Classical Arabic Literature: A Library of Arabic Literature Anthology

Chronology

426 426 Chronology ad 400 ad 500 ad 600 80/700 earliest known poetry ʿAbīd ibn al-Abraṣ ʿAlqamah Imruʾ al-Qays al-Muthaqqib al-Khansāʾ Ḥassān ibn Thābit ʿUrwah ibn Ḥizām Qays ibn Dharīḥ ʿUmar ibn Abī Rabīʿah al-Akhṭal al-Farazdaq Jarīr Dhū l-Rummah Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ Bashshār ibn Burd Sasanid Empire, Eastern Roman Empire Ghassānids, Lakhmids (Arab vassal kingdoms) 10/632–40/661 the four “Rightly Guided” caliphs 40/661–60/680 Muʿāwiyah, first caliph of the Umayyad Dynasty 65/685–86/705 ʿAbd alMalik , Umayyad caliph 132/750 fall of Umayyad Dynasty, founding of Abbasid Dynasty 136/754–158/775 al-Manṣūr, Abbasid caliph 138/755–422/1031 Umayyad Dynasty in Spain ca. ad 570 birth of Prophet Muḥammad ad 610–632 revelation of the Qurʾan 1/622 Hijrah from Mecca to Medina 10/632 death of Muḥammad early conquests 19/640 Kufa and Basra founded 20/642 fall of Sasanid Empire 36/656–40/661 first Civil War 61/680 martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn, son of ʿAli (Shīʿite Imam) 92/711 conquest of Spain 114/732 Battle of Tours 146/763 founding of Baghdad al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad (grammarian) Sībawayh (grammarian) Authors in the Anthology Dynasties and Rulers Other Persons and Events of Note Dates 427 427 427 427 Chronology 183/800 286/900 390/1000 493/1100 al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Aḥnaf Abū Nuwās Abū l-ʿAtāhiyah Abū Tammām al-Jāḥiẓ Ibn Qutaybah al-Dīnawarī Ibn al-Rūmī al-Buḥturī al-Masʿūdī al-Mutanabbī Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ al-Tanūkhī al-Tawḥīdī al-Hamadhānī Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī Ibn Rashīq ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Jurjānī al-Ḥarīrī al-Aʿmā al-Tuṭīlī Ibn Khafājah 170/786–193/809 Hārūn alRash īd, Abbasid caliph 198/813–218/833 al-Maʾmūn, Abbasid caliph 193/809–296/909 Aghlabids in North Africa and Sicily 296/909 founding of Fāṭimid Dynasty in North Africa 300/912–350/961 ‘Abd al-Raḥmān III, Spanish Umayyad Emir and Caliph 358/969 Fāṭimids conquer Egypt 334/945–447/1055 Būyid occupation of Baghdad 422/1031 end of Umayyad Dynasty in Spain; “Petty Kingdoms” 447/1055 Seljuqs occupy Baghdad 454/1062–542/1147 Almoravids in North Africa and Spain 525/1130–668/1269 Almohads in North Africa and Spain 566/1171 Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn (Saladin) ends Fāṭimid Dynasty; founds Ayyūbid Dynasty 193/809–198/813 civil war between brothers al-Amīn and al-Maʾmūn for the caliphate Jābir (Geber, alchemist) 221/836–276/889 Samarra is made caliphal residence Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (jurist) al-Kindī (philosopher) al-Ṭabarī (historian, exegete) Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (Rhazes, physician, philosopher, alchemist) al-Fārābī (philosopher) 358/969 founding of Cairo 463/1071 Seljuq victory over Byzantines at Manzikert 492/1099 Jerusalem taken by Crusaders al-Ghazālī (theologian, Sufi) 83/1187 Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn defeats Crusaders Ibn Rushd (Averroes, philosopher) Authors in the Anthology Dynasties and Rulers Other Persons and Events of Note Dates 428 428 428 428 Chronology 596/1200 699/1300 802/1400 905/1500 1008/1600 1111/1700 1214/1800 1317/1900 Ibn al-Fāriḍ al-Tīfāshī al-Shushtarī Ibn Nubātah al-Miṣrī Ibn Makānis al-Damīrī al-Ibshīhī al-Shirbīnī al-Ḥaymī al-Kawkabānī 648/1250–922/1517 Mamluks in Egypt and Syria 656/1258 Abbasid Caliphate succumbs to the Mongol invasions 922/1517 Ottoman occupation of Egypt 941/1534 Ottomans conquer Baghdad 1219/1805–1264/1848 Muḥammad ʿAlī in Egypt Ibn al-ʿArabī (Sufi, philosopher) 658/1260 Mamluk victory over Mongols at ʿAyn Jālūt Ibn Khaldūn (historian) 897/1492 Spanish conquest of Granada, fall of Naṣrid Dynasty al-Suyūṭī (polymath) 1213/1798 Napoleon conquers Egypt Authors in the Anthology Dynasties and Rulers Other Persons and Events of Note Dates ...