- List of Muslim empires
Scholars debate what exactly constitutes an
Empire . Generally, they may define an empire as astate that extendsdominion over areas and populations distinctculturally andethnically from the culture/ethnicity at the center of power.This list is intended to show some of the States, Empires, or Dynasties that have had the faith of Islam, or were in some way central to or a part of the Empire. Many Muslim empires had strong influences on the visual
Arts ,Architecture ,Music andFood .History
In the centuries after the life of
Muhammad , Muslim armies poured out into all surrounding Areas, bringing the lands fromPersia toSpain under their control. With this huge amount of land under their control, theUmayyad (and latter, the Abbasid) Caliphates allowed merchants and scholars to travel easily through westernEurasia , bringing goods and knowledge which the Muslims greatly expanded upon through the Caliphate and outward to less advanced regions, such asWestern Europe . In 751,papermaking fromChina made its way to the West through Muslims. Trade introduced Islam to the Africans. In the Middle East, the success of Islam meant that culture would be changed forever. Even after the decline of the Abassid Caliphate, Islam would remain as one of the base institutions of the region. Future states of the region, such as the Safavid, Seljuk, and Ottoman Empires, were all "Islamic Empires".Caliphates
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Rashidun Caliphate (622-661)
*Umayyad Caliphate (661-750) - Successor of the Rashidun Caliphate
**Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba in Islamic Spain (929-1031)
*Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) - Successor of the Umayyad Caliphate
*Fatimid Caliphate (910-1171)
* The Ottoman Caliphate (1290-1924)
*Mamluk Caliphate (Bahri dynasty then preceded byBurji dynasty ) (1250-1517)Regional empires
Europe & Russia
* The
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
* The Ottoman Empire (1290-1924)
*Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba in Islamic Spain (929-1031)
* TheEmirate of Sicily (965-1072)
* TheVolga Bulgaria (922-1236)
* TheGolden Horde (1251-1502)
* TheCrimean Khanate (1441-1783)
* TheBashkirs andChuvash Middle East & Persia
* The Khwarezm-Shâh Dynasty
* TheTahirid dynasty
* TheKhwarezmian Empire
* TheSaffarid dynasty
* TheSamanid Dynasty
* TheSeljuk dynasty
* TheGiray dynasty
* TheIlkhanate
* TheTimurid dynasty
* TheAyyubid Dynasty
*Safavid dynasty of thePersian Empire (1502-1722)
*Muzaffarids
* TheGhurids
*Ghaznavid Empire
* TheGreat Seljuq Empire
* TheBuyid dynasty
* TheRassids ofYemen
* TheRasulid ofYemen
* TheTulunids Central Asia
* The
Chagatai Khanate
* TheSiberia Khanate
* The State of Yarkand
* TheShaybanid sAfrica & Spain
"Excluding Egypt, which is considered part of Middle East"
* TheMali Empire inAfrica
* TheAdal Sultanate
* TheAlmoravid dynasty
* TheAlmohad dynasty
* TheFulani Empire
* TheMali Empire
* TheSonghai Empire
* TheKilwa Sultanate
* The Sultanate of Oman
* TheAghlabid dynasty ofTunisia
*Taifa dynasties of Islamic Spain
*Hafsid dynasty
* TheAlaouite dynasty
* TheMarinid dynasty
* TheRustamid dynasty
* The Sa'did dynasty ofMorocco (1511 - 1628)Indian subcontinent
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Delhi Sultanate in Northern India (1206-1526)
*Mughal Empire in India (1526-1857)
*Khilji Dynasty
*Lodhi Dynasty
*Mamluk dynasty of Delhi
*Durrani Empire
*Suri dynasty
* Asaf Jahi Dynasty (1720-1948)
*Bahmani Sultanate inDeccan (1347-1527)
*Tughlaq dynasty (1321-1398)
*Berar Sultanate inDeccan (1490-1572)
*Bidar Sultanate inDeccan (1492-1619)
*Ahmednagar Sultanate inDeccan (1490-1636)
*Qutb Shahi dynasty inDeccan (1518-1687)
*Bijapur Sultanate inDeccan (1490-1686)
*Sayyid dynasty
* The Sultanate of Bengal (1336-1576)
* The Sultanate of Jawnpur (1394-1479)
*Gujarat Sultanate (1407-1573)
*Malwa Sultanate (1401-1531)
* The Sultanate of Kashmir (1346-1586)
* The Nawab of Carnatic (1690 till Date)outheast Asia
* The
Sultanate of Malacca
* TheSultanate of Johor
* The Sultanate of Kelantan
* The Sultanate of Terengganu
* The Sultanate of Perlis
* TheKedah Sultanate
* The Sultanate of Pahang
* The Sultanate of Perak
* The Sultanate of Negeri Sembilan
* The Sultanate of Selangor
* TheSulu Sultanate
* The Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat
* TheAceh Sultanate ources
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Historical powers
*Empires
*Timeline of Middle Eastern History
*Islamic Empire
*Muslim conquests
*Muslim history
*Global Empire
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