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Events |
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Hijri |
Gregorian |
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Year |
Date |
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Year |
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701 |
Battle of Dayr Al-Jamajim - Muslim Civil War |
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701 |
Battle of Maskin - Muslim Civil War |
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703 |
Birth of Hz. Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq (RE) |
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705 |
Death of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan |
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705 |
Walid Bin Abdul Malik becomes Khalifa upon his father's death and builds
the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus |
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706 |
Battle of Heraclea |
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711 |
Conquest of Spain (Picos de Europa) by Tariq ibn Ziyad (Umayyad
Caliphate) |
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711 |
Conquest of Transoxiana (modern day Uzbekistan and Southwest Kazakhstan)
by Qutayba Bin Muslim |
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711 |
Hz. Umar Bin Abdul Aziz is appointed Khalifa ( Hes also called as 5th
Khalif Al-Rashid ) |
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711 |
Battle of Guadalete between the Christian Visigoths of Hispania under
their king, Roderic, and an invading force of Muslim Arabs and Berbers
under the Berber commander Tariq Bin Ziyad |
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711 |
Battle of Ecija - Spanish Conquest |
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712 |
Muhammad Bin Qasim conqours the Sindh area and bring Islam to this
region - A mile stone in creation of Pakistan |
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712 |
Battle of Raor - Conquest Of Sindh |
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713 |
Battle of Merida - Spanish Conquest |
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713 |
Battle of Segoyuela - Spanish Conquest |
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713 |
Battle of Convadonga - Spanish Conquest |
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718 |
Battle of Adiranople - War with Byzantine |
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717/718 |
Battle of Constantinople - War with Byzantine |
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719 |
Narbonne, France is conquered |
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721 |
Battle of Akra - Muslim Civil War |
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721 |
Battle of Toulouse was a victory of an Aquitanian Christian army led by
Duke Odo of Aquitaine over an Umayyad Muslim army besieging the city of
Toulouse, and led by the governor of Al-Andalus, Al-Samh ibn Malik
al-Khawlani at Toulouse, France |
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728 |
Hz Imam Hassan Basri (RE) dies in Basra |
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732 |
Battle of Bordeaux - Part Of French Conquest - It was fought between an
Umayyad army led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, governor of Al-Andalus, and
Aquitanian forces led by Duke Odo of Aquitaine. |
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10 |
October |
732 |
Battle of Tours / Battle of Poitiers was fought in an area between the
cities of Poitiers and Tours between Austrasian Mayor of the Palace
Charles Martel against an army of the Umayyad Caliphate led by 'Abdul
Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Governor-General of al-Andalus (Umayyad Caliphate). |
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738 |
Battle of Navsari - Conquest Of Sindh |
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739 |
Battle of Akroinos - War with Byzantine |
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744 |
Battle of Ain Diar - Muslim Civil War |
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749 |
Battle of Karbala - Muslim Civil War |
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750 |
Battle of Zab - Muslim Civil War |
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750 |
Khalifa Marwan II is defeated at the Battle of Zab. The end of Umayyad
rule. Abu al-Abbas becomes the first Abbasid Khalifa. |
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762 |
The new city of Baghdad is founded as the capital of the Abbasid
Caliphate |
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762 |
Battle of Madinah - Muslim Civil War |
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763 |
Battle of Bakhamra - Muslim Civil War |
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778/779 |
Battle of Hadath |
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780 |
Battle of Samalu |
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782 |
Battle of Nicomedia |
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801 |
The death of Rabi'ah al-Adawiyyah, a noted female Sufi teacher and poet |
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805 |
Harun al-Rashid establishes a public hospital in Baghdad. |
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805 |
Battle of Crasus |
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809 |
The death of Harun al-Rashid. Al-Amin becomes khalif upon father's
death. Al-Mamun challenges his brother Caliphate. |
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809-811 |
Battle of Baghdad - Muslim War of Succession |
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814-819 |
Shia Rebellion Started |
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827/828 |
Battle of Syracuse |
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830 |
The Bayt al-Hikma (House of Wisdom) is established in Baghdad |
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830/831 |
Battle of Palermo |
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838 |
Battle of Amorium |
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838 |
Battle of Amorium |
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843 |
Battle of Messina |
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849 |
Battle of Ostia in the Tyrrhenian Sea between Muslim ships and an
Italian league of Papal, Neapolitan, Amalfitan and Gaetan ships. |
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859 |
Battle of Castrogiovanni |
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863 |
Battle of Poson |
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871 |
Battle of Bari |
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877 |
Battle of Syracuse |
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883 |
Zanj Slave Rebellion |
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898 |
The Zaydi (Sect of Shi'ism) State is established in Yemen |
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902 |
Battle of Taormina - Byzantine Muslim War |
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909 |
The Shia Fatimids seize power from the Aghlabids in Tunisia and
establish the Fatimid dynasty |
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918 |
Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz - Spanish Conquest |
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920 |
Battle of Val de Junquera - Spanish Conquest |
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920 |
Mathematician and astronomer al-Battani writes BOOK OF TABLES, a major
work on astronomy which includes developments in trigonometry. He is the
first to calculate the length of the solar year to the second. His work
in astronomy set the foundation for future astronomical observation. |
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930 |
Qarmatian Sack of Mecca |
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924 |
Battle of Sanguesa - Spanish Conquest |
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936-944 |
Battle of the Muslim Civil War |
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939 |
Battle of Simancas - Spanish Conquest |
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945-948 |
Battle of the Muslim Civil War |
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961 |
Battle of Crete |
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962 |
Battle of Aleppo |
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964 |
Battle of Adana |
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965 |
Battle of Tarsus |
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968-978 |
Battle of the Muslim Civil War |
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969 |
The Fatimids take Egypt and establish the new city of Cairo |
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969 |
Battle of Aleppo |
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969 |
Battle of Antioch |
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973 |
Battle of Amida |
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981 |
Battle of Rueda - Spanish War |
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983 |
Al-Azhar University, a center for religious and academic learning, is
established in Cairo. It is also known as the oldest university in the
world |
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989 |
Battle of Lamghan - Hindu Muslim War |
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998 |
Battle of Ghazni - Afghan Sucessesion |
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999 |
Mahmoud Ghaznawi of Ghazna gains control of Khorasan and Afghanistan.
Establishes Ghazni as his capital and transforms it into one the leading
cultural centers in Asia. |
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999 |
Battle of Merv - With Iranian Dynasty |
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1001 |
Battle of Peshawar - Hindu-Muslim War |
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1002 |
Battle of Calatanazar - Spanish War |
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1002 |
Battle of Tarq - Iranian Dynasty War |
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1003 |
Battle of Uk - Iranian Dynasty War |
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1006 |
Battle of Bhera - Hindu Muslim War |
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1006 |
Battle of Waihand - Hindu Muslim War |
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1008 |
Battle of Waihand - Hindu Muslim War |
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1008 |
Battle of Balkh - Iranian Dynasty War |
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1011 |
Battle of Thaneswar - Hindu Muslim War |
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1017 |
Battle of Hazarasp - Iranian Dynasty War |
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1019 |
Battle of Sharwa - Hindu Muslim War |
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1025 |
Battle of Samarkand - Iranian Dynasty War |
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1026 |
Battle of Somnath - Hindu Muslim War |
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1029 |
Battle of Sarjahan - Iranian Dynasty War |
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1030 |
Battle of Azaz - Byzantine Muslim War |
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1031 |
Battle of Edessa - Byzantine Muslim War |
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1032 |
Battle of Dabusiyya - Iranian Dynasty War |
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1037 |
Battle of Nishapur - Seljuks War |
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1037-1038 |
Battle of Hansi - Hindu Muslim War |
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1038 |
Battle of Rometta - Byzantine Muslim War |
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1040 |
Battle of Dandanaqan - Seljuks War |
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1040 |
Western Iran falls to the Seljuks. The Great Seljuk Empire is
established |
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1041 |
Battle of Fatehabad - Afghan Wars of Sucessesion |
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1048 |
Battle of Hasankale - Seljuks War |
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1050 |
Battle of Isfahan - Seljuks War |
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1051 |
Battle of Tarq - Seljuks War |
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1054 |
Battle of Manzikert - Seljuks War |
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1055 |
Battle of Baghdad - Seljuks War |
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1059 |
Battle of Rayy - Seljuks War |
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1060 |
Battle of Kufah - Seljuks War |
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1063 |
Battle of Graus - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1064 |
Battle of Coimbra - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1065 |
Sultan Arslan conquers Armenia and Georgia |
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1075 |
Battle of Partskhisi - Georgian-Seljuk War - Between Georgians and
Sarang of Arran, Muslim rulers of Dmanisi, Dvin and Ganja. Ending with a
decisive victory for Giorgi II of Georgia. |
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1079 |
Battle of Cabra - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1082 |
Battle of Almenar - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1084 |
Battle of Ebro - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1084-1085 |
Battle of Toledo - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1086 |
Battle of Zallaka - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1090 |
Yusuf ibn Tashifin dethrones the King of Granada |
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1091 |
Battle of Almodovar del Rio - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1091-1094 |
Battle of Valencia - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1092 |
Nizam al-Mulk is assassinated. Founder of the Nizamiyyah schools,
prestigious educational institutions that are the predecessors and
prototypes of the universities to be established in Europe. |
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1093-1094 |
Battle of Cuarte - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1096 |
Battle of Alcoraz - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1096 |
Series of Militray Campaigns and wars started with Western Crusaders. |
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1096 |
Battle of Civetot - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1096 |
Battle of Wieselburg - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1096 |
Battle of Xerigordan - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1097 |
Battle of Albara - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1097 |
Battle of Antioch - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1097 |
Battle of Dorylaeum - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1097 |
Battle of Heraclea - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1097 |
Battle of Nicaea - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1097 |
Battle of Tarsus - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1097 |
Battle of Bairen - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1097-1098 |
Battle of Antioch - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1098 |
Battle of Arqa - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1098 |
Battle of Edessa - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1098 |
Battle of Harene - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1098 |
Battle of Jerusalem - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1098 |
Battle of Maarat An Numan - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1098 |
Battle of Orontes - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1099 |
Battle of Ascalon - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1099 |
Battle of Jerusalem - Part of First Western Crusades |
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1099 |
Jerusalem is seized by the Crusaders. They massacre all Muslims, Jews
and Christians of the city. |
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1100 |
Battle of Melitene - Crusades against Muslim |
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1101 |
Battle of Heraclea - Crusades against Muslim |
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1101 |
Battle of Mersivan - Crusades against Muslim |
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1101 |
Battle of Ramleh - Crusades against Muslim |
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1102 |
Battle of Mollerusa - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1102 |
Battle of Joppa - Crusades against Muslim |
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1102 |
Battle of Ramleh - Crusades against Muslim |
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1102 |
Battle of Tripoli - Crusades against Muslim |
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1104 |
Battle of Acre - Crusades against Muslim |
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1104 |
Battle of Ertsukhi - Georgian Seljuk Wars |
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1105 |
Battle of Harran - Crusades against Muslim |
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1107 |
Battle of Khabar - Crusades against Muslim |
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1108 |
Battle of Ucles - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1108 |
Battle of Menbij - Crusades against Muslim |
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1109 |
Battle of Tripoli - Crusades against Muslim |
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1110 |
Battle of Valtierra - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1110 |
Battle of Beirut - Crusades against Muslim |
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1110 |
Battle of Sidon - Crusades against Muslim |
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1115 |
Battle of Tel-Danish - Crusades against Muslim |
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1118 |
Battle of Saragossa - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1119 |
Battle of Antioch - Crusades against Muslim |
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1120 |
Battle of Cutanda - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1121 |
Battle of Didgori - Georgian Seljuk Wars |
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1123 |
Battle of Ascalon - Crusades against Muslim |
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1124 |
Battle of Tyre - Crusades against Muslim |
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1125 |
Battle of Azaz - Crusades against Muslim |
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1126 |
Battle of Arinsol - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1127 |
The Zangid Dynasty. Imad al-Din Zangi establishes himself as governor in
Mosul and in Aleppo (in northern Syria) |
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1129 |
Battle of Cullera - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1130 |
Battle of Anazarbus - Crusades against Muslim |
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1134 |
Battle of Fraga - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1139 |
Battle of Ourique - Christian Invasion of Portugal |
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1141 |
Battle of Samarkand - Great Seljuk Sultanate Wars |
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1144 |
Battle of Edessa - Crusades against Muslim |
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1146 |
Battle of Edessa - Crusades against Muslim |
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1147 |
Battle of Lisbon - Christian Invasion of Portugal |
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1147 |
Battle of Santarem - Christian Invasion of Portugal |
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1147 |
Battle of Dorylaeum - Second Western Crusade |
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1148 |
Battle of Tortosa - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1148 |
Battle of Damascus - Second Western Crusade |
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1148 |
Battle of Ghazni - Ghoree and Ghaznawi Wars |
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1149 |
Battle of Inab - Crusades against Muslim |
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1151 |
Battle of Ghazni - Ghoree and Ghaznawi Wars |
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1152 |
Battle of Mopsuestia - Second Western Crusade |
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1153 |
Battle of Ascalon - Crusades against Muslim |
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1153 |
Battle of Balkh - Great Seljuk Sultanate Wars |
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1154 |
Nur ad Din Mahmud, song of Zangi, captures Damascus. The cartographer,
geographer and botanist al-Idrisi (b.1099-1166) creates a world map and
accompanying book, GEOGRAPHY. King Roger II of Sicily invites him to
create maps at his court. At the service of Roger II, he creates a map
that is one the most detailed maps to be made in the Middle Ages |
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1157 |
Battle of Baniyas - Crusades against Muslim |
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1157 |
Battle of Mallaha - Crusades against Muslim |
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1158 |
Battle of Alcacer do Sol - Christian Invasion of Portugal |
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1164 |
Battle of Artah - Crusades against Muslim |
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1167 |
Battle of Alexandria - Crusader Invasion of Egypt |
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1167 |
Battle of El Ashmunien - Crusader Invasion of Egypt |
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1169 |
Battle of Damietta - Crusader Invasion of Egypt |
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1169 |
Shirkuh, Kurdish general under Nur-ad Din, enters Egypt |
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1171 |
Nephew of Shirkuh, Salah ad-Din (a legendary Kurdish general in Islam
and the West) deposes the last Fatimid Khalifa in Egypt |
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1174 |
Salah ad-Din captures Syria. He unifies Egypt and Syria and establishes
the Abbuyid Dynasty |
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1177 |
Battle of Montgisard - Crusades against Muslim |
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1178 |
Battle of Gujurat - Hindu Muslim Wars |
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1179 |
Battle of Baniyas - Crusades against Muslim |
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1187 |
Battle of Cresson - Third Western Crusades |
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1187 |
Battle of Hattin - Third Western Crusades |
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1187 |
Battle of Jerusalem - Third Western Crusades |
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1187 |
Battle of Tyre - Third Western Crusades |
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1191 |
Battle of Taraori - Hindu Muslim Wars |
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1191 |
Battle of Arsouf - Third Western Crusades |
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1192 |
Battle of Taraori - Hindu Muslim Wars |
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1192 |
Battle of Joppa - Third Western Crusades |
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1194 |
Battle of Shahr Rey - Great Seljuk Sultanate Wars |
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1194 |
Battle of Chandwar - Hindu Muslim Wars |
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1195 |
Battle of Alarcos - Christian Invasion of Spain |
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1195 |
Battle of Shamkhor - Georgian Seljuk Wars |
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1196 |
Battle of Sidon - Fourth Western Crusade |
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1198 |
Battle of Joppa - Fourth Western Crusade |
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1187 |
The Battle of Hattin. Salah ad-Din defeats the Crusaders and recaptures
Jerusalem |
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1192 |
Second Battle of Tarain. Muhammad of Ghor, governor of Ghazni, defeats
the armies of the Rajput Chauhan dynasty of North India. Delhi is open
to Muslim armies |
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1193 |
The death of Salah ad-Din and the division of the Ayyubid Empire |
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1197 |
Muhammad of Ghor conquers the Indian state of Gujarat |
