Arab Dynasty Timeline

Ali is murdered

Caliph Mu’awiyah dies

Uqba Ibn Nafi leads an army into the Maghreb

Dome of the Rock

Arabic Languge...

Conquering of Spain

Battle of Tours

The Caliphate of Walid II begins.

Battle of Atlakh

Accession of the Caliph al-Mansur, Abu Muslim having been assassinated.

Spain Secedes

The newly founded city of Baghdad becomes the Abbasid capital.

Death of Jafar al-Sadiq

The Caliphate of Harun al-Rashid begins. His rule will last until 809, and marks the period of greatest cultural and intellectual achievement under the Abbasid dynasty. It is during his reign that the first anthologies of Hadith (reported sayings of the Prophet) appear, compiled by al-Bukhari and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. He will later appear as a central character in many of the tales in the Thousand and One Nights .