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This article includes a list of successiveIslamic statesandMuslim dynastiesbeginning with the time of theIslamic prophetMuhammad (570–632 CE) and theearly Muslim conqueststhatspread Islamoutside of theArabian Peninsula,and continuing through to the present day.[citation needed]

The first-ever establishment of an Islamic polity goes back to theIslamic State of Medina,which was established byMuhammadin the city ofMedinain 622 CE. Following his death in 632 CE,his immediate successorsestablished theRashidun Caliphate.[citation needed]

After that Muslim dynasties rose; some of these dynasties established notable and prominent Muslim empires, such as theUmayyad Empireand later theAbbasid Empire,[1][2]Ottoman Empirecentered aroundAnatolia,theSafavid EmpireofPersia,and theMughal EmpireinIndia.[citation needed]

By land area

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No Dynasty/State Land area Today part of Period
1 Abbasid Caliphate 11.1m² Km IraqIraq
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 IraqIraq
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 IraqIraq
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 CaliphofCordova

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)

China

Southeast Asia

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Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

Philippines

Approximate extent of the Muslim Sultanates in thePhilippines

Thailand

Cambodia, Vietnam

Myanmar

See also

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References

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