH†

    The Conquest of Barah

    Commanders: خلفون البربري · al-Mutawakkil ala Allah

    Place: Barah
  89. 253 AH

    Capture of Karaj from Ibn Abi Dulaf
  90. 255 AH

    Ya'qub ibn al-Layth's Seizure of Kirman
  91. 256 AH

    The Zanj Enter Ahwaz
  92. 256 AH

    The Zanj Enter al-Ubulla
  93. c. 878 CE · 264 AH

    Ibn Tulun annexes Syria to Egypt, 264/878

    Commanders: Ahmad ibn Tulun

    Place: Damascus
  94. c. 878 CE · 264 AH

    The Zanj Enter Wasit

    Place: Wasit
  95. 905 CE · 292 AH

    Fall of the Tulunid state and burning of al-Qata'i' (292 AH)

    Place: Al-Fustat
  96. c. April 909 CE · Rajab 296 AH

    Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i's entry into Raqqada and the collapse of the Aghlabid state

    Commanders: Abu Abd Allah al-Shi'i
  97. 909 CE · 296 AH†

    Capture of Tahert (909)

    Place: Tiaret
  98. 909 CE · 296 AH†

    Fall of Kairouan (909)

    Place: Qayrawan
  99. c. 909 CE · 297 AH

    al-Layth al-Saffar seizes Fars and Shiraz, 297

    Place: Shiraz
  100. c. 910 CE · 298 AH

    The Samanid seizure of Sistan

    Commanders: الحسين بن علي المروروذي

    Place: Sijistan
  101. 17 January 946 CE · 11 Jumada II 334 AH

    The Buyids enter Baghdad and receive their titles, 334 AH

    Place: Baghdad
  102. c. 965 CE · 354 AH

    Tarsus falls to the Byzantines, 354
  103. c. 969 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 358 AH

    Byzantine capture of Antioch

    Place: Antioch
  104. c. 969 CE · 358 AH

    Jawhar's conquest of Egypt and the laying out of Cairo

    Place: Al-Fustat
  105. 970 CE · 359 AH†

    Capture of Ramla (970)

    Place: al-Ramla
  106. c. July 978 CE · 12 Dhu al-Qa'da 367 AH

    Adud al-Dawla Seizes the Realm of the Banu Hamdan

    Commanders: Adud al-Dawla Fanakhusraw ibn Rukn al-Dawla · Abu Taghlib Fadl Allah ibn Nasir al-Dawla

    Place: Mosul
  107. 1015 CE · 405 AH†

    Hammadid Capture of Béja (1015)

    Place: Baja
  108. c. April 1029 CE · Jumada I 420 AH

    Mahmud of Ghazna Enters Rayy, 420

    Commanders: Mahmud of Ghazna

    Place: Rayy
  109. c. 1032 CE · 423 AH

    Mas'ud ibn Mahmud Storms Isfahan

    Commanders: السلطان مسعود بن محمود الغزنوي

    Place: Isfahan
  110. 1038 CE · 429 AH†

    Capture of Messina (1038)

    Place: Messina
  111. c. February 1039 CE · Jumada II 430 AH

    The Seljuk takeover of Khurasan and the defeat of Mas'ud the Ghaznavid
  112. c. 1043 CE · 435 AH

    The Ghuzz enter Mosul and plunder Qarwash's palace

    Commanders: Qarwash ibn al-Muqallad al-Uqayli

    Place: Mosul
  113. c. 1043 CE · 435 AH

    Tughril Beg Seizes al-Rayy

    Commanders: طغرل بك
  114. c. 1048 CE · 440 AH

    Ibrahim Inal's raid toward Constantinople
  115. c. 1051 CE · 443 AH

    Tughril Beg takes Isfahan and finds its buried treasures

    Commanders: طغرل بك

    Place: Isfahan
  116. 1055 CE · 447 AH

    Tughril Beg's Entry into Baghdad

    Place: Baghdad
  117. 1075 CE · 468 AH

    Fall of Damascus to Atsiz

    Commanders: Atsiz ibn Uwaq · Malikshah

    Place: Damascus
  118. c. 1079 CE · 472 AH

    Muslim ibn Quraysh al-Uqayli takes Aleppo

    Place: Aleppo
  119. c. 1084 CE · 477 AH

    Sulayman ibn Qutlumush takes Antioch from the Romans

    Commanders: سليمان بن قتلمش السلجوقي

    Place: Antioch
  120. 1085 CE · 478 AH

    The Franks' taking of Toledo

    Place: Toledo
  121. 1091 CE · 484 AH

    The Almoravid seizure of Seville

    Place: Seville
  122. c. 1091 CE · 484 AH

    The Franks Seize the Island of Sicily
  123. 1094 CE · 487 AH†

    Capture of Lisbon (1094)

    Place: Lisbon
  124. c. 1094 CE · c. 488 AH

    Capture of Valencia by al-Qanbiyatur (the Campeador)

    Commanders: ردريق القنبيطور

    Place: Valencia
  125. c. October 1097 CE · 491 AH

    The Franks Take Antioch and the Massacre at Ma'arra, 491

    Commanders: Kerbogha, lord of Mosul

    Place: Antioch
  126. c. 1099 CE · 492 AH

    The Franks Seize Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)

    Commanders: al-Mustazhir bi'llah Ahmad ibn al-Muqtadi

    Place: Masjid Al-Aqsa
  127. c. 1109 CE · 503 AH

    The Franks Take Tripoli of Syria

    Place: Tripoli (al-Sham)
  128. c. 18 December 1118 CE · c. 4 Ramadan 512 AH

    The fall of Zaragoza

    Place: Sarqusta (Zaragoza)
  129. 1130 CE · 524 AH†

    Capture of Aceca (1130)
  130. c. 1130 CE · c. 524 AH

    The Fall of Tudela and Tarazona
  131. 1137 CE · 531 AH†

    Capture of Leiria (1137)

    Place: Leiria
  132. 1144 CE · 538 AH†

    Capture of Soure (1144)
  133. 1145 CE · 539 AH†

    Fall of Saruj (1145)

    Place: Suruç
  134. 1147 CE · 542 AH†

    Conquest of Almeria (1147)

    Place: Almeria
  135. 1147 CE · 542 AH†

    Conquest of Santarém

    Place: Santarém
  136. c. 1146 CE · 541 AH

    The Franks Take Tripoli of the Maghreb in 541

    Commanders: Roger II of Sicily

    Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)
  137. c. 17 October 1147 CE · c. 17 Jumada I 542 AH

    The fall of Almeria to the Christians, 542 AH
  138. c. 1148 CE · 543 AH

    Roger of Sicily Seizes Mahdiyya

    Commanders: Roger II of Sicily
  139. 1151 CE · 546 AH†

    Fall of Turbessel (1151)

    Place: Turbessel
  140. c. 1165 CE · 561 AH

    Nur al-Din Takes the Fortress of Safita from the Franks in 561

    Commanders: Nur al-Din Mahmud ibn Zangi

    Place: Safita
  141. c. 1168 CE · 564 AH

    Nūr al-Dīn acquires Qalʿat Jaʿbar from its 'Aqilid lords
  142. c. December 1170 CE · Rabi' II 566 AH

    Saladin's Conquest of Ayla
  143. 1170 CE · 565 AH†

    Capture of Juromenha (1170)

    Place: Castelo de Juromenha
  144. c. 1170 CE · 566 AH

    Īldigiz takes al-Rayy

    Place: Rayy
  145. c. 1170 CE · 566 AH

    Shamla takes Fārs — and is driven out of it

    Place: Fars
  146. c. 1171 CE · 567 AH

    Nūr al-Dīn takes Mosul and confirms Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī upon it

    Place: Mosul
  147. 568 AH

    Qaraqush's conquest of Tripoli (568 AH)

    Place: Tripoli (Libya)
  148. c. January 1174 CE · c. 1 Rajab 569 AH

    Turanshah's conquest of Zabid (569 AH)

    Place: Zabid
  149. c. 1174 CE · 570 AH

    Salah al-Din enters Damascus without fighting in 570

    Commanders: Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) · عز الدين مسعود بن مودود

    Place: Damascus
  150. 1175 CE · 571 AH

    Mu'izz al-Din wrests Multan from the Qarmatians

    Commanders: Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri

    Place: Multan
  151. c. 1177 CE · 573 AH

    al-Bahlawān takes Tabrīz

    Place: Tabriz
  152. c. 1177 CE · 573 AH

    Saladin takes the castle of Baʿrīn
  153. c. 1177 CE · 573 AH

    Saladin takes Homs and Hama

    Place: Hims (Emesa)
  154. 1180 CE · 576 AH†

    Capture of Coruche (1180)
  155. c. June 1182 CE · Safar 578 AH

    The capture of Shaqif Habs Jaldak (Beaufort, 578 AH)

    Place: Shaqif Arnun (Beaufort)
  156. c. 1182 CE · 578 AH

    Salah al-Din takes the north and Aleppo in 578

    Commanders: Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) · عز الدين مسعود بن مودود

    Place: Aleppo
  157. c. November 1184 CE · Shawwal 580 AH

    Ibn Ghaniya's seizure of Béjaïa (580 AH)

    Place: Béjaïa
  158. c. 1185 CE · 581 AH

    Ali ibn Ghaniya takes Ifriqiya
  159. c. 1185 CE · 581 AH

    Saladin takes Mayyafariqin

    Place: Mayyafariqin
  160. 2 October 1187 CE · 583 AH

    Salah al-Din recovers Jerusalem

    Commanders: Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)

    Place: Jerusalem
  161. c. 1187 CE · 583 AH

    Hunin falls — the remaining fortresses of the Galilee
  162. 1187 CE · 583 AH

    The Ghurid capture of Lahore ends the Ghaznavids, 583/1187

    Commanders: Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam

    Place: Lahore
  163. c. 1190 CE · c. 586 AH

    Recovery of Silves from the Franks

    Place: Silves
  164. c. 1191 CE · 587 AH

    Shaqif Arnun — Beaufort falls

    Place: Shaqif Arnun (Beaufort)
  165. 1195 CE · 591 AH

    The caliphal army's takeover of Isfahan (591 AH)

    Place: Isfahan
  166. c. 1196 CE · 592 AH

    al-Adil's seizure of Damascus

    Place: Damascus
  167. September 1197 CE · Shawwal 593 AH

    Al-Adil takes Jaffa and the Franks take Beirut (593 AH)
  168. c. 1197 CE · 593 AH

    The Franks take Beirut from the Muslims in 593

    Place: Bayrut (Beirut)
  169. 1198 CE · 594 AH

    The Ghurid capture of Balkh from the Qara Khitai (594 AH)

    Commanders: Baha al-Din Sam of Bamiyan
  170. c. 1198 CE · 594 AH

    Ala al-Din Tekish Seizes Bukhara in 594 AH

    Commanders: Ala al-Din Tekish, Khwarazmshah

    Place: Bukhara
  171. c. 1199 CE · 596 AH

    al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends

    Place: Misr (Egypt)
  172. c. 1200 CE · 597 AH

    Rukn al-Din takes Malatya from his brother — and Erzurum

    Place: Malatya (Melitene)
  173. c. 1200 CE · 597 AH

    al-Zahir Ghazi takes Manbij and is besieged

    Place: Manbij
  174. c. 1201 CE · 598 AH

    the Khwarazmshah retakes what the Ghurids had seized

    Place: خراسان
  175. 1203 CE · 599 AH

    The Georgian sack of Dvin (599 AH)
  176. c. 1202 CE · 599 AH

    al-Zahir takes Qal'at Najm from his brother al-Afdal
  177. March 1204 CE · Rajab 600 AH

    Kaykhusraw I's restoration to the Rum Sultanate (600 AH)

    Commanders: Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I

    Place: Konya
  178. c. 1203 CE · 600 AH

    Mahmud al-Himyari seizes Mirbat in Hadramawt

    Place: Mirbat
  179. c. 1204 CE · 601 AH

    The Franks Seize Constantinople

    Place: Constantinople
  180. c. 1206 CE · 603 AH

    al-Duz takes Ghazna

    Place: Ghazna
  181. c. 1206 CE · 603 AH

    Khwarazmshah seizes the Ghurid lands in Khurasan

    Place: خراسان
  182. c. 1207 CE · 604 AH

    The Georgians Take Qars and the Death of Their Queen
  183. c. 1208 CE · 605 AH

    The Georgians Take a City in Rum by the Sword, 605

    Place: Arzan al-Rum
  184. c. 1208 CE · 605 AH

    Khwarazmshah takes Transoxiana and restores Khurasan

    Place: Khwarizm
  185. c. 1209 CE · 606 AH

    al-Adil takes the Khabur and Nisibis and besieges Sinjar

    Place: Nasibin (Nisibis)
  186. 1212 CE · 609 AH†

    Fall of Úbeda (1212)

    Place: Ubeda
  187. c. 1211 CE · 608 AH

    Mungli seizes the Jibal and Isfahan; Aytaqmish flees
  188. c. 1212 CE · 609 AH

    Khwarazmshah takes Kirman, Makran and Sind

    Place: Kirman
  189. c. 1214 CE · 611 AH

    Khwarazmshah takes Ghazna and its dependencies

    Place: Ghazna
  190. c. 1216 CE · 613 AH

    Khwarazmshah takes the Jibal
  191. 1217 CE · 613 AH

    Iltutmish's forces take Lahore, 613/1217

    Place: Lahore
  192. c. 1222 CE · 619 AH

    Badr al-Din Lu'lu' takes Shush castle
  193. c. 1223 CE · 620 AH

    The ruler of Yemen takes Mecca

    Place: Mecca
  194. c. 1225 CE · 622 AH

    Badr al-Din Lu'lu' takes Imadiyya and Harur
  195. c. 1225 CE · 622 AH

    Jalal al-Din takes Azerbaijan

    Place: Tabriz
  196. c. 1225 CE · 622 AH

    Jalal al-Din returns to Tabriz, takes Ganja, marries Uzbak's wife

    Place: Tabriz
  197. c. 1225 CE · c. 622 AH

    The enemy's entry into Loja with al-Bayasi
  198. c. 11 March 1226 CE · 8 Rabi' I 623 AH

    Jalal al-Din takes the city of Tiflis from the Georgians

    Commanders: جلال الدين منكبرتي بن خوارزم شاه

    Place: Tiflis
  199. 1228 CE · 625 AH

    Iltutmish takes Multan from Qabacha, 625

    Place: Multan
  200. c. 1228 CE · 625 AH

    Kayqubad takes Erzincan
  201. c. 1229 CE · 626 AH

    al-Ashraf takes Damascus

    Place: Damascus
  202. c. 1229 CE · 626 AH

    al-Kamil takes Hama

    Place: Hama
  203. c. 1229 CE · c. 626 AH

    Loss of Merida from Ibn Hud
  204. c. 31 December 1229 CE · c. 14 Safar 627 AH

    The fall of Majorca to the Rum
  205. c. 1230 CE · 627 AH

    Kayqubad takes Erzurum

    Place: Erzurum
  206. c. 1230 CE · 627 AH

    Shihab al-Din Ghazi takes Arzan

    Place: Arzan al-Rum
  207. c. 1231 CE · 628 AH

    The Mongols take Maragha

    Place: Maragha
  208. c. 1232 CE · 630 AH

    Al-Malik al-Kamil takes Amid, 630

    Place: Amid (Diyarbakir)
  209. c. 29 September 1238 CE · 17 Safar 636 AH

    The fall of Valencia to the enemy

    Place: Valencia
  210. c. May 1239 CE · 23 Shawwal 636 AH

    The enemy's capture of Cordoba

    Place: Cordoba
  211. 1239 CE · Safar 637 AH

    Al-Salih Isma'il takes Damascus and al-Salih Ayyub takes Egypt in 637

    Place: Damascus
  212. 1241 CE · 638 AH†

    Mongol conquest of Anatolia

    Place: Anatolia (Asia Minor)
  213. c. 1243 CE · c. 641 AH

    Murcia handed to the enemy by treaty
  214. c. 1247 CE · 644 AH

    The conquest of Ascalon and Tiberias in 644 AH

    Place: Ascalon
  215. c. 23 November 1248 CE · 5 Sha'ban 646 AH

    The fall of Seville by treaty

    Place: Seville
  216. c. June 1249 CE · c. Rabi' II 647 AH

    The Fall of Damietta to the Franks, 647 AH

    Place: Damietta
  217. c. February 1260 CE · c. Safar 658 AH

    Damascus submits to the Tatars, 658

    Place: Damascus
  218. c. January 1260 CE · c. 9 Safar 658 AH

    The Tatars take Aleppo, 658

    Place: Aleppo
  219. 1260 CE · 658 AH

    The Mongols take Raqqa

    Place: al-Raqqa
  220. c. August 1262 CE · c. Ramadan 660 AH

    The Tatars take Mosul by ruse, 660

    Place: Mosul
  221. 1264 CE · 662 AH†

    Zayyanid Capture of Sijilmasa (1264)

    Place: Sijilmasa
  222. c. April 1265 CE · c. Jumada I 663 AH

    Baybars takes Caesarea and Arsuf, 663

    Place: Arsuf
  223. c. June 1266 CE · c. 8 Sha'ban 664 AH

    Baybars takes Safed, 664

    Place: Safad
  224. 1268 CE · 666 AH

    Baybars takes Jaffa and Antioch, 666 AH

    Place: Antioch
  225. 1268 CE · 666 AH†

    Fall of Jaffa (1268)

    Commanders: al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars

    Place: Yafa (Jaffa)
  226. 1268 CE · 666 AH†

    Siege of Antioch

    Commanders: al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars

    Place: Antioch
  227. 1271 CE · 669 AH

    Baybars takes Krak des Chevaliers and Akkar, 669 AH

    Place: Krak des Chevaliers (Hisn al-Akrad)
  228. 1271 CE · 669 AH†

    Fall of Krak des Chevaliers

    Commanders: al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars

    Place: Krak des Chevaliers (Hisn al-Akrad)
  229. c. 1275 CE · 674 AH

    The Conquest of Nubia and the Capture of the King of Dunqula
  230. 1277 CE · 675 AH

    The Karamanids occupy Konya and install Jimri, 675/1277

    Place: Konya
  231. September 1284 CE · Rajab 683 AH

    The Aragonese capture of Djerba

    Place: Jarba
  232. 1286 CE · 685 AH

    The fall of Minorca to the lord of Barcelona
  233. c. April 1289 CE · Rabi' II 688 AH

    Qalawun Takes Tripoli by the Sword

    Place: Tripoli (al-Sham)
  234. 1289 CE · 688 AH†

    Conquest of Tripoli

    Place: Tripoli (al-Sham)
  235. c. 1291 CE · c. 690 AH

    The conquest of Acre and the expulsion of the Franks from Syria, 690 AH

    Place: Acre
  236. 1317 CE · 717 AH

    Conquest of Bursa

    Place: Bursa
  237. 1343 CE · 744 AH†

    Reintegration of the Crown of Mallorca (1343)

    Place: Mallorca
  238. c. March 1344 CE · c. 744 AH

    The fall of al-Jazira al-Khadra and the breaking of the fleet

    Place: al-Jazira al-Khadra
  239. August 1347 CE · Jumada II 748 AH

    Abu al-Hasan al-Marini's entry into Ifriqiya

    Place: Tunis
  240. 1352 CE · 753 AH†

    Capture of Tlemcen (1352)

    Place: Tlemcen
  241. 1354 CE · 755 AH†

    Fall of Gallipoli

    Place: Gelibolu
  242. c. 1356 CE · c. 757 AH

    The Genoese capture and recovery of Tripoli
  243. 1357 CE · 758 AH†

    Capture of Tunis (1357)

    Place: Tunis
  244. 11 February 1359 CE · 8 Rabi' I 760 AH

    Abu Hammu's recovery of Tlemcen

    Place: Tlemcen
  245. July 1362 CE · Ramadan 763 AH

    Ottoman conquest of Edirne

    Commanders: Murad I · Lala Shahin Pasha

    Place: Edirne
  246. 1370 CE · 771 AH†

    Capture of Tlemcen (1370)

    Place: Tlemcen
  247. 1375 CE · 777 AH†

    Fall of Sis (1375)

    Place: Sis
  248. 1383 CE · 785 AH†

    Capture of Tlemcen (1383)

    Place: Tlemcen
  249. 1389 CE · 791 AH†

    Capture of Tlemcen (1389)

    Place: Tlemcen
  250. 1393 CE · 795 AH†

    Capture of Tlemcen (1393)

    Place: Tlemcen
  251. 1393 CE · 795 AH†

    Siege of Tarnovo

    Place: Veliko Tarnovo
  252. c. 1398 CE · 801 AH

    Timur Takes Delhi in 801 AH

    Commanders: تمرلنك

    Place: Delhi
  253. c. 1401 CE · 803 AH

    Timur's Event at Damascus in 803 AH
  254. 1402 CE · 804 AH†

    Siege of Smyrna

    Place: Smyrna
  255. 1402 CE · 804 AH

    Timur seizes Bursa

    Commanders: تمرلنك

    Place: Bursa
  256. 1410 CE · 813 AH†

    Capture of Bejaia (1410)

    Place: Béjaïa
  257. 1415 CE · 818 AH†

    Conquest of Ceuta
  258. c. 29 May 1453 CE · 857 AH

    Conquest of Constantinople in 857 AH

    Commanders: السلطان محمد الفاتح · Akşemseddin

    Place: Constantinople
  259. 1460 CE · 864 AH†

    Siege of Amasra (1460)

    Place: Amasra
  260. 1461 CE · 865 AH†

    Conquest of Trebizond

    Commanders: السلطان محمد الفاتح

    Place: Ṭrābazanda
  261. 1468 CE · 873 AH

    Sonni Ali takes Timbuktu

    Place: Timbuktu
  262. 1470 CE · 874 AH†

    Siege of Negroponte

    Commanders: السلطان محمد الفاتح

    Place: Negroponte
  263. 1475 CE · 880 AH

    The Ottoman annexation of Konya, 880/1475

    Place: Konya
  264. c. February 1482 CE · c. 887 AH

    The treacherous seizure of Alhama and the repulsed Muslim siege
  265. c. May 1485 CE · c. Jumada I 890 AH

    The fall of Ronda and the west to the Castilians
  266. c. 28 May 1486 CE · c. 26 Jumada I 891 AH

    The Bayyazin revolt and the fall of Loja
  267. c. 29 April 1487 CE · c. 10 Jumada I 892 AH

    Fall of Velez-Malaga and the rout before contact
  268. 1487 CE · 892 AH†

    Capture of Velez-Malaga (1487)

    Place: Velez-Malaga
  269. 1500 CE · 905 AH†

    Mir Muhammad’s conquest of East Anatolia
  270. 1501 CE · 906 AH†

    Fall of Durrës (1501)

    Place: Dras (Durrës)
  271. 1501 CE · 906 AH†

    Fall of Navarino (1501)

    Place: Pylos
  272. between 1507 and 1508 CE · 913 AH

    The Portuguese Take the Fortress of Hormuz, 913
  273. 1508 CE · 914 AH†

    Capture of Baghdad (1508)

    Place: Baghdad
  274. 1511 CE · 917 AH†

    Capture of Malacca

    Place: Malacca
  275. 1512 CE · 918 AH†

    Capture of Banastharim (1512)
  276. 1517 CE · 923 AH†

    Capture of Cairo

    Commanders: Selim I

    Place: Cairo
  277. 1516 CE · 922 AH

    Aruj Barbarossa enters Algiers (1516)

    Place: Algiers
  278. 1518 CE · 924 AH†

    Fall of Tlemcen

    Place: Tlemcen
  279. 1522 CE · 928 AH†

    Capture of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1522)

    Place: Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
  280. 1522 CE · 928 AH

    The Ottoman Conquest of Rhodes

    Commanders: سليمان القانوني

    Place: Rhodes
  281. 1524 CE · 930 AH†

    Capture of Baghdad (1524)

    Place: Baghdad
  282. 1524 CE · 930 AH

    The Mughals occupy Lahore under Babur, 930/1524

    Commanders: Babur (Zahir al-Din Muhammad)

    Place: Lahore
  283. 1526 CE · 932 AH

    The Arghuns take Multan into the Mughal orbit, 1526

    Place: Multan
  284. between 1527 and 1528 CE · 934 AH

    Imam Ahmad Gran's Seizure of Harar and Abyssinian Conquests
  285. 1529 CE · 936 AH

    Capture of the Peñón of Algiers (1529)

    Place: Algiers
  286. 1534 CE · 940 AH†

    Capture of Baghdad

    Commanders: سليمان القانوني

    Place: Baghdad
  287. 1534 CE · 941 AH

    Khayr al-Din takes Tunis (1534)

    Commanders: Khayr al-Din Barbarossa

    Place: Tunis
  288. 1535 CE · 942 AH

    Charles V's conquest of Tunis (1535)

    Commanders: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

    Place: Tunis
  289. 1540 CE · 947 AH†

    Johorean invasion of Aru (1540)
  290. 1541 CE · 948 AH†

    Conquest of Buda

    Place: Buda
  291. 1541 CE · 948 AH

    Sa'di capture of Santa Cruz (1541)
  292. 1543 CE · 950 AH†

    Siege of Esztergom

    Place: Esztergom
  293. 1548 CE · 955 AH†

    Capture of Aden

    Place: Aden
  294. 1551 CE · 958 AH†

    Conquest of Tripoli

    Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)
  295. 1552 CE · 959 AH†

    Capture of Muscat

    Place: Muscat
  296. 1552 CE · 959 AH†

    Siege of Temesvár

    Place: Timișoara
  297. 8 January 1554 CE · 3 Safar 961 AH

    Ottoman entry into Fez (964/1554)

    Place: Fes
  298. 1555 CE · 962 AH

    Humayun returns to Delhi, 962 AH

    Commanders: Humayun ibn Babur

    Place: Delhi
  299. 1555 CE · 962 AH

    Humayun reoccupies Lahore, Rabi' II 962/February 1555

    Place: Lahore
  300. 1557 CE · 964 AH†

    Capture of Bizerte (1557)

    Place: Banzart
  301. c. August 1571 CE · Rabi' II 979 AH

    The Ottoman Conquest of Cyprus

    Place: Cyprus
  302. c. 1572 CE · 980 AH

    Akbar takes Gujarat, 980
  303. 14 May 1574 CE · 23 Muharram 982 AH

    The Recovery of Tunis from the Spanish

    Place: Tunis
  304. 1574 CE · 982 AH†

    Conquest of Tunis

    Place: Tunis
  305. 1576 CE · 984 AH†

    Capture of Fez

    Place: Fes
  306. 1578 CE · 986 AH†

    Capture of Tbilisi (1578)

    Place: Tiflis
  307. 1624 CE · 1033 AH†

    Capture of Baghdad

    Place: Baghdad
  308. 1633 CE · 1042 AH†

    Capture of Julfar (1633)

    Place: Ras Al Khaimah
  309. 1635 CE · 1044 AH†

    Capture of Tabriz

    Place: Tabriz
  310. 1638 CE · 1048 AH†

    Capture of Baghdad

    Commanders: Murad IV

    Place: Baghdad
  311. 1638 CE · 1048 AH†

    Fall of Kandahar (1638)

    Place: Kandahar
  312. 1649 CE · 1059 AH†

    Capture of Muscat (1649)

    Place: Muscat
  313. 28 September 1663 CE · 25 Safar 1074 AH

    Conquest of the Fortress of Neuhausl
  314. 1723 CE · 1135 AH†

    Capture of Tbilisi (1723)

    Place: Tiflis
  315. January 1748 CE · 1161 AH

    Ahmad Shah Durrani occupies Lahore, Muharram 1161/January 1748

    Commanders: Ahmad Shah Durrani

    Place: Lahore
  316. 1752 CE · 1165 AH

    The Mughals cede Lahore and Multan to Ahmad Shah Durrani, 1752

    Commanders: Ahmad Shah Durrani

    Place: Multan
  317. 1796 CE · 1210 AH†

    Capture of Oujda (1796)

    Place: Oujda
  318. 2 July 1798 CE · 18 Muharram 1213 AH

    The French take Alexandria (Muharram 1213 / July 1798)

    Commanders: Napoleon Bonaparte

    Place: Alexandria

    Part of: The French Campaign on Egypt and the Proclamation of Jihad
  319. July 1799 CE · 1214 AH

    Ranjit Singh takes Lahore, Safar 1214/July 1799

    Place: Lahore
  320. 1813 CE · 1228 AH†

    Battle of Mecca

    Place: Mecca
  321. 1818 CE · 1233 AH

    Ranjit Singh's conquest of Multan, 1818

    Place: Multan
  322. 1829 CE · 1244 AH†

    Capture of Bayburt (1829)

    Place: Bayburt
  323. 1830 CE · 1245 AH†

    French invasion of Algiers

    Place: Algiers
  324. 1830 CE · 1246 AH†

    The French Occupation of Algiers

    Place: Algiers
  325. 1831 CE · 1247 AH†

    Capture of Oran (1831)

    Place: Wahran
  326. 1848 CE · 1264 AH

    The British take Multan, 1848-1849

    Place: Multan
  327. 1855 CE · 1271 AH†

    Capture of Bitlis (1855)

    Place: Bitlis
  328. 1878 CE · c. 1295 AH

    Russian occupation of Edirne (1878)

    Place: Edirne
  329. 1881 CE · 1298 AH†

    French conquest of Tunisia
  330. 1907 CE · 1325 AH†

    French conquest of Morocco

    Place: Morocco
  331. 1912 CE · 1330 AH†

    Capture of Lemnos (1912)

    Place: Lemnos
  332. 1913 CE · 1331 AH†

    Conquest of al-Hasa

    Place: Al-Ahsa Oasis
  333. 1914 CE · 1332 AH†

    Fao Landing

    Place: Mesopotamia
  334. 1918 CE · 1336 AH†

    Capture of Damascus

    Place: Damascus
  335. February 1918 CE · Jumada I 1336 AH†

    Capture of Trabzon (1918)

    Place: Trabzon
  336. 1920 CE · 1338 AH†

    Capture of Damascus

    Place: Damascus
  337. 1919 CE · 1338 AH

    The Greek Occupation of Izmir

    Place: Izmir
  338. 1920 CE · c. 1338 AH

    Greek occupation of Edirne

    Place: Edirne
  339. 1921 CE · 1339 AH†

    Conquest of Ha'il

    Place: Ha'il
  340. 1924 CE · 1342 AH†

    Battle of Mecca

    Place: Mecca

  341. Abbad ibn Ziyad's Qandahar and the 'Abbadiyya Caps

    Commanders: Abbad ibn Ziyad

    Place: al-Qandahar

  342. The Aghlabids' Conquests in Sicily

    Place: Sicily

  343. Ahmad ibn Abi Khalid's Conquest of Ushrusana

    Commanders: Ahmad ibn Abi Khalid al-Ahwal

    Place: Ushrusana

  344. Balkh's Sulh and al-Ahnaf's Khwarizm March

    Commanders: al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

    Place: Balkh

  345. al-Aqra' ibn Habis Takes Juzjan

    Commanders: al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi · al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

    Place: al-Juzjan

  346. Arab conquest of Kaikan

  347. Conquest of al-Fayyum

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Al-Fayyum

    Part of: Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria

  348. Conquest of Azerbaijan

    Commanders: Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman · Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami

    Place: Azerbaijan

  349. The Conquest of al-Dinawar, Masabadhan and Mihrajanqadhaf

    Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: al-Dinawar

  350. The Conquest of Hamadhan

    Commanders: جرير بن عبد الله البجلي · al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba

    Place: Hamadhan

  351. The Conquest of Hulwan and Qarmasin

    Commanders: جرير بن عبد الله البجلي · Uzra ibn Qays al-Bajali

    Place: Hulwan

  352. The Conquest of Isbahan

    Commanders: Abdallah ibn Budayl · Umar ibn al-Khattab

    Place: Isbahan

  353. Conquest of Jur

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir

    Place: Jur

  354. Conquest of Maysan

    Commanders: al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba

    Place: Maysan

  355. Conquest of Mosul

    Commanders: Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami

    Place: Mosul

  356. Conquest of Qazwin

    Commanders: al-Bara' ibn Azib

    Place: Qazwin

  357. The Conquest of Rayy and Qumis

    Commanders: Urwa ibn Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta'i · Hanzala ibn Zayd

    Place: Rayy

  358. Conquest of Sabur

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Abi al-As · Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: Sabur (Bishapur)

  359. Conquest of Shahrazur, al-Samaghan and Darabadh

    Commanders: Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami

    Place: Shahrazur

  360. Conquest of Surraq

    Commanders: Haritha ibn Badr al-Ghudani · Abd Allah ibn Amir

    Place: Surraq

  361. Conquest of Tawwaj

    Commanders: al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi · Uthman ibn Abi al-As

    Place: Tawwaj

  362. Conquest of al-Ubulla and al-Furat

    Commanders: Utba ibn Ghazwan

    Place: al-Ubulla

  363. The House of al-Fadl ibn Mahan at Sindan

    Commanders: al-Fadl ibn Mahan

    Place: Sindan

  364. The Forced Taking of Istakhr

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir · Mahak

    Place: Istakhr

  365. The Conquest of Naysabur

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir

    Place: Nishapur

  366. Ibn Samura's Campaign and the Zur Idol

    Commanders: Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura

    Place: Jabal al-Zur

  367. Conquest of Kirman

    Commanders: مجاشع بن مسعود السلمي · Abd Allah ibn Amir

    Place: Kirman

  368. Qutayba's Conquest of Madinat al-Fil

    Commanders: قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي

    Place: Madinat al-Fil

  369. al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud's Conquest of Qusdar

    Commanders: al-Mundhir ibn al-Jarud al-Abdi · Sinan ibn Salama ibn al-Muhabbiq al-Hudhali

    Place: Qusdar

  370. Ramhurmuz's Breach and Reconquest

    Commanders: Abu Maryam al-Hanafi

    Place: Ramhurmuz

  371. The Storming of Rawar and Brahmanabadh

    Commanders: Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi

    Place: Rawar

  372. Conquest of al-Sus

    Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: al-Sus (Shush)

  373. Conquest of Manadhir

    Commanders: al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi · Abu Musa al-Ashari

    Place: Manadhir

  374. Sinan ibn Salama's Conquest of Makran

    Commanders: Sinan ibn Salama ibn al-Muhabbiq al-Hudhali · Hakim ibn Jabala al-Abdi

    Place: Makran

  375. Timur's conquest of Zamindawar

    Place: Zamindawar