This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570–632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continuing through to the present day.
The first-ever establishment of an Islamic polity goes back to the Islamic State of Medina, which was established by Muhammad in the city of Medina in 622 CE. Following his death in 632 CE, his immediate successors established the Rashidun Caliphate. After that Muslim dynasties rose; some of these dynasties established notable and prominent Muslim empires, such as the Umayyad Empire and later the Abbasid Empire,[1] [2] Ottoman Empire centered around Anatolia, the Safavid Empire of Persia, and the Mughal Empire in India.
1 | Abbasid Caliphate | 11.1m² Km | •Iraq • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • | 750–12581261–1517 | |
2 | Umayyad Caliphate | 11.1m² Km | •Iraq • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • | 661–750 | |
3 | Rashidun Caliphate | 6.4m² Km | •Iraq • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • | 632–661 | |
4 | 6.0m² Km | • • • • • • • • • • | 1313–1502 (Islamic) | ||
5 | 5.2m² Km | • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • | 1299–1922 | ||
6 | Timurid empire | 4.4m² Km | • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • | 1370–1507 | |
7 | 4.1m² Km | • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • | 909–1171 | ||
8 | Mughal Empire | 4.0m² Km | • • • • • • • | 1526–1857 | |
9 | Seljuk Empire | 3.9m² Km | • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • | 1037–1194 | |
10 | Ilkhanate | 3.75m² Km | • • • • • • • • • • | 1295–1335 (Islamic) | |
11 | Khwarazmian Empire | 3.6m² Km | • • • • • • • • • • | 1077–1231 | |
12 | Chagatai Khanate | 3.5m² Km | • • • • • • • • | 1347–1660 (Islamic) | |
13 | Ghaznavid Empire | 3.4m² Km | • • • • • • • • • | 977–1186 | |
14 | Delhi Sultanate | 3.2m²km | • • • • | 1206–1526 | |
15 | Safavid Empire | 2.9m² Km | • • • • • • • | 1501–1736 | |
16 | Samanid Dynasty | 2.85m² Km | • • • • • • | 819–999 | |
17 | Saffarid Dynasty | 2.85m² Km | • • • • • • | 861–1003 |
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