9th Century (800-899)

• 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 Cyprus.

• 809: Death of Harun al-Rashid. Accession of al-Amin.

• 814: Civil war between Amin and al-Ma'mun. Amin killed and Ma'mun becomes the Caliph.

• 815: Shi'a revolt under Ibn Tuba Tabs .

• 816: Shi'a revolt in Mecca; 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 Ibiza, Majorca, and Sardinia.

• 820: Tahir ibn Husayn establishes the rule of the Tahirids in Khurasan.

• 822: Death of al-Hakam I in Spain; accession of Abd-ar-rahman II.

• 823: Death of Tahir in Khurasan. Accession of Talha and his deposition. Accession of Abdullah bin Tahir .

• 827: Ma'mun declares the Mu'tazili creed as the state religion.

• 833: Death of Ma'mun. Accession of al-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 al-Wathiq.

• 843: Revolts of the Arabs.

• 847: Death of Wathiq, accession of al-Mutawakkil.

• 850: Mutawakkil restores orthodoxy.

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

• 852: Death of Abd-ar-rahman II of Spain;. accession of Muhammad I.

• 856: Umar bin 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 al-Muntasir.

• 862: Muntasir poisoned to death; accession of al-Musta'in.

• 864: Zaidi state established in Tabaristan by Hasan bib Zaid .

• 866: Musta'in flies from Samarra, his depostion and accession of al-Mu'tazz.

• 867: Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar founds the Saffarid rule in Sistan.

• 868: Ahmad bin Tulun founds the Tulunid rule in Egypt.

• 869: The Abbasid Caliph Mu'tazz forced to abdicate, his death and accession of al-Muhtadi.

• 870: Turks revolt against Muhtadi, his death and accession of al-Mu'tamid.

• 873: Tahirid rule extinguished.

• 874: Zanj revolt in South Iraq. Death of the Samanid ruler Ahmad, accession of Nasr I .

• 877: Death of Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar in Sistan, accession of Amr bin Layth .

• 885: Death of Ahmad bin Tulun in Egypt, accession of Khamar-wiyiah .

• 886: Death of Muhammad I the Umayyad ruler of Spain, accession of al-Mundhir. Death of Abdullah bin Umar the Habbari ruler of Sind.

• 888: Death of Mundhir the Umayyad ruler of Spain, accession of Abdallah ibn Muhammad.

• 891: The Qarmatian state established at Bahrain.

• 892: Abbasdid Caliph Mu'tamid death. al-Mu'tadid becomes Caliph. Death of the Samanid ruler Nasr, accession of Ismail I

• 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.

See Also

Timeline of Islamic history