List of Muslim states and dynasties

This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570–632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continuing through to the present day.[citation needed]

The first-ever establishment of an Islamic polity goes back to the Islamic State of Medina, which was established by Muhammad in the city of Medina in 622 CE. Following his death in 632 CE, his immediate successors established the Rashidun Caliphate.[citation needed]

After that Muslim dynasties rose; some of these dynasties established notable and prominent Muslim empires, such as the Umayyad Empire and later the Abbasid Empire,[1][2] Ottoman Empire centered around Anatolia, the Safavid Empire of Persia, and the Mughal Empire in India.[citation needed]

By land area

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No Dynasty/State Land area Today part of Period
1   Abbasid Caliphate 11.1m² Km  Iraq
  Saudi Arabia
  Syria
  Iran
  Egypt
  Yemen
  Algeria
  Oman
  Bahrain
  Qatar
  United Arab Emirates
  Jordan
  Lebanon
  Palestine
  Russia
  Israel
  Libya
  Tunisia
  Pakistan
  Azerbaijan
  Turkey
  Armenia
  Kuwait
  Afghanistan
  Tajikistan
  Uzbekistan
  Kazakhstan
  Turkmenistan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Cyprus
  Georgia
  China
750–1258

1261–1517

2   Umayyad Caliphate 11.1m² Km  Iraq
  Saudi Arabia
  Syria
  Iran
  Egypt
  Yemen
  Algeria
  Oman
  Bahrain
  Qatar
  United Arab Emirates
  France
  Spain
  Portugal
  Morocco
  Western Sahara
  Jordan
  Lebanon
  Palestine
  Israel
  Uzbekistan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Libya
  Russia
  Tunisia
  Pakistan
  Azerbaijan
  Turkey
  Armenia
  Kuwait
  Afghanistan
  Tajikistan
  Cyprus
  Georgia
661–750
3 Rashidun Caliphate 6.4m² Km  Iraq
  Saudi Arabia
  Syria
  Iran
  Egypt
  Yemen
  Algeria
  Oman
  Bahrain
  Qatar
  United Arab Emirates
  Jordan
  Lebanon
  Palestine
  Israel
  Libya
  Tunisia
  Pakistan
  Azerbaijan
  Turkey
  Armenia
  Kuwait
  Afghanistan
632–661
4   Golden Horde 6.0m² Km   Russia
  Ukraine
  Kazakhstan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Hungary
  Armenia
  Georgia
  Azerbaijan
  Poland
  Moldova
1313–1502 (Islamic)
5   Ottoman Empire 5.2m² Km   Turkey
  Greece
  Egypt
  Syria
  Albania
  Lebanon
  Armenia
  Algeria
  Hungary
  Bulgaria
  Iraq
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Cyprus
  Russia
  Ukraine
  Saudi Arabia
  Iran
  Libya
  Palestine
  Israel
  Jordan
  Romania
  Sudan
  Somalia
  Ethiopia
  Djibouti
  Yemen
  Kuwait
  Tunisia
  Azerbaijan
  Georgia
  Moldova
  Slovenia
  Slovakia
  Poland
  Serbia
  Kosovo
  Bulgaria
  Croatia
  North Macedonia
  Eritrea
  Montenegro
1299–1922
6   Timurid empire 4.4m² Km   Uzbekistan
  China
  Pakistan
  Iran
  Afghanistan
  India
  Azerbaijan
  Armenia
  Russia
  Georgia
  Syria
  Iraq
  Kyrgyzstan
  Kazakhstan
  Turkmenistan
  Tajikistan
  Turkey
1370–1507
7   Fatimid Caliphate 4.1m² Km   Egypt
  Palestine
  Lebanon
  Jordan
  Algeria
  Morocco
  Tunisia
  Libya
  Saudi Arabia
  Iraq
  Syria
  Turkey
  Italy
  Sudan
  Israel
  Chad
  Niger
909–1171
8   Mughal Empire 4.0m² Km   Pakistan
  India
  Bangladesh
  Afghanistan
  Iran
  Tajikistan
  Myanmar
1526–1857
9   Seljuk Empire 3.9m² Km   Iran
  Syria
  Iraq
  Oman
  United Arab Emirates
  Bahrain
  Qatar
  Afghanistan
  Tajikistan
  Turkmenistan
  Turkey
  Lebanon
  Palestine
  Israel
  Jordan
  Azerbaijan
  Georgia
1037–1194
10   Ilkhanate 3.75m² Km   Iran
  Syria
  Turkey
  Azerbaijan
  Pakistan
  Afghanistan
  Tajikistan
  Armenia
  Georgia
  Turkmenistan
1295–1335 (Islamic)
11   Khwarazmian Empire 3.6m² Km   Iran
  Azerbaijan
  China
  Pakistan
  Afghanistan
  Turkmenistan
  Tajikistan
  Uzbekistan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Kazakhstan
1077–1231
12   Chagatai Khanate 3.5m² Km   China
  Uzbekistan
  Turkmenistan
  Kazakhstan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Afghanistan
  Mongolia
  Russia
1347–1660 (Islamic)
13   Ghaznavid Empire 3.4m² Km   Afghanistan
  Iran
  Pakistan
  India
  Turkmenistan
  China
  Tajikistan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Uzbekistan
977–1186
14  Delhi Sultanate 3.2m²km   India
  Pakistan
  Bangladesh
  Afghanistan
1206–1526
15   Safavid Empire 2.9m² Km   Iran
  Afghanistan
  Azerbaijan
  Pakistan
  Tajikistan
  Iraq
  Syria
1501–1736
16   Samanid Dynasty 2.85m² Km   Afghanistan
  Pakistan
  Iran
  Tajikistan
  Turkmenistan
  Uzbekistan
819–999
17   Saffarid Dynasty 2.85m² Km   Afghanistan
  Pakistan
  Iran
  Tajikistan
  Turkmenistan
  Uzbekistan
861–1003

Middle East and North Africa

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Mesopotamia and Levant (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria)

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Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf

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Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

Qatar

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Oman

Yemen

Regional

North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

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Algeria

Egypt

Tunisia

Morocco

Libya

Horn of Africa

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Somalia

Ethiopia

Eritrea

Djibouti

Persian Plateau

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Iran

 
Shah Ismail I, founder of Safavid dynasty

Anatolia (Turkey)

 
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Georgia

Caucasus

Afghanistan

Indian subcontinent

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Taj Mahal

Bangladesh

Pakistan

India

Southern Europe

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Spain & Portugal

 
Mezquita

France

Umayyad Caliph of Cordova

Italy

Gibraltar

Sahel and Subsaharan Africa

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Sudan, South Sudan

Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Mali

Regional

Cameroon

Benin

Burkina Faso

Chad

Central African Republic

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

Senegal

Gambia

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Togo

Sierra Leone

East Africa ("Swahili Coast")

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Tanzania

Kenya

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Malawi

Mozambique

Indian Ocean Region

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Maldives

Mayotte

Comoros

Madagascar

Eastern Europe (Balkan Region)

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Ukraine, Moldova

Romania, Bulgaria

Greece

Albania

Ural Region, Siberia (Russia)

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Central Asia, East Asia

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Transoxania (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan)

Mongolia and China

Southeast Asia

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Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

Philippines

 
Approximate extent of the Muslim Sultanates in the Philippines

Thailand

Cambodia, Vietnam

Myanmar

See also

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References

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  5. ^ Yegar, Moshe (2002). Between integration and secession: The Muslim communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand and Western Burma / Myanmar. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. p. 23. ISBN 0739103563. Retrieved 8 July 2012.