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Encyclopedia > Timeline of Islamic history 8th Century

8th Century - (700-799)

  • 702: Ashath's rebellion in Iraq, battle of Deir ul Jamira.
  • 715: Death of Walid I. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik beomes Umayyad Caliph.
  • 717: Death of Sulaiman. Umar II becomes Umayyad Caliph.
  • 720: Death of Umar II. Yazid II becomes Umayyad Caliph.
  • 724: Death of Yazid III. Hisham becomes Umayyad Caliph.
  • 737: The Muslims meet reverse at Avignon in France.
  • 741: Battle of Bagdoura in North Africa.
  • 742: The Muslim rule restored in Qiarowan.
  • 743: Death of Hisham. Al-Walid II becomes Umayyad Caliph. Shi'a revolt in Khurasan under Yahya bin Zaid.
  • 744: Deposition of Walid II. Yazid III becomes Umayyad Caliph and his death. Ibrahim becomes Umayyad Caliph and his overthrow. Battle of Ain al Jurr. Marwan II becomes Umayyad Caliph
  • 746: Battle of Rupar Thutha, Kufa and Mosul occupied by Marwan II.
  • 748: Battle of Rayy.
  • 749: Battle of lsfahan and Battle of Nihawand. Capture of Kufa by the Abbasids. As-Saffah becomes the Abbasid Caliph at Kufa.
  • 751: Conquest of Wasit by the Abbasid. Murder of the Minister Abu Salama.
  • 754: Death of As-Saffah. Accession of Al-Mansur as the Caliph.
  • 763: Foundation of Baghdad. Defeat of the Abbasids in Spain.
  • 767: Khariji state set up by Ibn Madrar at Sijilmasa. Ustad Sees revolt in Khurasan.
  • 775: Death or the Abbasid Caliph Mansur, Accession of Al-Mahdi.
  • 777: Battle of Saragossa in Spain.
  • 785: Death of the Caliph Mahdi. Accession of Al-Hadi.
  • 788: Idrisid state set up in the Maghrib. Death of Abd-ar-rahman I of Spain, and accession of Hisham I.
  • 796: Death of Hisham in Spain; accession of al al-Hakam I.

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