Abbasid Dynasty Timeline

Abbasid Revolution.

Fall of the Umayyad Caliphate.

Start of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Death of Imam Ibrahim, the leader of the Abbasid clan - he was succeeded by his brother Abu Abbas.

Reign of Abu Abbas As-Saffah.

Battle of Talas (Tang-Abbasid war; followed by amiable diplomatic relations).

Reign of Al-Mansur over the Abbasid Caliphate.

Death of Abu Muslim, the mastermind of the Abbasid revolution.

Abd al-Rahman I establishes the Emirate of Cordoba.

Reign of Abd al-Rahman I over the Emirate of Cordoba.

Reign of al-Mahdi.

The reign of al-Hadi.

The reign of Harun al-Rashid.

Aghlabids given autonomy over Ifriqya and western half of Sicily.

Harun al-Rashid's famous invasion into Byzantine territories.

Reign of al-Amin.

Reign of al-Ma'mun.

Reign of al-Mu'tasim.

Reign of al-Wathik.

Reign of al-Mutawakkil.

Al-Mutawakkil is killed in a palace coup instigated by his Turkish bodyguards.

Reign of al-Muntasir.

Fatimids overthrow the Aghlabids in Ifriqya.

Fatimids rule as an anti-Caliphate to the Abbasids.

Buyids take possession of Baghdad.

Seljuks oust the Buyids and take control of Baghdad.

Reign of al-Mustarshid; revival of military strength begins.

Al-Mustarshid is killed by the Seljuks.

Reign of al-Muktafi; revival of military strength is completed.

Seljuks besiege Baghdad but are unable to penetrate it.

Saladin abolishes the Fatimid Caliphate.

Reign of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.

Death of al-Nasir, the last able Abbasid ruler.

Mamluk Sultanate.

The Mongols conquer the Abbasid Caliphate. During this campaign there is the infamous sacking of Baghdad and murder of the caliph.

Battle of Ain Jalut; Mongol advance to the heartland of Islam is halted.

Abbasid "shadow caliphs" are kept in Cairo by their Mamluk overlords.

Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Sultanate conquers the Mamluk Sultanate and transfers the caliphal title to his lineage.