Timeline of 7th-century Muslim history

This is a timeline of major events in the Muslim world from 601 AD to 700 AD (23 BH – 81 AH).


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Seventh century (601 - 700)

This century corresponds to approximately 23 BH - 81 AH.

View of the Mosque of Uqba founded in 670 by Uqba bin Nafe, Kairouan, Tunisia.
  • 670: Advance in North Africa. Uqba bin Nafe founds the town of Kairouan in Tunisia.[9] Conquest of Kabul.
  • 672: Capture of the island of Rhodes. Muslims invade Khurasan.
  • 674: The Muslims cross the Oxus. Bukhara becomes a vassal state.
  • 676: Muhammad al-Baqir, the fifth imam of the Shiites is born.
  • 677: Occupation of Samarkand and Tirmiz. Siege of Constantinople.
  • 680: 28 April Death of Muawiyah. Yazid I becomes caliph.
  • 680: 10 October Battle of Karbala and Husayn bin Ali is killed along with his companions. Ali ibn Husayn becomes Imam of Ali ibn Abi Talib's followers.
  • 682: North Africa Uqba bin Nafe marches to the Atlantic, is ambushed and killed at Biskra. The Muslims evacuate Kairouan and withdraw to Burqa.
  • 683: 11 November Death of Yazid I. Muawiya II becomes caliph.
  • 684: June Muawiya II abdicated.
  • 684: Abd Allah ibn Zubayr declares himself as the caliph at Mecca. Marwan I becomes the caliph at Damascus. Battle of Marj Rahit.
  • 685: Death of Marwan I. Abd al-Malik becomes the caliph at Damascus. Battle of 'Ayn al-Warda.
  • 686: Al-Mukhtar declares himself as the caliph at Kufa.
  • 687: Battle of Kufa between the forces of Mukhtar and Abd Allah ibn Zubayr. Mukhtar killed.
  • 691: Battle of Maskin. Kufa falls to Abd al-Malik.
  • 692: October The fall of Mecca. Death of ibn Zubayr. Abdul Malik becomes the sole caliph.
  • 695: Kharijites' revolts in Jazira and Ahwaz. Battle of the Karun. Muslims wage war against Kahina in North Africa. The Muslims once again withdraw to Barqa. They advance in Transoxiana and occupy Kish.
  • 700: Muslims attack the pagan Berbers in North Africa and convert all of them to Islam in a short period of time. By the end of this century, the global Muslim population had grown to 1 percent of the total.

See also

References

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