Islamic empire

Islamic Empire may refer to:

The Caliphates of the early Middle Ages:
- Rashidun Caliphate (632–661)
- Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) - Successor of the Rashidun Caliphate
  - Umayyad Emirate in the Al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia) (750–929)
  - Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in the Al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia) (929–1031)
- Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) - Successor of the Umayyad Caliphate
- Fatimid Caliphate (910–1171)
- Ayyubid dynasty (1174–1342)
- Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)

Late Medieval Islamic Empires:
- Samanids (819–999)
- Tahirid dynasty (821–873)
- Saffarid dynasty (861–1003)
- Buyid dynasty (932–1055)
- Sallarid (942–979)
- Ghaznavids (963–1187)
- Almoravid dynasty (1040–1147)
- Almohad dynasty (1121–1269)
- Great Seljuk Empire (1037-1194)
- Ajuuraan State (14th century–17th century)
- Songhai Empire (1340 – 1591)
- Timurid dynasty (1370–1526)
- Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526)
- Mughal Empire (1526–1858)

Early Modern Islamic Empires:
- Safavid dynasty (1501–1736)
- Hotaki Dynasty (1709-1738)
- Afsharid dynasty (1736–1796)
- Durrani Empire (1747-1826)
- Ottoman Empire (1299–1923)
- Sokoto Caliphate (1809-1903)

See also

A history of empires

Ancient empires	Akkadian Egyptian Kushite Puntite Azanian Assyrian Babylonian Aksumite Hittite Iranian Medes Achaemenid Parthian Kushan Sassanid Macedonian Ptolemaic Seleucid Indian Maurya Gupta Chinese Qin Han Jin Roman Western Eastern Teotihuacan

Medieval empires	Byzantine Hunnic Arab Rashidun Umayyad Abbasid Fatimid Caliphate of Córdoba Ayyubid Moroccan Idrisid Almoravid Almohad Marinid Persian Tahirid Samanid Buyid Sallarid Ziyarid Ghaznavid Bulgarian First Second Benin Great Seljuq Oyo Bornu Khwarezmian Aragonese Timurid Indian Chola Gurjara-Pratihara Pala Eastern Ganga dynasty Delhi Mongol Yuan Golden Horde Chagatai Khanate Ilkhanate Kanem Serbian Songhai Khmer Carolingian Holy Roman Angevin Mali Chinese Sui Tang Song Yuan Wagadou Aztec Inca Srivijaya Majapahit Ethiopian Zagwe Solomonic Somali Ajuuraan Warsangali) Adalite

Modern empires	Tongan Indian Maratha Sikh Mughal Chinese Ming Qing Ottoman Persian Safavid Afsharid Zand Qajar Pahlavi Moroccan Saadi Alaouite Ethiopian Somali Dervish Gobroon Hobyo French First Second Austrian Austro-Hungarian German Russian Swedish Mexican First Second Brazil Korea Japan Haitian First Second Central African

Colonial empires	Belgian British Danish Dutch French German Italian Portuguese Spanish

Timeline of the Caliphate

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