conquests
375 events
- 340 CE
The First Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen
Place: Yemen
- 440 CE
Qusayy ibn Kilab Takes Mecca
Commanders: Qusayy ibn Kilab
Place: Mecca
- 525 CE
The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen
Commanders: Aryat (Abraha’s predecessor in Yemen) · Abraha
Place: Yemen
- c. 550 CE
Thaqif's Takeover of al-Ta'if
Place: Ta'if
- 575 CE
Liberation and Persian Rule of Yemen
Place: Yemen
- c. 11 January 630 CE · 20 Ramadan 8 AH · Ghazwa
The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)
Commanders: Muhammad · Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: Mecca
- 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
- 12 AH
The Peace of al-Hira
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: al-Hira
- c. 633 CE · c. 12 AH
Khalid Kills Ukaydir and Takes Dumat al-Jandal
Place: Dumat al-Jandal
- 635 CE · 14 AH†
Conquest of Homs
Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
- c. 634 CE · c. 13 AH
The Conquest of Busra
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: Busra
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 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
- 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
- c. 635 CE · c. 14 AH
The Conquest of al-Ladhiqiyya
Place: al-Ladhiqiyya (Latakia)
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 15 AH
Conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)
Commanders: Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
Place: Jerusalem
- c. 636 CE · c. 15 AH
The Conquest of Qinnasrin
Commanders: Khalid ibn al-Walid
Place: Qinnasrin
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 637 CE · Rabi' I 16 AH
Conquest of Takrit (16 AH)
- 637 CE · 16 AH
Conquest of al-Ahwaz, Manadhir and Nahr Tiri (16 AH)
Place: al-Ahwaz
- 16 AH
Sa'd's Arrival at al-Mada'in and Its Conquest
- c. 637 CE · c. 16 AH
The Conquest of Antioch
Place: Antioch
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 16 AH
Conquest of Masabadhan
- 637 CE · 16 AH
Conquest of Qarqisiya (16 AH)
Place: Qarqisiya (Circesium)
- 16 AH
The Conquest of Tikrit
- 638 CE · 17 AH
the Capitulation of Jundishapur (17 AH)
Place: Jundishapur
- 638 CE · 17 AH
Conquest of al-Sus (17 AH)
Place: Sus (Khuzistan)
- 638 CE · 17 AH
Conquest of Tustar and the capture of al-Hurmuzan
Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: Tustar
- 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
- c. 637 CE · c. 18 AH
The Taking and Settling of Mar'ash
Place: Mar'ash (Germanikeia)
Part of: The Conquest of the Jazira
- 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
- 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
- c. October 640 CE · Shawwal 19 AH
The Conquest of Caesarea
Place: Caesarea
Part of: The Conquest of Syria
- 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
- 20 AH
Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria
Commanders: Amr ibn al-As
Place: Al-Fustat
- 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
- 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
- c. 20 AH
Amr's Four Lieutenants Carry the Fustat Terms through Egypt
Place: Ayn Shams
- 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
- c. 641 CE · c. 21 AH
The Conquest of Alexandria
Commanders: Amr ibn al-As
Place: Alexandria
- 641 CE · 21 AH
Conquest of Dinawar and al-Saymara (21 AH)
Place: al-Dinawar
- 641 CE · 21 AH
Conquest of Isfahan (21 AH)
Place: Isfahan
- 642 CE · 22 AH
Conquest of Hamadan and Waj Rudh (22 AH)
Place: Hamadan
- 642 CE · 22 AH
Conquest of Qazvin and Zanjan (22 AH)
Place: قزوين
- 642 CE · 22 AH
Conquest of Rayy (22 AH)
Place: Rayy
- 22 AH
The Conquest of Tripoli
Commanders: Amr ibn al-As
Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)
- 642 CE · 22 AH
Conquest of Tripoli and Barqa (22 AH)
Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)
- c. 22 AH
Uqba ibn Nafi's Charge over Zawila and the Marches to Barqa
Place: Zawila
- 23 AH
Conquest of Fasa and Darabjird
- 23 AH
Conquest of Istakhr
- 23 AH
Conquest of Kirman
- c. 643 CE · c. 23 AH
The Joint Conquests of Fars
Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari · Uthman ibn Abi al-As
Place: Fars
- 644 CE · 24 AH
the conquest of Ascalon (24 AH)
Commanders: Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
Place: Ascalon
- 644 CE · 24 AH
the conquest of Fasa and Darabjird (24 AH)
Place: Fars
- 644 CE · 24 AH
the conquest of Kirman (24 AH)
Place: Kirman
- c. 645 CE · 24 AH
The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan
Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: Qumm
- 644 CE · 24 AH
the conquest of Sijistan (24 AH)
Place: Sijistan
- c. 645 CE · c. 25 AH
The Taking of Qaliqala and the Opening of Armenia
Commanders: Uthman ibn Affan
Place: Qaliqala (Theodosiopolis/Erzurum)
- 647 CE · 26 AH†
Battle of Sufetula
Place: Sufetula
- 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
- 29 AH
Conquest of Tabaristan
Commanders: Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Umayya
Place: Tabaristan
- 650 CE · 30 AH
the conquest of Khurasan (30 AH)
Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir
Place: Mihrajan (Khurasan)
- c. 664 CE · c. 44 AH
Ibn Samura's March to Kabul
Commanders: Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura
Place: Kabul
- 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
- 54 AH
The Conquest of Arwad
Commanders: جنادة بن أبي أمية الأزدي · مجاهد بن جبر
Place: Arwad
- c. 678 CE · 59 AH
The Taking of Hisn Kamkh
Place: Hisn Kamkh (Kamacha)
- c. 692 CE · c. 73 AH
Muhammad ibn Marwan's Recovery of Armenia
Commanders: Muhammad ibn Marwan
Place: Armenia
- 698 CE · 79 AH†
Conquest of Carthage
Place: Carthage
- 705 CE · 86 AH†
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
Place: Transoxiana
- 707 CE · 88 AH†
Siege of Tyana
Place: Tyana
- 89 AH
The Conquest of Sind
- 89? AH
The Conquest of Tangier
Commanders: موسى بن نصير
Place: Tangier
- 708 CE · 90 AH
Conquest of Bukhara
Place: Bukhara
- 91? AH
Conquest of al-Andalus
Commanders: طارق بن زياد · موسى بن نصير
Place: al-Andalus
- c. 711 CE · c. 92 AH
Conquest of Cordoba
Commanders: مغيث الرومي
Place: Cordoba
- 93 AH
Qutayba's Expedition and Conquest of Samarkand
Place: Samarqand
- c. 93 AH
The Conquest of Toledo
Commanders: طارق بن زياد
Place: Toledo
- c. 712 CE · 93 AH
Qutayba's Conquest of Samarqand
Commanders: قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي · Ghurak, King of Sughd
Place: Samarqand
- 713 CE · 94 AH†
Capture of Ecija (713)
Place: Écija
- 713 CE · 94 AH†
Capture of Malaga (713)
Place: Malaga
- 713 CE · 94 AH†
Capture of Orihuela (713)
Place: Uriyula (Orihuela)
- 713 CE · 94 AH†
Capture of Seville by the Umayyads (713)
Place: Ishbiliya
- 793 CE · 177 AH†
Capture of Thebasa (793)
Place: Thebasa
- c. 797 CE · 181 AH
The conquest of the fortress of al-Safsaf
- c. 801 CE · c. 185 AH
The fall of Barcelona to the Franks (185 AH)
- 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
- 210 AH
Abdallah ibn Tahir's Conquest of Alexandria
- 222 AH
Conquest of al-Badhdh, the City of Babak
- 223 AH
Conquest of Amorium
Place: Amorium
- c. 847 CE · c. 232 AH†
The Conquest of Barah
Commanders: خلفون البربري · al-Mutawakkil ala Allah
Place: Barah
- 253 AH
Capture of Karaj from Ibn Abi Dulaf
- 255 AH
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth's Seizure of Kirman
- 256 AH
The Zanj Enter Ahwaz
- 256 AH
The Zanj Enter al-Ubulla
- c. 878 CE · 264 AH
Ibn Tulun annexes Syria to Egypt, 264/878
Commanders: Ahmad ibn Tulun
Place: Damascus
- c. 878 CE · 264 AH
The Zanj Enter Wasit
Place: Wasit
- 905 CE · 292 AH
Fall of the Tulunid state and burning of al-Qata'i' (292 AH)
Place: Al-Fustat
- 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
- 909 CE · 296 AH†
Capture of Tahert (909)
Place: Tiaret
- 909 CE · 296 AH†
Fall of Kairouan (909)
Place: Qayrawan
- c. 909 CE · 297 AH
al-Layth al-Saffar seizes Fars and Shiraz, 297
Place: Shiraz
- c. 910 CE · 298 AH
The Samanid seizure of Sistan
Commanders: الحسين بن علي المروروذي
Place: Sijistan
- 17 January 946 CE · 11 Jumada II 334 AH
The Buyids enter Baghdad and receive their titles, 334 AH
Place: Baghdad
- c. 965 CE · 354 AH
Tarsus falls to the Byzantines, 354
- c. 969 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 358 AH
Byzantine capture of Antioch
Place: Antioch
- c. 969 CE · 358 AH
Jawhar's conquest of Egypt and the laying out of Cairo
Place: Al-Fustat
- 970 CE · 359 AH†
Capture of Ramla (970)
Place: al-Ramla
- 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
- 1015 CE · 405 AH†
Hammadid Capture of Béja (1015)
Place: Baja
- c. April 1029 CE · Jumada I 420 AH
Mahmud of Ghazna Enters Rayy, 420
Commanders: Mahmud of Ghazna
Place: Rayy
- c. 1032 CE · 423 AH
Mas'ud ibn Mahmud Storms Isfahan
Commanders: السلطان مسعود بن محمود الغزنوي
Place: Isfahan
- 1038 CE · 429 AH†
Capture of Messina (1038)
Place: Messina
- c. February 1039 CE · Jumada II 430 AH
The Seljuk takeover of Khurasan and the defeat of Mas'ud the Ghaznavid
- c. 1043 CE · 435 AH
The Ghuzz enter Mosul and plunder Qarwash's palace
Commanders: Qarwash ibn al-Muqallad al-Uqayli
Place: Mosul
- c. 1043 CE · 435 AH
Tughril Beg Seizes al-Rayy
Commanders: طغرل بك
- c. 1048 CE · 440 AH
Ibrahim Inal's raid toward Constantinople
- c. 1051 CE · 443 AH
Tughril Beg takes Isfahan and finds its buried treasures
Commanders: طغرل بك
Place: Isfahan
- 1055 CE · 447 AH
Tughril Beg's Entry into Baghdad
Place: Baghdad
- 1075 CE · 468 AH
Fall of Damascus to Atsiz
Commanders: Atsiz ibn Uwaq · Malikshah
Place: Damascus
- c. 1079 CE · 472 AH
Muslim ibn Quraysh al-Uqayli takes Aleppo
Place: Aleppo
- c. 1084 CE · 477 AH
Sulayman ibn Qutlumush takes Antioch from the Romans
Commanders: سليمان بن قتلمش السلجوقي
Place: Antioch
- 1085 CE · 478 AH
The Franks' taking of Toledo
Place: Toledo
- 1091 CE · 484 AH
The Almoravid seizure of Seville
Place: Seville
- c. 1091 CE · 484 AH
The Franks Seize the Island of Sicily
- 1094 CE · 487 AH†
Capture of Lisbon (1094)
Place: Lisbon
- c. 1094 CE · c. 488 AH
Capture of Valencia by al-Qanbiyatur (the Campeador)
Commanders: ردريق القنبيطور
Place: Valencia
- c. October 1097 CE · 491 AH
The Franks Take Antioch and the Massacre at Ma'arra, 491
Commanders: Kerbogha, lord of Mosul
Place: Antioch
- 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
- c. 1109 CE · 503 AH
The Franks Take Tripoli of Syria
Place: Tripoli (al-Sham)
- c. 18 December 1118 CE · c. 4 Ramadan 512 AH
The fall of Zaragoza
Place: Sarqusta (Zaragoza)
- 1130 CE · 524 AH†
Capture of Aceca (1130)
- c. 1130 CE · c. 524 AH
The Fall of Tudela and Tarazona
- 1137 CE · 531 AH†
Capture of Leiria (1137)
Place: Leiria
- 1144 CE · 538 AH†
Capture of Soure (1144)
- 1145 CE · 539 AH†
Fall of Saruj (1145)
Place: Suruç
- 1147 CE · 542 AH†
Conquest of Almeria (1147)
Place: Almeria
- 1147 CE · 542 AH†
Conquest of Santarém
Place: Santarém
- c. 1146 CE · 541 AH
The Franks Take Tripoli of the Maghreb in 541
Commanders: Roger II of Sicily
Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)
- c. 17 October 1147 CE · c. 17 Jumada I 542 AH
The fall of Almeria to the Christians, 542 AH
- c. 1148 CE · 543 AH
Roger of Sicily Seizes Mahdiyya
Commanders: Roger II of Sicily
- 1151 CE · 546 AH†
Fall of Turbessel (1151)
Place: Turbessel
- 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
- c. 1168 CE · 564 AH
Nūr al-Dīn acquires Qalʿat Jaʿbar from its 'Aqilid lords
- c. December 1170 CE · Rabi' II 566 AH
Saladin's Conquest of Ayla
- 1170 CE · 565 AH†
Capture of Juromenha (1170)
Place: Castelo de Juromenha
- c. 1170 CE · 566 AH
Īldigiz takes al-Rayy
Place: Rayy
- c. 1170 CE · 566 AH
Shamla takes Fārs — and is driven out of it
Place: Fars
- c. 1171 CE · 567 AH
Nūr al-Dīn takes Mosul and confirms Sayf al-Dīn Ghāzī upon it
Place: Mosul
- 568 AH
Qaraqush's conquest of Tripoli (568 AH)
Place: Tripoli (Libya)
- c. January 1174 CE · c. 1 Rajab 569 AH
Turanshah's conquest of Zabid (569 AH)
Place: Zabid
- 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
- 1175 CE · 571 AH
Mu'izz al-Din wrests Multan from the Qarmatians
Commanders: Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri
Place: Multan
- c. 1177 CE · 573 AH
al-Bahlawān takes Tabrīz
Place: Tabriz
- c. 1177 CE · 573 AH
Saladin takes the castle of Baʿrīn
- c. 1177 CE · 573 AH
Saladin takes Homs and Hama
Place: Hims (Emesa)
- 1180 CE · 576 AH†
Capture of Coruche (1180)
- c. June 1182 CE · Safar 578 AH
The capture of Shaqif Habs Jaldak (Beaufort, 578 AH)
Place: Shaqif Arnun (Beaufort)
- 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
- c. November 1184 CE · Shawwal 580 AH
Ibn Ghaniya's seizure of Béjaïa (580 AH)
Place: Béjaïa
- c. 1185 CE · 581 AH
Ali ibn Ghaniya takes Ifriqiya
- c. 1185 CE · 581 AH
Saladin takes Mayyafariqin
Place: Mayyafariqin
- 2 October 1187 CE · 583 AH
Salah al-Din recovers Jerusalem
Commanders: Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)
Place: Jerusalem
- c. 1187 CE · 583 AH
Hunin falls — the remaining fortresses of the Galilee
- 1187 CE · 583 AH
The Ghurid capture of Lahore ends the Ghaznavids, 583/1187
Commanders: Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam
Place: Lahore
- c. 1190 CE · c. 586 AH
Recovery of Silves from the Franks
Place: Silves
- c. 1191 CE · 587 AH
Shaqif Arnun — Beaufort falls
Place: Shaqif Arnun (Beaufort)
- 1195 CE · 591 AH
The caliphal army's takeover of Isfahan (591 AH)
Place: Isfahan
- c. 1196 CE · 592 AH
al-Adil's seizure of Damascus
Place: Damascus
- September 1197 CE · Shawwal 593 AH
Al-Adil takes Jaffa and the Franks take Beirut (593 AH)
- c. 1197 CE · 593 AH
The Franks take Beirut from the Muslims in 593
Place: Bayrut (Beirut)
- 1198 CE · 594 AH
The Ghurid capture of Balkh from the Qara Khitai (594 AH)
Commanders: Baha al-Din Sam of Bamiyan
- c. 1198 CE · 594 AH
Ala al-Din Tekish Seizes Bukhara in 594 AH
Commanders: Ala al-Din Tekish, Khwarazmshah
Place: Bukhara
- c. 1199 CE · 596 AH
al-Adil takes Egypt — the Ayyubid house-war ends
Place: Misr (Egypt)
- c. 1200 CE · 597 AH
Rukn al-Din takes Malatya from his brother — and Erzurum
Place: Malatya (Melitene)
- c. 1200 CE · 597 AH
al-Zahir Ghazi takes Manbij and is besieged
Place: Manbij
- c. 1201 CE · 598 AH
the Khwarazmshah retakes what the Ghurids had seized
Place: خراسان
- 1203 CE · 599 AH
The Georgian sack of Dvin (599 AH)
- c. 1202 CE · 599 AH
al-Zahir takes Qal'at Najm from his brother al-Afdal
- March 1204 CE · Rajab 600 AH
Kaykhusraw I's restoration to the Rum Sultanate (600 AH)
Commanders: Ghiyath al-Din Kaykhusraw I
Place: Konya
- c. 1203 CE · 600 AH
Mahmud al-Himyari seizes Mirbat in Hadramawt
Place: Mirbat
- c. 1204 CE · 601 AH
The Franks Seize Constantinople
Place: Constantinople
- c. 1206 CE · 603 AH
al-Duz takes Ghazna
Place: Ghazna
- c. 1206 CE · 603 AH
Khwarazmshah seizes the Ghurid lands in Khurasan
Place: خراسان
- c. 1207 CE · 604 AH
The Georgians Take Qars and the Death of Their Queen
- c. 1208 CE · 605 AH
The Georgians Take a City in Rum by the Sword, 605
Place: Arzan al-Rum
- c. 1208 CE · 605 AH
Khwarazmshah takes Transoxiana and restores Khurasan
Place: Khwarizm
- c. 1209 CE · 606 AH
al-Adil takes the Khabur and Nisibis and besieges Sinjar
Place: Nasibin (Nisibis)
- 1212 CE · 609 AH†
Fall of Úbeda (1212)
Place: Ubeda
- c. 1211 CE · 608 AH
Mungli seizes the Jibal and Isfahan; Aytaqmish flees
- c. 1212 CE · 609 AH
Khwarazmshah takes Kirman, Makran and Sind
Place: Kirman
- c. 1214 CE · 611 AH
Khwarazmshah takes Ghazna and its dependencies
Place: Ghazna
- c. 1216 CE · 613 AH
Khwarazmshah takes the Jibal
- 1217 CE · 613 AH
Iltutmish's forces take Lahore, 613/1217
Place: Lahore
- c. 1222 CE · 619 AH
Badr al-Din Lu'lu' takes Shush castle
- c. 1223 CE · 620 AH
The ruler of Yemen takes Mecca
Place: Mecca
- c. 1225 CE · 622 AH
Badr al-Din Lu'lu' takes Imadiyya and Harur
- c. 1225 CE · 622 AH
Jalal al-Din takes Azerbaijan
Place: Tabriz
- c. 1225 CE · 622 AH
Jalal al-Din returns to Tabriz, takes Ganja, marries Uzbak's wife
Place: Tabriz
- c. 1225 CE · c. 622 AH
The enemy's entry into Loja with al-Bayasi
- 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
- 1228 CE · 625 AH
Iltutmish takes Multan from Qabacha, 625
Place: Multan
- c. 1228 CE · 625 AH
Kayqubad takes Erzincan
- c. 1229 CE · 626 AH
al-Ashraf takes Damascus
Place: Damascus
- c. 1229 CE · 626 AH
al-Kamil takes Hama
Place: Hama
- c. 1229 CE · c. 626 AH
Loss of Merida from Ibn Hud
- c. 31 December 1229 CE · c. 14 Safar 627 AH
The fall of Majorca to the Rum
- c. 1230 CE · 627 AH
Kayqubad takes Erzurum
Place: Erzurum
- c. 1230 CE · 627 AH
Shihab al-Din Ghazi takes Arzan
Place: Arzan al-Rum
- c. 1231 CE · 628 AH
The Mongols take Maragha
Place: Maragha
- c. 1232 CE · 630 AH
Al-Malik al-Kamil takes Amid, 630
Place: Amid (Diyarbakir)
- c. 29 September 1238 CE · 17 Safar 636 AH
The fall of Valencia to the enemy
Place: Valencia
- c. May 1239 CE · 23 Shawwal 636 AH
The enemy's capture of Cordoba
Place: Cordoba
- 1239 CE · Safar 637 AH
Al-Salih Isma'il takes Damascus and al-Salih Ayyub takes Egypt in 637
Place: Damascus
- 1241 CE · 638 AH†
Mongol conquest of Anatolia
Place: Anatolia (Asia Minor)
- c. 1243 CE · c. 641 AH
Murcia handed to the enemy by treaty
- c. 1247 CE · 644 AH
The conquest of Ascalon and Tiberias in 644 AH
Place: Ascalon
- c. 23 November 1248 CE · 5 Sha'ban 646 AH
The fall of Seville by treaty
Place: Seville
- c. June 1249 CE · c. Rabi' II 647 AH
The Fall of Damietta to the Franks, 647 AH
Place: Damietta
- c. February 1260 CE · c. Safar 658 AH
Damascus submits to the Tatars, 658
Place: Damascus
- c. January 1260 CE · c. 9 Safar 658 AH
The Tatars take Aleppo, 658
Place: Aleppo
- 1260 CE · 658 AH
The Mongols take Raqqa
Place: al-Raqqa
- c. August 1262 CE · c. Ramadan 660 AH
The Tatars take Mosul by ruse, 660
Place: Mosul
- 1264 CE · 662 AH†
Zayyanid Capture of Sijilmasa (1264)
Place: Sijilmasa
- c. April 1265 CE · c. Jumada I 663 AH
Baybars takes Caesarea and Arsuf, 663
Place: Arsuf
- c. June 1266 CE · c. 8 Sha'ban 664 AH
Baybars takes Safed, 664
Place: Safad
- 1268 CE · 666 AH
Baybars takes Jaffa and Antioch, 666 AH
Place: Antioch
- 1268 CE · 666 AH†
Fall of Jaffa (1268)
Commanders: al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
Place: Yafa (Jaffa)
- 1268 CE · 666 AH†
Siege of Antioch
Commanders: al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
Place: Antioch
- 1271 CE · 669 AH
Baybars takes Krak des Chevaliers and Akkar, 669 AH
Place: Krak des Chevaliers (Hisn al-Akrad)
- 1271 CE · 669 AH†
Fall of Krak des Chevaliers
Commanders: al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
Place: Krak des Chevaliers (Hisn al-Akrad)
- c. 1275 CE · 674 AH
The Conquest of Nubia and the Capture of the King of Dunqula
- 1277 CE · 675 AH
The Karamanids occupy Konya and install Jimri, 675/1277
Place: Konya
- September 1284 CE · Rajab 683 AH
The Aragonese capture of Djerba
Place: Jarba
- 1286 CE · 685 AH
The fall of Minorca to the lord of Barcelona
- c. April 1289 CE · Rabi' II 688 AH
Qalawun Takes Tripoli by the Sword
Place: Tripoli (al-Sham)
- 1289 CE · 688 AH†
Conquest of Tripoli
Place: Tripoli (al-Sham)
- c. 1291 CE · c. 690 AH
The conquest of Acre and the expulsion of the Franks from Syria, 690 AH
Place: Acre
- 1317 CE · 717 AH
Conquest of Bursa
Place: Bursa
- 1343 CE · 744 AH†
Reintegration of the Crown of Mallorca (1343)
Place: Mallorca
- 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
- August 1347 CE · Jumada II 748 AH
Abu al-Hasan al-Marini's entry into Ifriqiya
Place: Tunis
- 1352 CE · 753 AH†
Capture of Tlemcen (1352)
Place: Tlemcen
- 1354 CE · 755 AH†
Fall of Gallipoli
Place: Gelibolu
- c. 1356 CE · c. 757 AH
The Genoese capture and recovery of Tripoli
- 1357 CE · 758 AH†
Capture of Tunis (1357)
Place: Tunis
- 11 February 1359 CE · 8 Rabi' I 760 AH
Abu Hammu's recovery of Tlemcen
Place: Tlemcen
- July 1362 CE · Ramadan 763 AH
Ottoman conquest of Edirne
Commanders: Murad I · Lala Shahin Pasha
Place: Edirne
- 1370 CE · 771 AH†
Capture of Tlemcen (1370)
Place: Tlemcen
- 1375 CE · 777 AH†
Fall of Sis (1375)
Place: Sis
- 1383 CE · 785 AH†
Capture of Tlemcen (1383)
Place: Tlemcen
- 1389 CE · 791 AH†
Capture of Tlemcen (1389)
Place: Tlemcen
- 1393 CE · 795 AH†
Capture of Tlemcen (1393)
Place: Tlemcen
- 1393 CE · 795 AH†
Siege of Tarnovo
Place: Veliko Tarnovo
- c. 1398 CE · 801 AH
Timur Takes Delhi in 801 AH
Commanders: تمرلنك
Place: Delhi
- c. 1401 CE · 803 AH
Timur's Event at Damascus in 803 AH
- 1402 CE · 804 AH†
Siege of Smyrna
Place: Smyrna
- 1402 CE · 804 AH
Timur seizes Bursa
Commanders: تمرلنك
Place: Bursa
- 1410 CE · 813 AH†
Capture of Bejaia (1410)
Place: Béjaïa
- 1415 CE · 818 AH†
Conquest of Ceuta
- c. 29 May 1453 CE · 857 AH
Conquest of Constantinople in 857 AH
Commanders: السلطان محمد الفاتح · Akşemseddin
Place: Constantinople
- 1460 CE · 864 AH†
Siege of Amasra (1460)
Place: Amasra
- 1461 CE · 865 AH†
Conquest of Trebizond
Commanders: السلطان محمد الفاتح
Place: Ṭrābazanda
- 1468 CE · 873 AH
Sonni Ali takes Timbuktu
Place: Timbuktu
- 1470 CE · 874 AH†
Siege of Negroponte
Commanders: السلطان محمد الفاتح
Place: Negroponte
- 1475 CE · 880 AH
The Ottoman annexation of Konya, 880/1475
Place: Konya
- c. February 1482 CE · c. 887 AH
The treacherous seizure of Alhama and the repulsed Muslim siege
- c. May 1485 CE · c. Jumada I 890 AH
The fall of Ronda and the west to the Castilians
- c. 28 May 1486 CE · c. 26 Jumada I 891 AH
The Bayyazin revolt and the fall of Loja
- c. 29 April 1487 CE · c. 10 Jumada I 892 AH
Fall of Velez-Malaga and the rout before contact
- 1487 CE · 892 AH†
Capture of Velez-Malaga (1487)
Place: Velez-Malaga
- 1500 CE · 905 AH†
Mir Muhammad’s conquest of East Anatolia
- 1501 CE · 906 AH†
Fall of Durrës (1501)
Place: Dras (Durrës)
- 1501 CE · 906 AH†
Fall of Navarino (1501)
Place: Pylos
- between 1507 and 1508 CE · 913 AH
The Portuguese Take the Fortress of Hormuz, 913
- 1508 CE · 914 AH†
Capture of Baghdad (1508)
Place: Baghdad
- 1511 CE · 917 AH†
Capture of Malacca
Place: Malacca
- 1512 CE · 918 AH†
Capture of Banastharim (1512)
- 1517 CE · 923 AH†
Capture of Cairo
Commanders: Selim I
Place: Cairo
- 1516 CE · 922 AH
Aruj Barbarossa enters Algiers (1516)
Place: Algiers
- 1518 CE · 924 AH†
Fall of Tlemcen
Place: Tlemcen
- 1522 CE · 928 AH†
Capture of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1522)
Place: Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
- 1522 CE · 928 AH
The Ottoman Conquest of Rhodes
Commanders: سليمان القانوني
Place: Rhodes
- 1524 CE · 930 AH†
Capture of Baghdad (1524)
Place: Baghdad
- 1524 CE · 930 AH
The Mughals occupy Lahore under Babur, 930/1524
Commanders: Babur (Zahir al-Din Muhammad)
Place: Lahore
- 1526 CE · 932 AH
The Arghuns take Multan into the Mughal orbit, 1526
Place: Multan
- between 1527 and 1528 CE · 934 AH
Imam Ahmad Gran's Seizure of Harar and Abyssinian Conquests
- 1529 CE · 936 AH
Capture of the Peñón of Algiers (1529)
Place: Algiers
- 1534 CE · 940 AH†
Capture of Baghdad
Commanders: سليمان القانوني
Place: Baghdad
- 1534 CE · 941 AH
Khayr al-Din takes Tunis (1534)
Commanders: Khayr al-Din Barbarossa
Place: Tunis
- 1535 CE · 942 AH
Charles V's conquest of Tunis (1535)
Commanders: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Place: Tunis
- 1540 CE · 947 AH†
Johorean invasion of Aru (1540)
- 1541 CE · 948 AH†
Conquest of Buda
Place: Buda
- 1541 CE · 948 AH
Sa'di capture of Santa Cruz (1541)
- 1543 CE · 950 AH†
Siege of Esztergom
Place: Esztergom
- 1548 CE · 955 AH†
Capture of Aden
Place: Aden
- 1551 CE · 958 AH†
Conquest of Tripoli
Place: Tripoli (al-Gharb)
- 1552 CE · 959 AH†
Capture of Muscat
Place: Muscat
- 1552 CE · 959 AH†
Siege of Temesvár
Place: Timișoara
- 8 January 1554 CE · 3 Safar 961 AH
Ottoman entry into Fez (964/1554)
Place: Fes
- 1555 CE · 962 AH
Humayun returns to Delhi, 962 AH
Commanders: Humayun ibn Babur
Place: Delhi
- 1555 CE · 962 AH
Humayun reoccupies Lahore, Rabi' II 962/February 1555
Place: Lahore
- 1557 CE · 964 AH†
Capture of Bizerte (1557)
Place: Banzart
- c. August 1571 CE · Rabi' II 979 AH
The Ottoman Conquest of Cyprus
Place: Cyprus
- c. 1572 CE · 980 AH
Akbar takes Gujarat, 980
- 14 May 1574 CE · 23 Muharram 982 AH
The Recovery of Tunis from the Spanish
Place: Tunis
- 1574 CE · 982 AH†
Conquest of Tunis
Place: Tunis
- 1576 CE · 984 AH†
Capture of Fez
Place: Fes
- 1578 CE · 986 AH†
Capture of Tbilisi (1578)
Place: Tiflis
- 1624 CE · 1033 AH†
Capture of Baghdad
Place: Baghdad
- 1633 CE · 1042 AH†
Capture of Julfar (1633)
Place: Ras Al Khaimah
- 1635 CE · 1044 AH†
Capture of Tabriz
Place: Tabriz
- 1638 CE · 1048 AH†
Capture of Baghdad
Commanders: Murad IV
Place: Baghdad
- 1638 CE · 1048 AH†
Fall of Kandahar (1638)
Place: Kandahar
- 1649 CE · 1059 AH†
Capture of Muscat (1649)
Place: Muscat
- 28 September 1663 CE · 25 Safar 1074 AH
Conquest of the Fortress of Neuhausl
- 1723 CE · 1135 AH†
Capture of Tbilisi (1723)
Place: Tiflis
- January 1748 CE · 1161 AH
Ahmad Shah Durrani occupies Lahore, Muharram 1161/January 1748
Commanders: Ahmad Shah Durrani
Place: Lahore
- 1752 CE · 1165 AH
The Mughals cede Lahore and Multan to Ahmad Shah Durrani, 1752
Commanders: Ahmad Shah Durrani
Place: Multan
- 1796 CE · 1210 AH†
Capture of Oujda (1796)
Place: Oujda
- 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
- July 1799 CE · 1214 AH
Ranjit Singh takes Lahore, Safar 1214/July 1799
Place: Lahore
- 1813 CE · 1228 AH†
Battle of Mecca
Place: Mecca
- 1818 CE · 1233 AH
Ranjit Singh's conquest of Multan, 1818
Place: Multan
- 1829 CE · 1244 AH†
Capture of Bayburt (1829)
Place: Bayburt
- 1830 CE · 1245 AH†
French invasion of Algiers
Place: Algiers
- 1830 CE · 1246 AH†
The French Occupation of Algiers
Place: Algiers
- 1831 CE · 1247 AH†
Capture of Oran (1831)
Place: Wahran
- 1848 CE · 1264 AH
The British take Multan, 1848-1849
Place: Multan
- 1855 CE · 1271 AH†
Capture of Bitlis (1855)
Place: Bitlis
- 1878 CE · c. 1295 AH
Russian occupation of Edirne (1878)
Place: Edirne
- 1881 CE · 1298 AH†
French conquest of Tunisia
- 1907 CE · 1325 AH†
French conquest of Morocco
Place: Morocco
- 1912 CE · 1330 AH†
Capture of Lemnos (1912)
Place: Lemnos
- 1913 CE · 1331 AH†
Conquest of al-Hasa
Place: Al-Ahsa Oasis
- 1914 CE · 1332 AH†
Fao Landing
Place: Mesopotamia
- 1918 CE · 1336 AH†
Capture of Damascus
Place: Damascus
- February 1918 CE · Jumada I 1336 AH†
Capture of Trabzon (1918)
Place: Trabzon
- 1920 CE · 1338 AH†
Capture of Damascus
Place: Damascus
- 1919 CE · 1338 AH
The Greek Occupation of Izmir
Place: Izmir
- 1920 CE · c. 1338 AH
Greek occupation of Edirne
Place: Edirne
- 1921 CE · 1339 AH†
Conquest of Ha'il
Place: Ha'il
- 1924 CE · 1342 AH†
Battle of Mecca
Place: Mecca
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Abbad ibn Ziyad's Qandahar and the 'Abbadiyya Caps
Commanders: Abbad ibn Ziyad
Place: al-Qandahar
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The Aghlabids' Conquests in Sicily
Place: Sicily
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Ahmad ibn Abi Khalid's Conquest of Ushrusana
Commanders: Ahmad ibn Abi Khalid al-Ahwal
Place: Ushrusana
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Balkh's Sulh and al-Ahnaf's Khwarizm March
Commanders: al-Ahnaf ibn Qays
Place: Balkh
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al-Aqra' ibn Habis Takes Juzjan
Commanders: al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi · al-Ahnaf ibn Qays
Place: al-Juzjan
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Arab conquest of Kaikan
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Conquest of al-Fayyum
Commanders: Amr ibn al-As
Place: Al-Fayyum
Part of: Conquest of Egypt and Alexandria
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Conquest of Azerbaijan
Commanders: Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman · Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami
Place: Azerbaijan
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The Conquest of al-Dinawar, Masabadhan and Mihrajanqadhaf
Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: al-Dinawar
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The Conquest of Hamadhan
Commanders: جرير بن عبد الله البجلي · al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba
Place: Hamadhan
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The Conquest of Hulwan and Qarmasin
Commanders: جرير بن عبد الله البجلي · Uzra ibn Qays al-Bajali
Place: Hulwan
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The Conquest of Isbahan
Commanders: Abdallah ibn Budayl · Umar ibn al-Khattab
Place: Isbahan
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Conquest of Jur
Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir
Place: Jur
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Conquest of Maysan
Commanders: al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba
Place: Maysan
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Conquest of Mosul
Commanders: Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami
Place: Mosul
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Conquest of Qazwin
Commanders: al-Bara' ibn Azib
Place: Qazwin
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The Conquest of Rayy and Qumis
Commanders: Urwa ibn Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta'i · Hanzala ibn Zayd
Place: Rayy
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Conquest of Sabur
Commanders: Uthman ibn Abi al-As · Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: Sabur (Bishapur)
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Conquest of Shahrazur, al-Samaghan and Darabadh
Commanders: Utba ibn Farqad al-Sulami
Place: Shahrazur
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Conquest of Surraq
Commanders: Haritha ibn Badr al-Ghudani · Abd Allah ibn Amir
Place: Surraq
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Conquest of Tawwaj
Commanders: al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi · Uthman ibn Abi al-As
Place: Tawwaj
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Conquest of al-Ubulla and al-Furat
Commanders: Utba ibn Ghazwan
Place: al-Ubulla
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The House of al-Fadl ibn Mahan at Sindan
Commanders: al-Fadl ibn Mahan
Place: Sindan
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The Forced Taking of Istakhr
Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir · Mahak
Place: Istakhr
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The Conquest of Naysabur
Commanders: Abd Allah ibn Amir
Place: Nishapur
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Ibn Samura's Campaign and the Zur Idol
Commanders: Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura
Place: Jabal al-Zur
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Conquest of Kirman
Commanders: مجاشع بن مسعود السلمي · Abd Allah ibn Amir
Place: Kirman
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Qutayba's Conquest of Madinat al-Fil
Commanders: قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي
Place: Madinat al-Fil
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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
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Ramhurmuz's Breach and Reconquest
Commanders: Abu Maryam al-Hanafi
Place: Ramhurmuz
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The Storming of Rawar and Brahmanabadh
Commanders: Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Thaqafi
Place: Rawar
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Conquest of al-Sus
Commanders: Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: al-Sus (Shush)
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Conquest of Manadhir
Commanders: al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi · Abu Musa al-Ashari
Place: Manadhir
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Sinan ibn Salama's Conquest of Makran
Commanders: Sinan ibn Salama ibn al-Muhabbiq al-Hudhali · Hakim ibn Jabala al-Abdi
Place: Makran
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Timur's conquest of Zamindawar
Place: Zamindawar
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