Timeline


  • c. 570 C.E.
    Birth of Muhammad
  • 610 C.E.
    Muhammad receives the first revelation of the Qur’an.
  • 620 C.E.
    Muhammad’s night journey to Jerusalem.
  • 622 C.E.
    Hijra. The move of Muhammad and his early community to Medina. The first year of the Muslim Calendar.
  • 632
    Death of Muhammad
  • 638
    Muslims conquer Jerusalem.
  • 680
    Beginning of Shii movement which believes that the succession of leadership in the Muslim community should be hereditary.
  • 750-1258
    Development of Islamic law, patronage of art and culture, rising trade, agriculture and industry.
  • 1095-1453
    Crusades
  • 1281-1924
    Ottoman Empire
  • 1501-1722
    Safavid Empire (Iran)
  • 1526-1857
    Mughal Empire (south Asia)
  • 1700-1800
    Islamic revivalism and reform.
  • 1928
    Muslim Brotherhood founded in Egypt
  • 1947
    Foundation of Pakistan as a homeland for Muslims.
  • 1956
    The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is established.
  • 1967
    Arab-Israeli war
  • 1973
    Second Arab-Israeli war
  • 1978-1979
    Iranian Revoluntion and the foundation of the Islamic Republic of Iran under the Ayatollah Khomeini.
  • 1981
    Assassination of Anwar al-Sadat, Egyption president.
  • 1988
    Benazir Bhutto elected as prime minister of Pakistan. The first elected female head of state.