Passion for Perfection
The Main Dynasties of the Islamic world
| The Rightly Guided Caliphs | 632–661 | Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Umayyads | 661–750 | Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Iran, Transoxiana |
| Abbasids | 750–1258 | Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, North Africa, Iran, Transoxiana |
| Umayyads in Andalusia | 756–1031 | Southern Spain |
| Samanids | 819–1005 | Transoxiana, Khorasan |
| Fatimids | 909–1171 | Egypt, North Africa, Southern Syria |
| Buyids | 932–1062 | Iraq, Western Iran |
| Ghaznavids | 977–1186 | Afghanistan, Khorasan, Baluchistan, Northwest India |
| Ghurids | c. 1000–1215 | Ghur (Afghanistan), Khorasan, Northwestern India |
| Seljuks | 1040–1194 | Iran, Iraq |
| Seljuks of Rum | 1081–1307 | Anatolia |
| Qara Khitay, or Western Liao | 1124–1220 | Central Asia |
| Zangids | 1127–1251 | Jazira (Northern Iraq), Syria |
| Ayyubids | 1169–1260 | Egypt, Syria, Diyarbakir, Western Jazira, Yemen (and until the late 15th century, Southeastern-Anatolia) |
| Mongol Great Khans | 1206–1368 | Mongolia / Mongolian Empire, China |
| Delhi Sultanate | 1206–1555 | Northern India |
| Khanate of the Golden Horde | 1227–1395 | Southern Russia, Western Siberia, Khwarezm |
| Nasrids | 1232–1492 | Granada |
| Mamluks | 1250–1517 | Egypt, Syria |
| Ilkhanate | 1256–1353 | Iran, Iraq, Eastern and Central Anatolia |
| Ottomans | 1281–1924 | Anatolia, Balkans, Syria, Egypt, North Africa, Iraq. and much of the Arabian Peninsula |
| Injuids | 1325–1353 | Fars (Southern Iran) |
| Jalayirids | 1340–1432 | Iraq, Azerbaijan, Western Iran |
| Kara Koyunlu (Black Sheep) | 1351–1469 | Eastern Anatolia, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Western Iran |
| Timurids | 1370–1507 | Transoxiana, Iran |
| Ak Koyunlu (White Sheep) | 1396–1508 | Diyarbakir and Eastern Anatolia, Azerbaijan, Western Iran, Fars and Kerman (Iran) |
| Safavids | 1501–1722 | Iran |
| Mughals | 1526–1858 | India |
| Qajars | 1779–1925 | Initially Northern and Central Iran; from 1794 onward, all of Iran |
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