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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 Cypress.

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.

818:	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.

850:	Mutawakkil restores orthodoxy.

849:	Death of the Tahirid ruler Abdullah b Tahir; accession of Tahir II.

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 Abbullah.

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,