Timeline
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800 The Aghlabid rule is established in North Africa. |
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803 Downfall of the Barmakids. Execution of Jafar Barmki. |
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805 Campaigns against the Byzantines. Capture of the islands of Rhodes and Cypress. |
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809 Death of Harun ur Rashid. Accession of Amin. |
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814 Civil war between Amin and Mamun. Amin killed and Mamun becomes the Caliph. |
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815 Shia revolt under Ibn Tuba Tabs. |
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816 Shia revolt in Makkah; Harsama quells the revolt. In Spain the Umayyads capture the island of Corsica. |
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817 Harsama killed. |
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818 The Umayyads of Spain capture the islands of Izira, Majorica, and Sardinia. |
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819 Mamun comes to Baghdad. |
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820 Tahir establishes the rule of the Tahirids in Khurasan. |
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822 Death of AI Hakam in Spain; accession of Abdul Rahman. II. |
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823 Death of Tahir in Khurasan. Accession of Talha and his deposition. Accession of Abdullah b Tahir. |
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827 Mamun declares the Mutazila creed as the state religion. |
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833 Death of Mamun. Accession of Mutasim. |
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836 Mutasim shifts the capital to Samarra. 837 Revolt of the Jats. |
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838 Revolt of Babek in Azarbaijan suppressed. |
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839 Revolt of Maziar in Tabaristan. The Muslims occupy South Italy. Capture of the city of Messina in Sicily. |
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842 Death of Mutasim, accession of Wasiq. |
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843 Revolts of the Arabs. |
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847 Death of Wasiq, accession of Mutawakkil. |
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849 Death of the Tahirid ruler Abdullah b Tahir; accession of Tahir II. |
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850 Mutawakkil restores orthodoxy. |
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852 Death of Abdur Rahman II of Spain;. accession of Muhammad I. |
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856 Umar b Abdul Aziz founds the Habbarid rule in Sind. |
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858 Mutawakkil founds the town of Jafariya. |
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860 Ahmad founds the Samanid rule in Transoxiana. |
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861 Murder of the Abbasid Caliph Mutawakkil; accession of Muntasir. |
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862 Muntasir poisoned to death; accession of Mutasin. |
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864 Zaidi state established in Tabaristan by Hasan b Zaid. |
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866 Mutasim flies from Samarra, his depostion and accession of Mutaaz. |
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866 Death of Muhammad I the Umayyad ruler of Spain, accession of Munzir. Death of Abdullah b Umar the Habbari ruler of Sind. |
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867 Yaqub b Layth founds the Saffarid rule in Sistan. |
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868 Ahmad b Tulun founds the Tulunid rule in Egypt. |
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869 The Abbasid Caliph Mutaaz forced to abdicate, his death and accession of Muhtadi. |
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870 Turks revolt against Muhtadi, his death and accession of Mutamid. |
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873 Tahirid rule extinguished. |
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874 Zanj revolt in South Iraq. Death of the Samanid ruler Ahmad, accession of Nasr. |
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877 Death of Yaqubb Layth in Sistan, accession of Amr b Layth. |
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885 Death of Ahmad b Tulun in Egypt, accession of Khamar- wiyiah. |
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888 Death of Munzir the Umayyad ruler of Spain, accession of Abbullah. |
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891 The Qarmatian state established at Bahrain. |
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892 Death of the Samanid ruler Nasr, accession of Ismail. |
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894 The Rustamids become the vassals of Spain. |
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896 Death of the Tulunid ruler Khamarwiyiah; accession of Abul Asakir Jaish. |
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897 Assassination of Abul Asakir Jaish; accession of Abu Musa Harun. |
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898 Qarmatians sack Basra, |
