16th Century Islamic History

1500:	In the Burji Mamluks empire, Zahir Kanauh overthrown by Ashraf Gan Balat.

1501:	Isamil I establishes the Safavid dynasty in Persia, and the Twelve-Imam Shi'ism
	 becomes the state religion.

1507:	The Portuguese under d'Albuquerque establish strongholds in the Persian Gulf.

1508:	Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, End of the White Sheep dynasty and the 
	annexation of their territories by the Safawids.

1511:	D'Albuquerque conquers Malacca from the Muslims.

1517:	The Ottoman Sultan Selim Yavuz ("the Grim") defeats the Mamluks and conquers 
	Egypt.

1520:	The reign of Sulayman the Magnificent begins.

1526:	Louis of Hungary dies at the Battle of Mohacs.

1526:	The Battle of Panipat in India, and the Moghul conquest; Babur makes his capital 
	at Delhi and Agra.

1528:	The Ottomans take Buda in Hungary.

1529:	Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna.

1550:	The architect Sinan builds the Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul.

1550:	The rise of the Muslim kingdom of Atjeh in Sumatra.

1550:	Islam spreads to Java, the Moluccas, and Borneo.

1556:	The death of Sulayman the Magnificent.

1568:	Alpujarra uprising of the Moriscos (Muslims forcibly converted to Catholicism) in 
	Spain.

1571:	The Ottomans are defeated at the naval Battle of Lepanto, and their dominance in 
	the Mediterranean is brought to a close.

1578:	The Battle of the Three Kings at Qasr al-Kabir in Morocco. King Sebastian of 
	Portugal is  killed.

1588:	Reign of Safavid Sultan Shah Abbas I begins.

1591:	Mustaili Ismailis split into Sulaymanis and Daudis.