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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

The centuries when the Abbasid caliph was a symbolic centre while Buyids, Fatimids, Seljuks and others held power, and when Ibn Sina, al-Biruni and al-Ghazali worked.

152 events

  1. 920 CE · 308 AH† · battle

    Battle of Valdejunquera
  2. 927 CE · 315 AH† · siege

    Siege of Dvin (927)
  3. 932 CE · 320 AH† · battle

    Battle of Baghdad (932)

    Place: Baghdad
  4. 938 CE · 326 AH† · battle

    Battle of Charpete (938)

    Place: Kharpoot
  5. 939 CE · 327 AH† · battle

    Battle of Alhandega (939)
  6. 25 December 940 CE · 22 Rabi' I 329 AH† · battle

    Battle of Iskhabad

    Place: Ray
  7. 942 CE · 330 AH† · battle

    Battle of Fraxinet (942)

    Place: Fraxinetum
  8. August 942 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 330 AH† · battle

    Battle of al-Mada'in (942)

    Place: al-Mada'in
  9. 944 CE · 332 AH† · revolt

    Abu Yazid revolt (944–947)
  10. 945 CE · 333 AH · siege

    The Siege of al-Mahdiyya by Abu Yazid
  11. 17 January 946 CE · 11 Jumada II 334 AH · conquest

    The Buyids enter Baghdad and receive their titles, 334 AH

    Place: Baghdad
  12. 28 January 946 CE · 22 Jumada II 334 AH · mutiny

    Mu'izz al-Dawla deposes and blinds al-Mustakfi

    Commanders: al-Muti li-llah al-Fadl ibn al-Muqtadir

    Place: Baghdad
  13. 1 April 946 CE · 26 Sha'ban 334 AH · war

    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
  14. 949 CE · 337 AH† · battle

    Battle of Bouqa (949)

    Place: Amik Valley
  15. 949 CE · 337 AH† · battle

    Battle of Germanikeia (949)
  16. 950 CE · 338 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Lycus (950)
  17. 956 CE · 345 AH† · battle

    Battle of Arghana (956)

    Place: Ergani
  18. 958 CE · 347 AH† · battle

    Battle of Raban

    Place: Syria
  19. 958 CE · 347 AH† · siege

    Siege of Naples (958)

    Place: Naples
  20. 22 December 962 CE · 22 Dhu al-Qa'da 351 AH† · raid

    Sack of Aleppo

    Place: Aleppo
  21. 962 CE · 351 AH† · siege

    Siege of Aleppo

    Place: Aleppo
  22. 962 CE · 351 AH† · siege

    Siege of Taormina

    Place: Taormina
  23. 963 CE · 352 AH† · siege

    Siege of Rometta

    Place: Rometta
  24. 4 September 966 CE · 15 Ramadan 355 AH · revolt

    The Khurasani ghazis at Rayy, 355 AH

    Commanders: الحسن بن بويه ركن الدولة · Ibn al-Umayd

    Place: Rayy
  25. 969 CE · 358 AH† · siege

    Siege of Antioch (969–971)

    Place: Antioch
  26. 970 CE · 359 AH† · conquest

    Capture of Ramla (970)

    Place: al-Ramla
  27. 971 CE · 360 AH† · battle

    Battle of Alexandretta

    Place: İskenderun
  28. 972 CE · 361 AH† · battle

    Battle of Amida (972)

    Place: Amid (Diyarbakir)
  29. 975 CE · 364 AH† · battle

    Battle of Estercuel (975)
  30. 981 CE · 370 AH† · battle

    Battle of Rueda

    Place: Rueda
  31. 9 July 981 CE · 3 Muharram 371 AH† · battle

    Battle of Torrevicente

    Place: Torrevicente
  32. 985 CE · 375 AH† · raid

    Battle of Rovirans

    Place: Terrassa
  33. 985 CE · 375 AH† · raid

    Sack of Barcelona

    Place: Barcelona
  34. 994 CE · 384 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Orontes

    Place: Orontes River
  35. 994 CE · 384 AH† · siege

    Siege of Aleppo

    Place: Aleppo
  36. 996 CE · 386 AH† · revolt

    Revolt of Tyre

    Place: Tyre
  37. 997 CE · 387 AH† · battle

    Battle of Ascalon (997)

    Place: Ascalon
  38. 998 CE · 388 AH† · battle

    Battle of Apamea

    Place: Apamea
  39. 998 CE · 388 AH† · battle

    Battle of Ghazni

    Place: Ghazna
  40. 1001 CE · 391 AH† · battle

    Battle of Peshawar

    Place: Peshawar
  41. 1004 CE · 394 AH† · revolt

    Abu Rakwa's Revolt

    Place: Ifriqiya
  42. 25 February 1003 CE · 19 Rabi' II 393 AH† · battle

    Battle of Albesa
  43. c. 1003 CE · 394 AH · raid

    Al-Asayfar al-Muntafiqi intercepts the pilgrims and gives away their wealth
  44. 1006 CE · 396 AH† · battle

    Battle of Torà
  45. 1006 CE · 396 AH · campaign

    Mahmud of Ghazna's Multan campaigns, 396 and 401

    Place: Multan
  46. c. 1006 CE · 397 AH · war

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

    Place: Barqa (Cyrenaica)
  47. 1010 CE · 400 AH† · battle

    Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr

    Place: Espiel
  48. 1009 CE · 399 AH† · battle

    Battle of Chach

    Place: Hazro
  49. 1010 CE · 400 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Guadiaro River (1010)

    Place: Guadiaro
  50. c. September 1012 CE · Safar 403 AH · raid

    The Waqisa Disaster and the Khafaja Interception of the Pilgrims
  51. 1014 CE · 404 AH† · battle

    Battle of the River Tausi (1014)

    Place: Poonch River
  52. 1014 CE · 404 AH† · war

    Hammadid–Zirid War (1014–18)
  53. 1015 CE · 405 AH† · conquest

    Hammadid Capture of Béja (1015)

    Place: Baja
  54. 1015 CE · 405 AH† · siege

    Siege of Lohkot (1015)
  55. October 1015 CE · Rabi' II 406 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Chelif River (1015)
  56. June 1016 CE · Muharram 407 AH† · battle

    Battle of Achir (1016)

    Place: Achir
  57. 1020 CE · 411 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Ramganga (1020)
  58. 1026 CE · 417 AH† · battle

    Battle of Somnath (1026)
  59. 1026 CE · 417 AH† · revolt

    Soomra Rebellion of Tharri (1026)

    Place: Matli
  60. 1027 CE · 418 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Indus (1027)

    Place: Indus River
  61. c. April 1029 CE · Jumada I 420 AH · conquest

    Mahmud of Ghazna Enters Rayy, 420

    Commanders: Mahmud of Ghazna

    Place: Rayy
  62. 1030 CE · 421 AH · battle

    Battle of Azaz

    Place: Aleppo
  63. c. March 1031 CE · Rabi' I 422 AH · civil war

    Sunni-Rafida Strife in Baghdad in 422
  64. c. February 1032 CE · Safar 423 AH · mutiny

    The ghilman's expulsion of Jalal al-Dawla from Baghdad, 423

    Commanders: Jalal al-Dawla

    Place: Baghdad
  65. c. August 1033 CE · Ramadan 424 AH · mutiny

    The ghilman's seizure and humiliation of Jalal al-Dawla, 424

    Commanders: Jalal al-Dawla

    Place: Baghdad
  66. 23 March 1035 CE · 10 Jumada I 426 AH† · battle

    Battle of Cesar (1035)
  67. June 1035 CE · Sha'ban 426 AH† · battle

    Battle of Nisa (1035)

    Place: Nasa
  68. 1036 CE · 427 AH† · battle

    Capture of Palermo (1036)

    Place: Palermo
  69. 1039 CE · 430 AH† · battle

    Battle of Écija (1039)

    Place: Écija
  70. 1038 CE · 429 AH† · battle

    Battle of Nishapur (1038)

    Place: Nishapur
  71. 1038 CE · 429 AH† · battle

    Battle of Rometta (1038)

    Place: Rometta
  72. 1038 CE · 429 AH† · battle

    Battle of Sarakhs (1038)

    Place: Sarakhs
  73. 1038 CE · 429 AH† · conquest

    Capture of Messina (1038)

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

    The Seljuk takeover of Khurasan and the defeat of Mas'ud the Ghaznavid
  75. 1040 CE · 431 AH† · battle

    Battle of Dandanqan (1040)

    Commanders: طغرل بك · جغري بك بن سلجوق

    Place: Merv
  76. 1040 CE · 431 AH† · battle

    Battle of Dranginai (1040)

    Place: Troina
  77. 1041 CE · 432 AH† · battle

    Battle of Arjona (1041)

    Place: Arjona
  78. 1041 CE · 432 AH† · siege

    Siege of Messina (1041)

    Place: Messina
  79. c. 1043 CE · 435 AH · conquest

    The Ghuzz enter Mosul and plunder Qarwash's palace

    Commanders: Qarwash ibn al-Muqallad al-Uqayli

    Place: Mosul
  80. 1043 CE · 435 AH · siege

    Confederate Hindu princes' siege of Lahore, 435/1043-4

    Place: Lahore
  81. 1046 CE · 437 AH† · battle

    Battle of Vaspurakan

    Place: Vaspurakan
  82. 1047 CE · 438 AH† · siege

    Siege of Hamadan (1047)

    Place: Hamadhan
  83. 1048 CE · 439 AH† · war

    Byzantine–Seljuk War

    Place: Asia Minor
  84. c. 1048 CE · 440 AH · conquest

    Ibrahim Inal's raid toward Constantinople
  85. c. February 1050 CE · Sha'ban 441 AH · civil war

    The gate-building war between Karkh and al-Qala'in

    Place: Baghdad
  86. c. 1051 CE · 443 AH · conquest

    Tughril Beg takes Isfahan and finds its buried treasures

    Commanders: طغرل بك

    Place: Isfahan
  87. 14 April 1052 CE · 11 Dhu al-Hijja 443 AH† · battle

    Battle of Haydaran

    Place: Gabès Governorate
  88. 1053 CE · 445 AH† · battle

    Battle of Kairouan (1053)

    Place: Qayrawan
  89. 1053 CE · 445 AH† · siege

    Siege of Medina, Malta

    Place: Mdina
  90. 1053 CE · 445 AH† · siege

    Siege of Sousse (1053)

    Place: Sousse
  91. 1054 CE · 446 AH† · war

    Almoravid–Ghanaian War (1054–1077)

    Place: West Africa
  92. 1054 CE · 446 AH† · siege

    Siege of Manzikert
  93. 1056 CE · 448 AH† · battle

    Battle of Tabfarilla

    Place: Azougui
  94. 1055 CE · 447 AH · conquest

    Tughril Beg's Entry into Baghdad

    Place: Baghdad
  95. 1059 CE · 451 AH† · battle

    Battle of Ray (1059)

    Commanders: طغرل بك

    Place: Rayy
  96. 1058 CE · 450 AH† · revolt

    Overthrow of the Qarmatians

    Place: Eastern Arabia
  97. 30 August 1060 CE · 30 Rajab 452 AH† · battle

    Battle of al-Funaydiq

    Place: Tell Sultan
  98. 1063 CE · 455 AH† · battle

    Battle of Cerami

    Place: Cerami
  99. 1063 CE · 455 AH† · battle

    Battle of Damghan

    Place: دامغان
  100. 1063 CE · 455 AH† · battle

    Battle of Graus
  101. 1064 CE · 456 AH† · campaign

    Crusade of Barbastro

    Place: Barbastro
  102. 1064 CE · 456 AH† · siege

    Siege of Ani

    Place: Ani
  103. 1065 CE · 457 AH† · battle

    Battle of Paterna

    Place: Paterna
  104. 1065 CE · 457 AH† · siege

    Siege of Barbastro (1065)
  105. 1065 CE · 457 AH† · siege

    Siege of Málaga (1065–1066)

    Place: Malaga
  106. 1067 CE · 459 AH† · raid

    Battle of Caesarea

    Place: Caesarea of Cappadocia
  107. c. 1070 CE · c. 462 AH · campaign

    Atsiz ibn Uwaq's campaign against Syria

    Commanders: Atsiz ibn Uwaq · Alp Arslan

    Place: Jerusalem
  108. 1073 CE · 465 AH† · battle

    Battle of Kerj Abu Dulaf (1073)

    Place: Hamadhan
  109. 1074 CE · 466 AH† · battle

    Battle of the Zompe Bridge (1074)
  110. 1075 CE · 468 AH · conquest

    Fall of Damascus to Atsiz

    Commanders: Atsiz ibn Uwaq · Malikshah

    Place: Damascus
  111. c. July 1076 CE · Rajab 469 AH · battle

    Atsiz's defeat before Egypt
  112. c. May 1076 CE · Shawwal 469 AH · civil war

    The al-Qushayri fitna between the Hanbalis and the Ash'aris in Baghdad
  113. 1078 CE · 470 AH† · siege

    Siege of Aleppo

    Place: Aleppo
  114. 1078 CE · 470 AH† · siege

    Siege of Damascus

    Place: Damascus
  115. 1079 CE · 471 AH† · battle

    Battle of Cabra

    Place: Cabra
  116. c. 1079 CE · 472 AH · conquest

    Muslim ibn Quraysh al-Uqayli takes Aleppo

    Place: Aleppo
  117. 1084 CE · 477 AH† · battle

    Battle of Piedra Pisada (1084)
  118. 1084 CE · 477 AH† · siege

    Siege of Antioch (1084–85)

    Place: Antioch
  119. c. 1083 CE · 476 AH · siege

    Muslim ibn Quraysh takes Harran and kills its qadi

    Commanders: مسلم بن قريش شرف الدولة

    Place: Harran
  120. 14 August 1084 CE · 8 Rabi' II 477 AH† · battle

    Battle of Morella

    Place: Tortosa
  121. 1085 CE · 478 AH† · battle

    Battle of Kurzahil (1085)

    Place: Aleppo
  122. 1085 CE · 478 AH† · siege

    Siege of Mayyafariqin (1085)

    Place: Mayyafariqin
  123. 1086 CE · 479 AH† · battle

    Battle of Ayn Saylam

    Place: Aleppo
  124. 1086 CE · 479 AH† · siege

    Siege of Zaragoza (1086)

    Place: Sarakusta
  125. 1089 CE · 482 AH† · siege

    Siege of Monzón (1089)

    Place: Monzón
  126. 1090 CE · 483 AH† · battle

    Battle of Tevar (1090)

    Place: Morella
  127. c. 1090 CE · 483 AH · civil war

    Sunni-Rafida Strife in Baghdad in 483

    Place: Baghdad
  128. 1092 CE · 485 AH† · siege

    Siege of Alamut (1092)

    Place: Alamut Castle
  129. 1091 CE · 484 AH · conquest

    The Almoravid seizure of Seville

    Place: Seville
  130. 1094 CE · 487 AH† · conquest

    Capture of Lisbon (1094)

    Place: Lisbon
  131. c. 1095 CE · 488 AH · battle

    The Death of Sultan Tutush near al-Rayy in 488

    Commanders: تاج الدولة تتش · Barkiyaruq

    Place: Rayy
  132. August 1101 CE · Shawwal 494 AH† · siege

    Siege of Valencia

    Place: Valencia
  133. c. 1101 CE · 495 AH · civil war

    The Revolt of Nizar ibn al-Mustansir at Alexandria and Its Suppression in 495

    Commanders: نزار بن المستنصر صاحب الدعوة النزارية · al-Malik al-Afdal Shahanshah

    Place: Alexandria
  134. 1103 CE · 496 AH† · battle

    Battle of Dvin (1103)
  135. 1107 CE · 500 AH† · battle

    Battle of Mosul

    Place: Mosul
  136. c. 1106 CE · 500 AH · siege

    Sultan Muhammad ibn Malikshah takes the Batiniyya fortress at Isfahan and kills Ibn Attash in 500

    Commanders: السلطان محمد بن ملكشاه · Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Attash

    Place: Isfahan
  137. 1108 CE · 501 AH† · battle

    Battle of Akkum (1108)

    Place: Akkum
  138. 1111 CE · 504 AH† · battle

    Capture of Santarém

    Place: Santarém
  139. 1111 CE · 504 AH† · siege

    Siege of Tyre

    Place: Tyre
  140. c. 1110 CE · 504 AH · siege

    The Franks Take Beirut by the Sword and Sidon by Safe-Conduct, 504

    Place: Bayrut (Beirut)
  141. 1113 CE · 506 AH† · battle

    Battle of Cotyaeum (1113)

    Place: Kütahya
  142. 1114 CE · 508 AH† · battle

    Battle of Martorell
  143. 1116 CE · 510 AH† · battle

    Battle of Bolvadin (1116)
  144. 1117 CE · 511 AH† · battle

    Battle of Ghazni

    Place: Ghazna
  145. 1117 CE · 511 AH† · siege

    Siege of Coimbra

    Place: Qalimriyya (Coimbra)
  146. c. 1123 CE · 517 AH · battle

    Al-Mustarshid's victory over Dubays al-Asadi in 517

    Commanders: al-Mustarshid bi'llah al-Fadl ibn al-Mustazhir · Dubays ibn Sadaqa al-Mazyadidi

    Place: Baghdad
  147. c. 1124 CE · 518 AH · siege

    The Franks Take Tyre by Safe-Conduct, 518

    Place: Sur (Lebanon)
  148. c. 1132 CE · 526 AH · battle

    The battle of Dinawar between Sanjar and his nephews in 526

    Place: al-Dinawar
  149. c. 1141 CE · 536 AH · battle

    Sultan Sanjar's defeat by the Turks beyond the river in 536

    Commanders: Sanjar · كوخان القراخطائي

    Place: Samarqand
  150. 1148 CE · 543 AH† · siege

    Siege of Tortosa

    Place: Tortosa
  151. c. 1150 CE · c. 545 AH · siege

    Alfonso's Siege of Cordoba and Its Submission to the Almohads

    Place: Cordoba
  152. c. March 1194 CE · 24 Rabi' I 590 AH · battle

    Killing of Sultan Tughril III, last Seljuk sultan in Iraq