Major Dates of Islamic History

Birth of the Prophet Muhammed 570 A.D.

The Seljuqs 137-1300

First verses of the Noble Quran revealed 609

Saladin's Conquest of Jeruslem 1187

Prophet's migration form Makkah to Madinah 

(hijrah), beginning of Islamic calender 622

The Mamluks 1252-1517

Death of the Prophet 632

The Mongol Conquest of Baghdad 1258

The "Rightly Guided" Caliphs 632-661

The Ottomans 1299-1924

The Umayyads 661-750

The Timurids 1369-1500

The Abbasids 750-1258

Conquest of Constantinople 1453

The Spanish Umayyads 756-1031

The Fall of Granada 1492

The Fatimids 909-1171

The Safavids 1502-1736