A BRIEF TIMELINE OF ISLAM (4)

9th Century Islamic History 800: The Aghlabid rule is established in North Africa. 803: Downfall of the Barmakids. Execution of Jafar Barmki. 805: Campaigns against the Byzantines. Capture of the islands of Rhodes and Cypruss. 809: Death of Harun ur Rashid. Accession of Amin. 814: Civil war between Amin and Mamun. Amin killed and Mamun becomes the Caliph. 815: Shia revolt under Ibn Tuba Tabs. 816: Shia revolt in Makkah; Harsama quells the revolt. In Spain the Umayyads capture the island of Corsica. 817: Harsama killed.8 18: The Umayyads of Spain capture the islands of Izira, Majorica, and Sardinia. 819: Mamun comes to Baghdad. 820: Tahir establishes the rule of the Tahirids in Khurasan. 822: Death of AI Hakam in Spain; accession of Abdul Rahman. II. 823: Death of Tahir in Khurasan. Accession of Talha and his deposition. Accession of Abdullah b Tahir. 827: Mamun declares the Mutazila creed as the state religion. 833: Death of Mamun. Accession of Mutasim. 836: Mutasim shifts the capital to Samarra. 837 Revolt of the Jats. 838: Revolt of Babek in Azarbaijan suppressed. 839: Revolt of Maziar in Tabaristan. The Muslims occupy South Italy. Capture of the city of Messina in Sicily. 842: Death of Mutasim, accession of Wasiq. 843: Revolts of the Arabs. 847: Death of Wasiq, accession of Mutawakkil. 849: Death of the Tahirid ruler Abdullah b Tahir; accession of Tahir II. 850: Mutawakkil restores orthodoxy. 852: Death of Abdur Rahman II of Spain;. accession of Muhammad I. 856: Umar b Abdul Aziz founds the Habbarid rule in Sind. 858: Mutawakkil founds the town of Jafariya. 860: Ahmad founds the Samanid rule in Transoxiana. 861: Murder of the Abbasid Caliph Mutawakkil; accession of Muntasir. 862: Muntasir poisoned to death; accession of Mutasin. 864: Zaidi state established in Tabaristan by Hasan b Zaid. 866: Mutasim flies from Samarra, his depostion and accession of Mutaaz. 867: Yaqub b Layth founds the Saffarid rule in Sistan. 868: Ahmad b Tulun founds the Tulunid rule in Egypt. 869: The Abbasid Caliph Mutaaz forced to abdicate, his death and accession of Muhtadi. 870: Turks revolt against Muhtadi, his death and accession of Mutamid. 873: Tahirid rule extinguished. 874: Zanj revolt in South Iraq. Death of the Samanid ruler Ahmad, accession of Nasr. 877: Death of Yaqubb Layth in Sistan, accession of Amr b Layth. 885: Death of Ahmad b Tulun in Egypt, accession of Khamar- wiyiah. 866: Death of Muhammad I the Umayyad ruler of Spain, accession of Munzir. Death of Abdullah b Umar the Habbari ruler of Sind. 888: Death of Munzir the Umayyad ruler of Spain, accession of Abdullah. 891: The Qarmatian state established at Bahrain. 892: Death of the Samanid ruler Nasr, accession of Ismail. 894: The Rustamids become the vassals of Spain. 896: Death of the Tulunid ruler Khamarwiyiah; accession of Abul Asakir Jaish. 897: Assassination of Abul Asakir Jaish; accession of Abu Musa Harun. 898: Qarmatians sack Basra.