18th Century (1700-1799)

• 1700: Murshid Quli Jafar Khan declares the independence of Bengal and establishes his capital at Murshidabad.

• 1703: Ahmed III becomes the Ottoman Sultan. Birth of Shah Wali Ullah . Birth of the religious reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab.

• 1707: Death of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, accession of his son Bahadur Shah.

• 1711: War between Turkey and Russia. Russia defeated at the battle of Pruth .

• 1712: Death of the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah I, accession of Jahandar Shah.

• 1713: Jahandar Shah overthrown by his nephew Furrukhsiyar.

• 1718: In the war against Austria, Turkey suffers defeat. By the treaty of Passarowich Turkey loses Hungary.

• 1719: Deposition of the Mughal emperor Furrukhsiyar. Muhammad Shah ascends the throne. In Sind the Kalhoras came to power under Nur Muhammad Kalhora .

• 1722: Saadat Khan found the independent state of Oudh. Battle of Gulnabad between the Afghans and the Persians. The Persians were defeated and the Afghans under Shah Mahmud became the masters of a greater part of Persia. Shah Hussain taken captive, accession of Shah Tahmasp II.

• 1730: Zanzibar freed from Portugese rule and occupied by Oreart .

• 1747: Ahmad Shah established Afghan rule in Afghanistan.

• 1752: Death of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai , writer of Sassi Pannu , Sohni Mahinwal and Umer Marvo . Ahmed Shah Durrani captured Punjab, Kashmir and Sind.

• 1761: Death of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi . Battle of Panipat. Ahmad Shah Durrani came to India at the invitation of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi and smashed rising Maratha empire power in the Third Battle of Panipat.

• 1764: Conversion to Islam of Areadi Gaya , ruler of Futa Bandu State in West Sudan .

• 1773: Death of Ahmad Shah.

• 1783: End of Kalhora rule in Sind.

• 1797: Death of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, king of Persia.

• 1797: Russia occupied Daghestan.

• 1799: Ranjit Singh declared himself Maharajah of Punjab defeating Afghans. Khoqand declared independent Islamic State.

See Also

Timeline of Islamic history