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135 events

  1. 500 CE

    the wars of Zuhayr ibn Janāb — the ḥaram of Ghaṭafān destroyed, Kulayb and al-Muhalhil taken

    Commanders: Zuhayr ibn Janab al-Kalbi
  2. c. August 623 CE · Safar 2 AH · Ghazwa

    Expedition of al-Abwa (Waddan)

    Commanders: Muhammad

    Place: al-Abwa
  3. c. September 623 CE · Rabi' I 2 AH · Ghazwa

    Expedition of Buwat

    Commanders: Muhammad · Umayya ibn Khalaf

    Place: Buwat
  4. c. September 623 CE · Rabi' I 2 AH · Ghazwa

    Expedition of Safwan (First Badr)

    Commanders: Muhammad · Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri

    Place: Safwan
  5. c. November 623 CE · Jumada I 2 AH · Ghazwa

    Expedition of Dhu al-Ushayra

    Commanders: Muhammad

    Place: Dhu al-Ushayra
  6. c. March 624 CE · c. Ramadan 2 AH† · Ghazwa

    The build-up to Badr: Abu Sufyan's caravan, Mecca's muster and the Prophet's march

    Place: Badr
  7. c. April 624 CE · Shawwal 2 AH · Ghazwa

    Expedition of al-Kudr

    Commanders: Muhammad

    Place: al-Kudr
  8. c. May 624 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 2 AH · Ghazwa

    Expedition of al-Sawiq

    Commanders: Muhammad · Abu Sufyan ibn Harb

    Place: Medina
  9. c. July 624 CE · Muharram 3 AH · Ghazwa

    Expedition of Dhu Amarr

    Commanders: Muhammad

    Place: Dhu Amarr
  10. c. October 624 CE · Rabi' II 3 AH · Ghazwa

    Expedition of Buhran

    Commanders: Muhammad

    Place: Buhran
  11. March 625 CE · Shawwal 3 AH · Ghazwa

    Quraysh Preparations for the Battle of Uhud

    Commanders: Abu Sufyan ibn Harb · Muhammad
  12. c. January 626 CE · Sha'ban 4 AH · Ghazwa

    The Expedition of Badr al-Maw'ida

    Commanders: Muhammad · Abu Sufyan ibn Harb

    Place: Badr
  13. c. August 626 CE · Rabi' I 5 AH · Ghazwa

    The Expedition of Dumat al-Jandal

    Commanders: Muhammad

    Place: Dumat al-Jandal
  14. c. July 628 CE · Rabi' I 7 AH · Ghazwa

    The Expedition of Dhat al-Riqa'

    Commanders: Muhammad

    Place: Medina
  15. c. October 629 CE · Jumada II 8 AH · Sariya

    The Expedition of Dhat al-Salasil

    Commanders: Amr ibn al-As

    Place: Al-Salsal
  16. c. 631 CE · c. 10 AH · Ghazwa

    Ali ibn Abi Talib's expeditions to Yemen (twice)

    Commanders: Ali ibn Abi Talib

    Place: Yemen
  17. c. May 632 CE · Safar 11 AH · Ghazwa

    The expedition of Usama ibn Zayd

    Commanders: Usama ibn Zayd

    Place: Medina
  18. c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH†

    Abu Ubayd's Dispatch to Iraq

    Commanders: Abu Ubayd ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi

    Place: al-Hira
  19. 633 CE · 12 AH†

    Muslim conquest of Persia

    Place: Sasanian Empire
  20. 634 CE · 13 AH†

    Muslim conquest of the Levant

    Place: Near East
  21. c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH

    The Conquest of Syria
  22. c. 12 April 634 CE · 1 Muharram 13 AH

    The Dispatch of the Armies to Syria
  23. c. June 634 CE · Rabi' I 13 AH

    Khalid ibn al-Walid's March to Syria

    Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria
  24. c. July 639 CE · Rajab 18 AH

    The Conquest of the Jazira

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri · Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi

    Place: The Jazira

    Part of: The Conquest of Syria
  25. 640 CE · 19 AH†

    Arab conquest of Armenia

    Place: Caucasus
  26. c. January 640 CE · Muharram 20 AH

    Iyad's Incursion toward Khilat

    Commanders: Iyad ibn Ghanm al-Fihri · Maysara ibn Masruq al-Absi

    Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
  27. between 644 and 656 CE

    Uthman consults the Companions on the campaign to Ifriqiya

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan

    Place: Ifriqiya
  28. c. 645 CE · c. 25 AH

    Habib ibn Maslama's Circuit of Armenia

    Place: Armenia

    Part of: The Taking of Qaliqala and the Opening of Armenia
  29. c. 645 CE · c. 25 AH

    Salman al-Khayl's Reinforcement and the Spoils Dispute

    Place: Qaliqala (Theodosiopolis/Erzurum)
  30. c. 646 CE · c. 26 AH

    Salman al-Khayl's Campaign in Arran and the Caucasus

    Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan

    Place: Arran
  31. 27? AH

    The First Raid on Ifriqiya and the Killing of Its Patrikios

    Commanders: Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh · Uthman ibn Affan

    Place: Ifriqiya
  32. 650 CE · 30 AH

    Sa'id ibn al-'As's Tabaristan campaign (30 AH)

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

    Place: Tabaristan
  33. 36 AH

    Ali's muster at Dhi Qar

    Place: Dhi Qar
  34. 657 CE · 37 AH

    Jaʿda ibn Hubayra's Khurāsān mission and Naysābūr's defiance (37 AH)

    Place: Nishapur
  35. 659 CE · 39 AH

    Muslim ibn ʿUqba at Dūmat al-Jandal — the town that would give bayʿa to neither (39 AH)

    Commanders: Muslim ibn 'Uqba al-Murri al-Musrif

    Place: Dumat al-Jandal
  36. 659 CE · 39 AH

    Yazīd ibn Shajara sent to seize the Ḥajj and Mecca's bayʿa for Muʿāwiya (39 AH)

    Place: Mecca
  37. 670 CE · 50 AH†

    Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

    Place: Maghreb
  38. between 698 and 703 CE

    Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina

    Commanders: Hassan ibn al-Nu'man al-Ghassani · حسان بن النعمان

    Place: Ifriqiya
  39. 711 CE · 92 AH†

    Umayyad conquest of Hispania

    Place: Hispania
  40. between 717 and 730 CE · c. 99 AH

    Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah's Governorship of Armenia

    Commanders: Adi ibn Adi ibn Amira al-Kindi · al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami

    Place: Bardha'a (Partaw)
  41. between 719 and 720 CE · 101 AH

    The Abbasid da'wa in Khurasan

    Commanders: Abu Muslim al-Khurasani · قحطبة بن شبيب الطائي
  42. between 720 and 741 CE

    Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib's Raid on Sus and the Sudan Lands

    Commanders: Abdallah ibn al-Habhab

    Place: al-Sus al-Aqsa
  43. c. 726 CE · 107 AH

    Conquests of Hisham's reign
  44. between 732 and 744 CE · c. 114 AH

    Marwan ibn Muhammad's Expedition through Khazar and Mountain Lands

    Commanders: Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan

    Place: Armenia
  45. c. 731 CE · c. 113 AH

    Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik's Khazar Campaign and the Taking of al-Bab

    Commanders: Ishaq ibn Muslim al-Uqayli · Sa'id ibn Amr ibn Aswad al-Harashi

    Place: Bab wa-l-Abwab (Derbent)
  46. between 767 and 787 CE

    Yazid ibn Hatim's March to Ifriqiya and His Killing of Abu Khatim

    Commanders: روح بن حاتم · يزيد بن حاتم المهلبي

    Place: Ifriqiya
  47. c. 802 CE · 187 AH

    Nikephoros's Letter and the Expedition to Heraclea
  48. c. 805 CE · 189 AH

    The General Ransom and the Conquests of 190 AH
  49. 218 AH

    al-Ma'mun's Anatolian campaign
  50. between 847 and 870 CE

    al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam's Conquest of Twenty-Four Fortresses

    Commanders: al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam

    Place: Barah
  51. between 852 and 855 CE

    Bugha al-Kabir's Pacification of the Armenian March

    Commanders: Bugha, mawla of al-Mu'tasim (Bugha the Elder) · al-Mutawakkil ala Allah

    Place: Armenia
  52. 241 AH

    al-Qummi's War on the Buja Lands

    Commanders: محمد بن عبد الله القمي · سعد الخادم

    Place: Bilad al-Buja
  53. 253 AH

    Musa ibn Bugha's Daylam Campaign

    Commanders: al-Mu'tazz bi-llah · Musa ibn Bugha

    Place: Daylam
  54. c. 877 CE · 263 AH

    Musa ibn Bugha's army sent to remove Ibn Tulun dissolves, 263/877
  55. c. 881 CE · 267 AH

    Al-Muwaffaq's campaign against the Zanj and rescue of captives

    Commanders: Abu Ahmad al-Muwaffaq

    Place: Wasit
  56. c. February 893 CE · Safar 280 AH

    Al-Mu'tadid's raid on Banu Shayban

    Commanders: al-Mu'tadid bi-llah
  57. 893 CE · 280 AH

    Isma'il ibn Ahmad's campaign into Turkish lands
  58. c. 894 CE · 281 AH

    Al-Mu'tadid's campaign against Mosul and the castle of Mardin

    Commanders: al-Mu'tadid bi-llah · Hamdan ibn Hamdun

    Place: Mardin
  59. 997 CE · 387 AH

    al-Mansur's Raid on Shant Ya'qub (Santiago de Compostela)
  60. 1006 CE · 396 AH

    Mahmud of Ghazna's Multan campaigns, 396 and 401

    Place: Multan
  61. 1064 CE · 456 AH†

    Crusade of Barbastro

    Place: Barbastro
  62. c. 1070 CE · c. 462 AH

    Atsiz ibn Uwaq's campaign against Syria

    Commanders: Atsiz ibn Uwaq · Alp Arslan

    Place: Jerusalem
  63. 1097 CE · 490 AH

    The First Crusade passes Konya, 490/1097

    Place: Konya
  64. c. 1167 CE · 562 AH

    Asad al-Din Shirkuh's first expedition to Egypt
  65. c. 1190 CE · 586 AH

    The German King's Campaign and His Drowning

    Commanders: Frederick Barbarossa

    Place: Konya
  66. c. 1194 CE · 590 AH

    the caliph's vizier marches on and takes Khuzistan

    Place: Khuzistan (al-Ahwaz)
  67. c. 1196 CE · 593 AH

    Abu al-Hayja sent against Hamadan

    Place: Hamadan
  68. c. 1205 CE · 602 AH

    Shihab al-Din's victory over the Tirahis
  69. 1206 CE · 602 AH†

    Mongol invasions and conquests

    Place: Eurasia
  70. c. 1207 CE · 604 AH

    Aytaqmish ravages the Ismailis near Qazvin

    Place: Qazwin
  71. c. 1209 CE · 606 AH

    Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi's procession of women's hair and the march to Nablus, 606

    Place: Damascus
  72. c. 1214 CE · c. 611 AH

    Taj al-Din Abu Bakr's conquest of Kirman, Makran and Sind for the Khwarazmshah (c. 611 AH)
  73. c. 1217 CE · 614 AH

    The Franks appear in Syria and march on Egypt

    Place: Damietta
  74. 1219 CE · 616 AH†

    Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire

    Place: Central Asia
  75. c. 1220 CE · 617 AH

    The Mongols Erupt into the Lands of Islam
  76. c. 1220 CE · 617 AH

    The Mongol Sweep through Jibal, Azerbaijan and Georgia

    Place: Rayy
  77. c. 1220 CE · 617 AH

    The Mongols Seize Mazandaran and the Treasures of Khwarazm-shah's Mother
  78. c. 1224 CE · 621 AH

    The Tatars Return to Rayy and Hamadan in 621 AH

    Place: Hamadan
  79. c. 1225 CE · 622 AH

    Jalal al-Din reaches Khuzistan and Iraq

    Place: Khuzistan (al-Ahwaz)
  80. c. 1226 CE · 623 AH

    Muzaffar al-Din of Irbil marches on Mosul and returns

    Place: Mosul
  81. c. 1227 CE · 624 AH

    al-Ashraf's armies enter Azerbaijan and take part of it

    Place: Azerbaijan
  82. c. 1231 CE · 628 AH

    The Mongols Enter Diyar Bakr and al-Jazira
  83. c. 1231 CE · 628 AH

    The Mongols burst into Azerbaijan

    Place: Azerbaijan
  84. c. 1231 CE · 629 AH

    The Tatar Raid on Shahrazur in 629 AH

    Place: Shahrazur
  85. c. 1299 CE · 699 AH

    Ghazan's devastation of Syria, 699

    Place: Damascus
  86. c. 1300 CE · c. 700 AH

    Ghazan's Campaign against Syria, 700 AH

    Place: Damascus
  87. 1395 CE · 797 AH†

    Ottoman raids in the Despotate of the Morea

    Place: Peloponnese
  88. 1408 CE · 811 AH†

    Edigu's campaign against Moscow

    Place: Moscow
  89. 1409 CE · 812 AH†

    Mamluk campaign against Mecca (1409)

    Place: Mecca
  90. 1414 CE · 817 AH†

    Inal's campaign to Abkhazia (1414–1434)

    Place: Abkhazia
  91. 1453 CE · 857 AH

    Mehmed II prepares the Constantinople siege from Edirne

    Commanders: السلطان محمد الفاتح

    Place: Edirne
  92. 1478 CE · 883 AH†

    Demak–Majapahit conflicts

    Place: Trowulan Temple
  93. 1480 CE · 885 AH†

    Ottoman invasion of Otranto

    Commanders: السلطان محمد الفاتح

    Place: Otranto
  94. 1514 CE · 920 AH†

    Battles for Diyarbakir (1514)

    Place: Diyarbakır
  95. 1538 CE · 945 AH

    Sulayman Pasha al-Khadim's Indian expedition (1538)
  96. 1538 CE · 945 AH

    Sulayman al-Khadim's expedition against India

    Commanders: سليمان القانوني

    Place: Aden
  97. 1538 CE · 945 AH

    The Ottoman Entry into Yemen

    Place: Aden
  98. 15 October 1541 CE · 28 Jumada II 948 AH

    Charles V's Algiers expedition (1541)

    Commanders: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor · Hasan Agha al-Tushi

    Place: Algiers
  99. c. October 1569 CE · Jumada I 977 AH

    The Astrakhan campaign and the Don–Volga canal project
  100. June 1581 CE · Jumada II 989 AH

    Uluj Ali's bid to annex Morocco (989/1581)

    Place: Algiers
  101. 1645 CE · 1055 AH

    The Cretan War against the Venetians
  102. 1798 CE · 1213 AH

    The French Campaign on Egypt and the Proclamation of Jihad
  103. 1831 CE · 1247 AH†

    Muhammad Ali's campaign on Syria
  104. 1860 CE · 1276 AH†

    French expedition to Syria (1860)
  105. 1897 CE · 1315 AH†

    Tirah Campaign
  106. 1902 CE · 1320 AH†

    Unification of Saudi Arabia

    Place: Arabian Peninsula
  107. 1916 CE · 1334 AH†

    Erzurum Offensive

    Place: Erzurum
  108. 1916 CE · 1334 AH†

    Trebizond Campaign

    Place: Ottoman Empire
  109. May 1918 CE · Sha'ban 1336 AH†

    Dagestan Campaign

    Place: al-Rūsiyya (land)

  110. Abu Bakr's Sortie to Naq' and Khalid's Command

  111. Abu Dulaf's Daylam Campaign

    Commanders: Abu Dulaf al-Qasim ibn Isa · al-Afshin

    Place: Daylam

  112. al-Jarashi and the Sughd Fortresses

    Commanders: Sa'id ibn Amr al-Jarashi

    Place: al-Sughd

  113. al-Junayd's Khurasan and the Turkish War

    Commanders: al-Junayd ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Murri · Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik

    Place: Marw

  114. al-Hajjaj's Daylam Expedition

    Commanders: al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafi

    Place: Daylam

  115. Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi's Sind

    Commanders: Hisham ibn Amr al-Taghlibi · Abu Ja'far al-Mansur

    Place: al-Qandahar

  116. Ibn al-Ash'ath's Tabaristan Campaign

    Place: Tabaristan

  117. Ibn Amir's Opening of Khurasan

    Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir · al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

    Place: Quhistan

  118. Imran ibn Musa's Sind and the Zutt-Mayd Wars

    Commanders: Imran ibn Musa al-Barmaki · al-Mu'tasim Abu Ishaq ibn al-Rashid

    Place: al-Qiqan

  119. al-Junayd's Sind Wars

    Place: al-Daybul

  120. Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Campaign on Rutbil

    Commanders: Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani · Yazid ibn Mazyad

    Place: Zabulistan

  121. Marzuq's Ruse upon the Ispahbadh

    Commanders: روح بن حاتم

    Place: Tabaristan

  122. Masmala's Destruction in Tabaristan

    Place: Tabaristan

  123. al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra's Khurasan

    Commanders: al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra

    Place: Zaghul

  124. The Fitting-out of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim

    Commanders: Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi · Jahm ibn Zahr al-Ju'fi

    Place: Makran

  125. Muslim ibn Sa'id's Farghana Disaster

    Commanders: Muslim ibn Sa'id · al-Afshin

    Place: Farghana

  126. Qays's Balkh Campaign and Nawbahar's Ruin

    Commanders: Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami

    Place: Balkh

  127. Qays ibn al-Haytham's Tukharistan March

    Commanders: Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami

    Place: Siminjan

  128. Qutayba's Baykand, Bukhara and Nizak's Killing

    Commanders: قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي · Bashshar ibn Muslim al-Bahili

    Place: Baykand

  129. Qutayba's Opening beyond the River

  130. Salm ibn Ziyad's Khurasan

    Commanders: Sallam ibn Ziyad

  131. al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad's Sijistan Campaign

    Commanders: al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi · Aparwiz, Marzban of Zaranj

    Place: Sijistan

  132. Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra's Second Disaster

    Commanders: Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra

    Place: Sijistan

  133. Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad's Baykand Campaign

    Commanders: Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad · The Khatun of Bukhara

    Place: Baykand

  134. Yazid ibn al-Muhallab's Jurjan Campaign

    Commanders: يزيد بن المهلب

    Place: Jurjan

  135. Yazid ibn al-Muhallab's Campaigns and al-Mufaddal's Succession

    Commanders: يزيد بن المهلب · al-Mufaddal ibn al-Muhallab