List of Muslim states and dynasties explained

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.

By land area

!No!Dynasty/State!Land area!Today part of!Period
1 Abbasid Caliphate11.1m² KmIraq






























750–12581261–1517
2 Umayyad Caliphate11.1m² KmIraq
































661–750
3Rashidun Caliphate6.4m² KmIraq





















632–661
46.0m² Km








1313–1502 (Islamic)
55.2m² Km








































1299–1922
6 Timurid empire4.4m² Km















1370–1507
74.1m² Km















909–1171
8 Mughal Empire4.0m² Km





1526–1857
9 Seljuk Empire3.9m² Km















1037–1194
10 Ilkhanate3.75m² Km








1295–1335 (Islamic)
11 Khwarazmian Empire3.6m² Km








1077–1231
12 Chagatai Khanate3.5m² Km






1347–1660 (Islamic)
13 Ghaznavid Empire3.4m² Km







977–1186
14Delhi Sultanate3.2m²km


1206–1526
15 Safavid Empire2.9m² Km





1501–1736
16 Samanid Dynasty2.85m² Km




819–999
17 Saffarid Dynasty2.85m² Km




861–1003

Middle East and North Africa

See main article: MENA.

Mesopotamia and Levant (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria)

Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf

See main article: Arab states of the Persian Gulf.

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

Qatar

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Oman

Yemen

Regional

North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

Algeria

Egypt

Tunisia

Morocco

Libya

Horn of Africa

Somalia

Ethiopia

Eritrea

Djibouti

Persian Plateau

Iran

Anatolia (Turkey)

See main article: Anatolian Beyliks.

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Georgia

Caucasus

Afghanistan

Indian subcontinent

Bangladesh

Pakistan

India

Southern Europe

Spain & Portugal

France

Umayyad Caliph of Cordova Italy

Gibraltar

Sahel and Subsaharan Africa

Sudan, South Sudan

Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Mali

Regional

Cameroon

Benin

Burkina Faso

Chad

Central African Republic

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

Senegal

Gambia

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Togo

Sierra Leone

East Africa ("Swahili Coast")

Tanzania

Kenya

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Malawi

Mozambique

Indian Ocean Region

Maldives

Mayotte

Comoros

Madagascar

Eastern Europe (Balkan Region)

Ukraine, Moldova

Romania, Bulgaria

Greece

Albania

Ural Region, Siberia (Russia)

Central Asia, East Asia

Transoxania (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan)

China

Southeast Asia

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

Philippines

Thailand

Cambodia, Vietnam

Myanmar

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Levy-Rubin, Milka . Non-Muslims in the Early Islamic Empire . 2011 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1108449618 . Cambridge . 102–103 . 10.1017/cbo9780511977435.
  2. Book: Jo Van Steenbergen . A History of the Islamic World, 600–1800: Empire, Dynastic Formations, and Heterogeneities in Pre-Modern Islamic West-Asia . Routledge . 2020 . 978-1000093070 . 2.1.
  3. Libyan Studies . Society . 2004 . Libyan Studies: Annual Report of the Society for Libyan Studies . Society for Libyan Studies (London, England) . 35.
  4. News: Burgos . Nestor Jr. . Royal decree creates Sultanate of Panay in Capiz . 22 May 2022 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 3 June 2012 . en.
  5. Book: Yegar, Moshe. Between integration and secession: The Muslim communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand and Western Burma / Myanmar. 2002. Lexington Books. Lanham, MD. 0739103563. 8 July 2012. 23.