Editing History of Islam (section)

==Timeline==
{{Main|Timeline of the history of Islam}}
The following timeline can serve as a rough visual guide to the most important polities in the Islamic world prior to [[World War I]]. It covers major historical centers of power and culture, including the [[Arabian peninsula]] (modern-day [[Oman]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[United Arab Emirates]], and [[Yemen]]), [[Mesopotamia]] (modern-day [[Iraq]]), [[Persia]] (modern-day [[Iran]]), [[Levant]] (modern-day [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Jordan]], and [[Palestine (region)|Israel/Palestine]]), [[Egypt]], the [[Maghreb]] (north-west Africa), the [[Sahel]], the [[Swahili Coast]], [[Somalia]], southern [[Iberia]] ([[al-Andalus]]), [[Transoxania]] ([[Central Asia]]), [[Hindustan]] (including modern-day [[North India]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Pakistan]]), and [[Anatolia]] (modern-day [[Turkey]]). It is necessarily an approximation, since rule over some regions was sometimes divided among different centers of power, and authority in larger polities was often distributed among several dynasties. For example, during the later stages of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], even the capital city of [[Baghdad]] was effectively ruled by other dynasties such as the [[Buyyids]] and the [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuks]], while the [[Ottoman Turks]] commonly delegated executive authority over [[Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire|outlying provinces to local potentates]], such as the [[List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers|Deys of Algiers]], the [[Beys of Tunis]], and the [[Mamluks of Iraq]].

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 bar: --Region--
 bar:Arabia
 from:632 till: 661 color:rashidun shift:(2,7) text:[[Rashidun]]
 from:661 till: 750 color:umayyad shift:(17,12) text:[[Umayyads]]
 from:750 till: 969 color:abbasid shift:(8,15) text:[[Abbasid Caliphate]]
 from:969 till: 1176 color:fatimid shift:(2,10) text:[[Fatimids]]
 from:1176 till: 1260 color:ayyubid shift:(2,10) text:[[Ayyubids]]
 from:1260 till: 1517 color:mamluk shift:(2,10) text:[[Mamluks]]
 from:1517 till: 1923 color:ottoman shift:(2,10) text:[[Ottomans]]
 bar:Mesopotamia
 from:638 till: 661 color:rashidun 
 from:661 till: 750 color:umayyad
 from:750 till: 1258 color:abbasid 
 from:1258 till: 1432 color:mongol shift:(2,-4) text:[[Mongols]]
 from:1432 till: 1533 color:blank
 from:1533 till: 1918 color:ottoman
 bar:Persia
 from:651 till: 661 color:rashidun
 from:661 till: 750 color:umayyad 
 from:750 till: 1220 color:abbasid 
 from:1220 till: 1501 color:mongol
 from:1501 till: 1736 color:safavid shift:(2,-4) text:[[Safavids]]
 from:1736 till: 1794 color:blank
 from:1794 till: 1925 color:qajar shift:(2,-4) text:[[Qajars]]
 bar:Levant
 from:637 till: 661 color:rashidun 
 from:661 till: 750 color:umayyad 
 from:750 till: 969 color:abbasid 
 from:969 till: 1070 color:fatimid 
 from:1070 till: 1171 color:abbasid 
 from:1171 till: 1260 color:ayyubid
 from:1260 till: 1517 color:mamluk
 from:1517 till: 1923 color:ottoman
 bar:Egypt
 from:637 till: 661 color:rashidun 
 from:661 till: 750 color:umayyad 
 from:750 till: 969 color:abbasid 
 from:969 till: 1171 color:fatimid # shift:(0,-4) text:[[Fatimids]]
 from:1171 till: 1260 color:ayyubid # shift:(2,-4) text:[[Ayyubids]]
 from:1260 till: 1517 color:mamluk
 from:1517 till: 1867 color:ottoman
 from:1867  till: 1914 color:khedive shift:(20,-3) text:[[Khedivate]]
 bar:Maghreb
 from:709 till: 750 color:umayyad 
 from:750 till: 920 color:abbasid 
 from:920 till: 1040 color:fatimid 
 from:1040 till: 1517 color:blank  shift:(0,-4) text:[[various]]
 from:1517  till: 1911 color:ottoman
 bar:al-Andalus
 from:711 till: 1031 color:umayyad 
 from:1031 till: 1492 color:blank shift:(0,-4) text:[[various]]
 bar:Transoxania
 from:710 till: 750 color:umayyad 
 from:750 till: 1220 color:abbasid
 from:1220 till: 1507 color:mongol shift:(0,-4) text:[[Mongols]]
 from:1507 till: 1920 color:blank shift:(0,-4) text:[[various]]
 bar:Hindustan
 from:712 till: 750 color:umayyad 
 from:750 till: 977 color:abbasid
 from:977 till: 1186 color:ghaznavid shift:(0,-4) text:[[Ghaznavids]]
 from:1186 till: 1206 color:blank
 from:1206 till: 1526 color:delhi shift:(0,-4) text:[[Delhi Sultanate]]
 from:1526 till: 1857 color:mughal shift:(0,-4) text:[[Mughal Empire|Mughals]]
 bar:Anatolia
 from:1077 till: 1300 color:seljuk shift:(0,-4) text:[[Sultanate of Rum]]
 from:1300 till: 1923 color:ottoman
</timeline>

::: ''Dates are approximate, consult particular articles for details.''