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wars

228 events

  1. c. 494 CE

    The War of al-Basus
  2. c. 550 CE

    The War of al-Harith al-A'raj on Banu Taghlib

    Commanders: al-Harith ibn Abi Shamir al-Ghassani
  3. c. 586 CE · Ghazwa

    The Fijar war

    Commanders: Harb ibn Umayya

    Place: Mecca

    Outcome: Qays prevailed in the morning; Kinana prevailed by mid-day.
  4. 602 CE

    Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628

    Place: Asia Minor
  5. 624 CE · 2 AH† · Ghazwa

    Muslim–Quraysh War

    Commanders: Muhammad · Abu Sufyan ibn Harb

    Place: Arabian Peninsula
  6. c. 632 CE · c. 11 AH

    The Ridda Wars

    Commanders: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

    Place: Arabian Peninsula
  7. 680 CE · 60 AH†

    The Second Fitna

    Place: Arabian Peninsula
  8. 685 CE · 65 AH†

    Uprising of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi

    Place: Mosul
  9. 1 April 946 CE · 26 Sha'ban 334 AH

    The war of Nasir al-Dawla and Mu'izz al-Dawla for Baghdad (334-335 AH / 946)

    Commanders: Mu'izz al-Dawla · Abu Ja'far al-Saymari

    Place: Baghdad
  10. c. 1006 CE · 397 AH

    The Revolt of Abu Rakwa al-Umawi against al-Hakim

    Place: Barqa (Cyrenaica)
  11. 1014 CE · 404 AH†

    Hammadid–Zirid War (1014–18)
  12. 1048 CE · 439 AH†

    Byzantine–Seljuk War

    Place: Asia Minor
  13. 1054 CE · 446 AH†

    Almoravid–Ghanaian War (1054–1077)

    Place: West Africa
  14. 1106 CE · 499 AH†

    War of Mosul (1106)

    Place: Upper Mesopotamia
  15. 1172 CE · 567 AH†

    Almohad Wars in Iberia

    Place: al-Andalus
  16. c. 1188 CE · 584 AH

    Sultan Tughril III masters Qizil Arslan

    Commanders: Tughril III · Qizil Arslan
  17. 1200 CE · 596 AH†

    Circassian–Golden Horde War

    Place: Circassia
  18. 1204 CE · 600 AH†

    Nicaean–Seljuk war

    Place: Aegean Region
  19. 1205 CE · 601 AH

    The war between the amirs of Mecca and Medina (601 AH)

    Commanders: Salim ibn Qasim, amir of Medina
  20. c. 1204 CE · 601 AH

    War between the amirs of Mecca and Medina

    Place: Mecca
  21. c. 1226 CE · 623 AH

    War between al-Ashraf's and Jalal al-Din's armies

    Place: The Jazira
  22. c. 1226 CE · 623 AH

    War between Kayqubad and the lord of Amid

    Place: Amid (Diyarbakir)
  23. c. 1231 CE · 628 AH

    Ruin of Jalal al-Din Khwarazm-Shah and devastation of al-Jazira, 628 AH
  24. 1250 CE · 648 AH†

    Marinid–Zayyanid Wars
  25. 1250 CE · 648 AH†

    Zayyanid–Iberian conflicts

    Place: North Africa
  26. 1253 CE · 651 AH†

    Mongol Campaign against the Nizaris

    Place: Quhistan
  27. c. 1254 CE · 652 AH

    The Tatars Begin the Conquest of the Islamic Lands in 652 AH
  28. c. September 1269 CE · c. Muharram 668 AH

    The end of the Banu Abd al-Mu'min dynasty
  29. 1299 CE · 698 AH†

    Byzantine–Ottoman wars

    Place: Anatolia (Asia Minor)
  30. 1345 CE · 746 AH†

    Bulgarian–Ottoman wars

    Place: Balkans
  31. 1350 CE · 751 AH†

    War of the Straits

    Place: Mediterranean Sea
  32. 1352 CE · 753 AH†

    Serbian–Ottoman Wars
  33. 1366 CE · 767 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1366–67)

    Place: Balkans
  34. 1375 CE · 777 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1375–77)

    Place: Balkans
  35. 1378 CE · 780 AH†

    Khwarazm conflict (1378–1379)

    Place: Khwarizm
  36. 1386 CE · 788 AH†

    Tokhtamysh–Timur War

    Place: Caucasus Mountains
  37. 1389 CE · 791 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1389–1396)

    Place: Balkans
  38. 1399 CE · 801 AH†

    Moghulistan War (1399–1400)

    Place: Moghulistan
  39. 1400 CE · 802 AH†

    Hafsid–Daouaouïda War

    Place: al-Musayla
  40. 1400 CE · 802 AH†

    Hafsid–Zayyanid War

    Place: Algiers
  41. 1415 CE · 818 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1415–19)

    Place: Doboj
  42. 1420 CE · 823 AH†

    War of the South Danube (1420–1432)

    Place: Balkans
  43. 1421 CE · 824 AH†

    Byzantine–Ottoman War (1421-1424)
  44. 1423 CE · 826 AH†

    Ottoman–Venetian War of 1423–1430

    Place: Albania
  45. 1426 CE · 829 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1426–1428)

    Place: Serbian Despotate
  46. 1437 CE · 840 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1437–42)

    Place: Belgrade
  47. 1444 CE · 848 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1444–1449)

    Place: Serbian Despotate
  48. 1447 CE · 851 AH†

    Albanian–Venetian War

    Place: Albania
  49. 1450 CE · 854 AH†

    Aq Qoyunlu–Mamluk War

    Place: Şanlıurfa
  50. 1454 CE · 858 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1454–1483)

    Place: Serbian Despotate
  51. 1463 CE · 867 AH†

    First Ottoman–Venetian War

    Place: Euboea
  52. 1469 CE · 873 AH†

    Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1469–1481)
  53. 1479 CE · 884 AH†

    Crimean-Circassian War (1479–1490)

    Place: Crimea
  54. 1485 CE · 890 AH†

    Ottoman–Mamluk War

    Place: Anatolia (Asia Minor)
  55. 1485 CE · 890 AH†

    Polish–Ottoman War of 1485–1503

    Place: Wild Fields
  56. 1492 CE · 897 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1492–1495)

    Place: Serbian Despotate
  57. 1492 CE · 897 AH†

    Pyatigorsk War (1492)

    Place: Circassia
  58. 1493 CE · 898 AH†

    Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War
  59. 1500 CE · 905 AH†

    Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf

    Place: Persian Gulf
  60. 1500 CE · 905 AH†

    Apostate War

    Place: The Philippine archipelago
  61. 1500 CE · 905 AH†

    Ottoman-Portuguese wars
  62. 1499 CE · 904 AH†

    Second Ottoman–Venetian War

    Place: Adriatic Sea
  63. 1500 CE · 905 AH†

    Portuguese–Adil Shahi War
  64. 1500 CE · 905 AH†

    Safavid–Circassian war

    Place: Circassia
  65. 1501 CE · 906 AH†

    Azov War (1501–1502)

    Place: Circassia
  66. 1505 CE · 911 AH†

    Malacca-Majapahit Conflict

    Place: Sumatra
  67. 1505 CE · 911 AH†

    Mamluk–Portuguese Conflicts

    Place: Indian Ocean
  68. 1509 CE · 915 AH†

    Malay-Portuguese War

    Place: Malay Peninsula
  69. 1509 CE · 915 AH†

    Portuguese–Ottoman War (1509)
  70. 1512 CE · 918 AH†

    Demak–Portuguese conflicts

    Place: Indonesia
  71. 1512 CE · 918 AH†

    Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts

    Place: Maluku Islands
  72. 1515 CE · 921 AH†

    Ottoman–Spanish War (1515–77)

    Place: Mediterranean Sea
  73. 1516 CE · 922 AH†

    Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17

    Place: Misr (Egypt)
  74. 1519 CE · 925 AH†

    Acehnese–Portuguese Conflicts

    Place: Sumatra
  75. 1521 CE · 927 AH†

    Hungarian–Ottoman War (1521–1526)
  76. 1521 CE · 927 AH†

    Hungarian–Turkish War (1521–26)
  77. 1521 CE · 927 AH†

    Maldivian–Portuguese conflicts

    Place: The Maldives (Dhibat al-Mahal)
  78. 1525 CE · 931 AH†

    Bakhchisarai War (1525)

    Place: Bakhchysarai
  79. 1528 CE · 934 AH†

    Malay–Acehnese conflicts

    Place: Sumatra
  80. 1529 CE · 935 AH†

    Ethiopian–Adal War

    Place: Ethiopia
  81. 1529 CE · 935 AH†

    Balkan Campaign of 1529

    Place: Hungary
  82. 1529 CE · 935 AH†

    Mughal–Portuguese Conflicts

    Place: Bengal
  83. 1529 CE · 935 AH†

    Ottoman–Habsburg War of 1529–1533
  84. 1532 CE · 938 AH†

    Ottoman–Safavid War of 1532–1555

    Place: Mesopotamia
  85. 1535 CE · 941 AH†

    Russo-Kazan War
  86. 1538 CE · 945 AH†

    Ottoman–Portuguese Conflicts of 1538–1560
  87. 1537 CE · 944 AH†

    Third Ottoman–Venetian War

    Place: Mediterranean Sea
  88. 1539 CE · 946 AH†

    Burmese–Portuguese conflicts

    Place: Myanmar
  89. 1539 CE · 946 AH†

    Crimean–Circassian War (1539–47)

    Place: Crimea
  90. 1540 CE · 947 AH†

    Mughal–Safavid conflict (1540–1605)

    Place: Ghazna
  91. 1540 CE · 947 AH†

    Ottoman–Habsburg War of 1540–1547

    Place: Balkans
  92. 1548 CE · 955 AH†

    Ottoman–Safavid War of 1548–1549

    Place: Azerbaijan
  93. 1550 CE · 957 AH†

    Moroccan–Ottoman conflicts

    Place: Morocco
  94. 1550 CE · 957 AH†

    Russo-Caucasian conflict

    Place: North Caucasus
  95. 1551 CE · 958 AH†

    Habsburg–Ottoman War of 1551–1562

    Place: Mediterranean Sea
  96. 1551 CE · 958 AH†

    Ottoman–Habsburg War of 1551–1562

    Place: Balkans
  97. 1551 CE · 958 AH†

    Temryuk War (1551–1556)

    Place: Circassia
  98. 1565 CE · 972 AH†

    Ottoman-Habsburg War of 1565–1568

    Place: Balkans
  99. 1568 CE · 975 AH†

    Russo-Turkish War of 1568–1570

    Place: Astrakhan
  100. 1569 CE · 976 AH†

    Crimean–Circassian War (1569)

    Place: Crimea
  101. 1571 CE · 979 AH†

    Kuban War (1571)
  102. 1570 CE · 978 AH†

    Ottoman–Venetian War of 1570–1573

    Place: Cyprus
  103. December 1570 CE · Rajab 978 AH†

    War of the League of the Indies

    Place: Strait of Malacca
  104. 1578 CE · 986 AH†

    Castille War

    Place: Mindanao
  105. 1578 CE · 986 AH†

    Ottoman–Safavid War of 1578–1590

    Place: Mesopotamia
  106. 1586 CE · 994 AH†

    Ottoman–Portuguese Conflicts of 1586–1589

    Place: Swahili coast
  107. 1593 CE · 1001 AH†

    The Long War

    Place: Hungary
  108. 1593 CE · 1001 AH†

    Polish–Ottoman War (1593–1595)
  109. 1603 CE · 1012 AH†

    Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618

    Place: Azerbaijan
  110. 1612 CE · 1021 AH†

    Transylvanian–Ottoman War (1612-1613)
  111. 1613 CE · 1022 AH†

    Siamese-Burmese War
  112. 1614 CE · 1023 AH†

    Mataram conquest of Surabaya

    Place: Java
  113. 1616 CE · 1025 AH†

    Crimean–Circassian War (1616–1640)

    Place: Circassia
  114. 1618 CE · 1027 AH†

    Dutch–Moroccan War

    Place: Strait of Gibraltar
  115. 1621 CE · 1030 AH†

    Portuguese–Safavid War (1621–30)

    Place: Persian Gulf
  116. 1622 CE · 1031 AH†

    Mughal–Safavid War of 1622–1623
  117. 1623 CE · 1032 AH†

    Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–1639

    Place: Mesopotamia
  118. 1624 CE · 1033 AH†

    Safavid invasions of Basra (1624–29)

    Place: Basra
  119. 1628 CE · 1037 AH†

    Dutch–Mataram conflicts (1628–1757)

    Place: Java
  120. 1633 CE · 1042 AH†

    Patani–Siamese War (1633–1634)

    Place: Southern Thailand
  121. 1633 CE · 1042 AH†

    Polish–Ottoman War of 1633–1634

    Place: Ukraine
  122. 1637 CE · 1047 AH†

    Mughal–Safavid War

    Place: Kandahar
  123. 1639 CE · 1049 AH†

    Mataram–Blambangan War (1639–1659)
  124. 1642 CE · 1052 AH†

    Dano–Mughal War

    Place: Indian subcontinent
  125. 1645 CE · 1055 AH†

    Cretan War

    Place: Crete
  126. 1649 CE · 1059 AH†

    Mughal–Safavid War of 1649–1653

    Place: Afghanistan
  127. 1649 CE · 1059 AH†

    Mughal Sieges of Kandahar (1649–53)

    Place: Kandahar
  128. 1650 CE · 1060 AH†

    Geledi–Zanzibar conflicts

    Place: Kismayo
  129. 1651 CE · 1061 AH†

    Russo–Persian War of 1651–1653
  130. 1653 CE · 1063 AH†

    Luso-Adil Shahi War
  131. 1654 CE · 1064 AH†

    Banten-Dutch War

    Place: West Java
  132. 1658 CE · 1068 AH†

    Mughal War of Succession (1658–1659)

    Place: South Asia
  133. 1659 CE · 1069 AH†

    Dagestani–Persian War (1659–60)
  134. 1663 CE · 1073 AH†

    Austro-Turkish War of 1663–1664
  135. 1666 CE · 1076 AH†

    Johor–Jambi War (1666–1681)

    Place: Johor
  136. 1666 CE · 1076 AH†

    Makassar War

    Place: Indonesia
  137. 1672 CE · 1083 AH†

    Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676

    Place: Galicia
  138. 1681 CE · 1092 AH†

    French–Tripolitania War (1681–85)

    Place: Chios
  139. 1683 CE · 1094 AH†

    Polish–Ottoman War of 1683–1699

    Place: Hungary
  140. August 1684 CE · Ramadan 1095 AH†

    Moldavian campaign
  141. 1684 CE · 1095 AH†

    The Morean War

    Place: Albania
  142. 1686 CE · 1097 AH†

    Child's War

    Place: Indian subcontinent
  143. 1686 CE · 1097 AH†

    Russo-Turkish War of 1686–1700

    Place: Crimea
  144. 1687 CE · 1098 AH†

    Second Battle of Mohács
  145. 1692 CE · 1103 AH†

    Mughal–Portuguese War (1692–93)
  146. 1713 CE · 1125 AH†

    Gonja–Mamprusi conflict

    Place: Savannah Region
  147. 1714 CE · 1126 AH†

    Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War

    Place: Corfu
  148. 1716 CE · 1128 AH†

    Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718

    Place: Serbia
  149. 1722 CE · 1134 AH†

    Ottoman–Persian War of 1722–1726

    Place: Hamadhan
  150. 1722 CE · 1134 AH†

    Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723

    Place: Caucasus
  151. 1730 CE · 1142 AH†

    Ottoman–Persian War of 1730–1735

    Place: Caucasus
  152. 1732 CE · 1144 AH†

    Ottoman–Persian War (1732-1736)

    Place: Azerbaijan
  153. 1735 CE · 1148 AH†

    Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739
  154. 1737 CE · 1150 AH†

    Austro–Turkish War (1737–1739)
  155. 1741 CE · 1154 AH†

    Java War of 1741–1743

    Place: Java
  156. 1743 CE · 1156 AH†

    Ottoman–Persian War of 1743–1746

    Place: Iraq
  157. 1756 CE · 1169 AH†

    Bengal War
  158. 1758 CE · 1171 AH†

    Afghan–Maratha War

    Place: Delhi
  159. 1758 CE · 1171 AH†

    Qing–Kyrgyz War (1758–1846)

    Place: Central Asia
  160. 1763 CE · 1176 AH†

    Russian–Circassian War

    Place: Circassia
  161. 1765 CE · 1178 AH†

    Zand–Dutch War (1765)

    Place: Kharg Island
  162. 1767 CE · 1181 AH†

    First Anglo-Mysore War

    Place: Mysore
  163. 1768 CE · 1182 AH†

    Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774
  164. 1773 CE · 1187 AH†

    First Rohilla War
  165. 1774 CE · 1188 AH†

    Ottoman–Zand War (1774–1779)
  166. 1775 CE · 1189 AH†

    Ottoman–Persian War of 1775–1776

    Place: Mesopotamia
  167. 1780 CE · 1194 AH†

    Second Anglo-Mysore War

    Place: South India
  168. 1784 CE · 1198 AH†

    Dutch-Selangor War
  169. 1784 CE · 1198 AH†

    Riau War

    Place: Malacca
  170. 1785 CE · 1199 AH†

    First Scutari–Ottoman War (1785–1789)

    Place: Bosnia eyalet
  171. 1787 CE · 1201 AH†

    Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792
  172. 1788 CE · 1202 AH†

    Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791
  173. 1789 CE · 1203 AH†

    Souliote War (1789–1793)
  174. 1790 CE · 1204 AH†

    Saudi–Mamluk of Iraq War (1790–1811)
  175. 1790 CE · 1204 AH†

    Third Anglo-Mysore War

    Place: South India
  176. 1791 CE · 1205 AH†

    Second Scutari–Ottoman War (1791–1795)

    Place: Balkans
  177. 1798 CE · 1213 AH†

    Franco-Turkish War (1798–1801)

    Place: Mediterranean Sea
  178. 1799 CE · 1214 AH†

    Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

    Place: Indian subcontinent
  179. 1801 CE · 1216 AH†

    Russian conquest of the Caucasus

    Place: Caucasus
  180. 1803 CE · 1218 AH†

    Padri War

    Place: Sumatra
  181. 1806 CE · 1221 AH†

    Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812
  182. 1807 CE · 1222 AH†

    Anglo-Turkish War

    Place: Dardanelles
  183. 1809 CE · 1224 AH†

    Iran–Wahhabi War (1809)

    Place: Arabian Peninsula
  184. 1811 CE · 1226 AH†

    Ottoman–Wahhabi War

    Place: Arabian Peninsula
  185. 1814 CE · 1229 AH†

    Shammar-Obaidi War
  186. 1820 CE · 1235 AH†

    Yanina–Ottoman War

    Place: Morea eyalet
  187. 1821 CE · 1236 AH†

    Ottoman–Persian War of 1821–1823
  188. 1824 CE · 1239 AH†

    Mugbamugba War

    Place: Ilorin
  189. 1825 CE · 1240 AH†

    The Java War
  190. 1828 CE · 1243 AH†

    Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829

    Place: Balkans
  191. 1831 CE · 1247 AH†

    First Egyptian–Ottoman War
  192. 1831 CE · 1247 AH†

    Naning War (1831)
  193. 1834 CE · 1250 AH†

    Ottoman-Soran War

    Place: Anatolia (Asia Minor)
  194. 1833 CE · 1249 AH†

    Ottoman-Soran War

    Place: Anatolia (Asia Minor)
  195. 1839 CE · 1255 AH†

    Khivan Campaign of 1839–1840
  196. 1839 CE · 1255 AH†

    Second Egyptian–Ottoman War

    Place: Levant
  197. 1842 CE · 1258 AH†

    Russian Conquest of Bukhara

    Place: Bukhara
  198. 1845 CE · 1261 AH†

    Anglo-Bruneian War

    Place: Brunei
  199. 1856 CE · 1272 AH†

    Second Herat War

    Place: هراة
  200. 1859 CE · 1275 AH†

    Hispano-Moroccan War

    Place: Morocco
  201. 1876 CE · 1293 AH†

    Montenegrin–Ottoman War
  202. 1876 CE · 1293 AH†

    Qing reconquest of Xinjiang

    Place: Xinjiang
  203. 1876 CE · 1293 AH†

    Serbian–Ottoman War

    Place: Kosovo and Metohija
  204. 1881 CE · 1298 AH†

    The Mahdist War

    Place: Sudan
  205. 1882 CE · 1299 AH†

    Anglo-Egyptian War

    Place: Misr (Egypt)
  206. 1882 CE · 1299 AH†

    First Mandigo War (1882–86)

    Place: West Africa
  207. 1885 CE · 1302 AH†

    Ethiopian–Mahdist War (1885-1889)
  208. 1890 CE · 1307 AH†

    Wahehe War (1890–1898)
  209. 1893 CE · 1310 AH†

    Rabih War

    Place: Bornu
  210. 1897 CE · 1315 AH†

    Greco-Turkish War of 1897

    Place: Greece
  211. 1906 CE · 1324 AH†

    Ottoman Invasion of Persia

    Place: Iran
  212. 1906 CE · 1324 AH†

    Wadai War
  213. 1909 CE · 1327 AH†

    Second Melillan Campaign

    Place: Rif
  214. 1918 CE · 1336 AH†

    Anglo-Turkish War (1918–1923)

    Place: Mosul
  215. 1918 CE · 1336 AH†

    Franco-Turkish War

    Place: Cilicia
  216. 1919 CE · 1337 AH†

    Kuwait–Najd Border War

    Place: Kuwait
  217. 1919 CE · 1337 AH

    Bursa in the Turkish war of independence

    Place: Bursa
  218. 1921 CE · 1339 AH†

    The Rif War

    Place: Rif
  219. 1934 CE · 1353 AH†

    Saudi–Yemeni War

    Place: Saudi Arabia
  220. 1949 CE · 1368 AH†

    Darul Islam Rebellion

    Place: Aceh (Atjeh)
  221. 5 June 1967 CE · 27 Safar 1387 AH†

    Occupation of East Jerusalem (1967)

    Place: Jerusalem
  222. 2 December 1971 CE · 14 Shawwal 1391 AH†

    Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971

  223. The destruction of Jadis

  224. Mughallis Slain and Musa ibn Ka'b's Sind

    Commanders: Musa ibn Ka'b al-Tamimi

    Place: al-Mansura

  225. Marinid–Hafsid Wars

  226. Musa's Wars from Tirmidh

    Commanders: موسى بن نصير

    Place: al-Tirmidh

  227. War between Timur and the Sayyids of Mazandaran

    Place: Mazandaran Province

  228. The Zutt Brigandage and Ujayf's War

    Commanders: al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid

    Place: Basra