S1- Chronology E3- The story of Khulfa e Rashidun Uthman and Ali

1141A.D-The Kara Kitai Turkomans defeat the Seljuks at Amu Darya. 1144A.D-The Seljuks, under Zengi, recapture Edessa.Pope Eugene declares the Second Crusade.1145A.D-The Second Crusade collapses in Anatolia but succeeds in capturing Lisbon in Portugal.End of the Murabitun rule in Andalus.1146A.D-The al Muhaddithin captures Morocco.The assassins murder Seljuk Emir Zengi. 1149A.D-Al Zafir becomes the Fatimid Caliph. 1150A.D-The University of Paris is established. 1151A.D-Al Idrisi constructs a map of the then known world. 1154A.D-The Kurdish officer Nuruddin, in Seljuk service, takes Damascus.Al Faiz becomes the Fatimid Caliph in Cairo. 1157A.D-The al Muhaddithin captures Andalus. 1160A.D-Al Mustanjid becomes the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad.Al Adid, the last of the Fatimids, becomes the Caliph in Cairo. 1163A.D-The Seljuks and the Crusaders compete for influence in Fatimid Egypt. 1166A.D-Death of Shaykh Abdul Qader Jeelani of Baghdad, called Shaykh ul Mashaiq, founder of the Qadariya Sufi order.Death of the geographer, al Idrisi.1167A.D-Establishment of Oxford University in England.1170A.D-Salahuddin takes Egypt from the Fatimids.Al Mustadi becomes the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad. 1171A.D-End of the Fatimid era. Egypt reverts to the Abbasid Caliphate.1173A.D-Ghiasuddin Ghori established the kingdom of Ghor in Afghanistan. 1175A.D-Salahuddin consolidates his hold on Syria and Egypt.Death of Ahmed al Rifai, founder of the Rifaiyah Sufi brotherhood.1177A.D-Muhammed Ghori adds Multan, Uch, Dera Ismail Khan and Sindh to his dominions.1179A.D-Muhammed Ghori starts campaigns to capture Peshawar and Sialkot. 1182A.D-Khwaja Muhammed Ghouse of Sindh introduces the Qadariya order into India and Pakistan. 1187A.D-Battle of Hittin. Salahuddin triumphs and recaptures Jerusalem

1087A.D-The Crusaders sack Mahdiya in North Africa.The assassin terror grows in Iraq and Syria.1090A.D-Al Ghazzali teaches at NizamiyaCollege, Baghdad.The Crusaders capture Malta.The assassins capture Alamut in northern Syria and establish a training center for fidayees.1091A.D-End of Muslim presence in Sicily.Smyrna in Anatolia becomes the Seljuk capital.Death of Sultan Malik Shah.The assassins murder grand vizier Nizam ul Mulk.1094A.D-Al Mustansir becomes the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad.Al Mustadi becomes the Fatimid Caliph in Cairo.1095A.D-Pope Urban II declares a Crusade to take Jerusalem.Al Afdal, grand vizier of Fatimid Egypt, recaptures Jerusalem from Turkish emir Duqaq of Damascus.1096A.D-The start of the First Crusade.1097A.D-Konya Anatolia becomes the Seljuk capital.The Turks retreat before the advancing Crusaders.The Fatimids in Egypt start negotiations with the Crusaders to divide up Seljuk territories.1098A.D-The Crusaders capture Antioch.1099A.D-Jerusalem falls to the Crusaders. The Muslims and the Jews are massacred. Baldwin becomes king of Jerusalem.1100A.D-Al Ghazzali writes a powerful diatribe, Tahaffuz al Falsafa, against speculative philosophy. In Ihya al Uloom, he accords tasawwuf an honored position in the Islamic sciences.1101A.D-Shaykh Abdullah Arif introduces Islam into the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.1106A.D-Death of Yusuf bin Tashfin, emir of the Murabitun.1111A.D-Abu Hamid al Ghazzali dies after transforming the intellectual landscape of the Islamic world.1113A.D-Maudud, a Seljuk officer from Mosul, defeats King Baldwin of Jerusalem.1118A.D-Al Mustarshid, Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad.1123A.D-Death of Omar al Khayyam, mathematician, mystic.1124A.D-Death of Hassan al Sabbah, leader of the Assassins.1126A.D-Archbishop Raymond establishes a school in Toledo to translate Arabic books into Latin.1127A.D-The Assassins murder Turkish officer Maudud.1130A.D-Death of ibn Tumart, leader of the Al Muhaddithin.1132A.D-Roger II of Sicily invites Muslim scholars to work at his court.1139A.D-Birth of Khwaja Moeenuddin Chishti, Sufi sage.

1031A.D.-Al Qaim becomes the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad.1032A.D.-The Church of Constantinople breaks with the Church of Rome over the issue of icons in the Church.1036A.D.-Taghril Beg becomes Seljuk Sultan.Al Mustansir becomes the Fatimid Caliph.1037A.D.-Death of Abu Ali ibn Sina, one of the greatest of physicians.Ferdinand I, king of Castille, captures Leon.1038A.D.-Death of Al Hazen, noted physicist.1043A.D-The Fatimid Empire begins to crumble. Mecca, Madina, Yemen and North Africa are lost by the Fatimids.1048A.D-Death of al Bairuni, historian, author of Kitab ul Hind.1050A.D-The Christians advance in Sicily.1051A.D-Beginning of the Murabitun revolution in West Africa.1056A.D-The Seljuk Taghril Beg and the Buyid Basisiri contest the control of Baghdad.1058A.D-Taghril Beg is anointed by Abbasid Caliph Kaim as “sultan of the east and the west” for his role in protecting the Abbasid Caliphate.1060A.D-The Seljuk Turks advance into Persia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.The Crusaders raid the coast of North Africa.1061A.D-The Murabitun capture Morocco.The Murabitun establish the city of Marrakesh as their capital.1063A.D-Taghril Beg dies childless. His nephew Alap Arsalan becomes the Seljuk sultan.1068Beginning of the Songhay Empire in West Africa.1072A.D-Battle of Manzikert. The Seljuk Turks under Alap Arsalan defeat the Byzantines under Emperor Romanus and open up Anatolia for Turkish settlement.The Christians capture Palermo in Sicily.1075A.D-The Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah retakes Syria from the Fatimids.Al Muqtadi becomes the Abbasid Caliph.1077A.D-Birth of Abdul Qader Jeelani, celebrated Sufi sage.1085A.D-Alfonso I of Castile captures Toledo, the ancient capital of Visigoth Spain. The extensive libraries of Toledo become accessible to Christian Europe.1086A.D-The Murabitun emir, Yusuf bin Tashfin, advances into Spain at the head of a powerful African force.The Nizamiya College is founded in Baghdad by Nizam ul Mulk, grand vizier to Sultan Malik Shah.

In 962- Alaptagin establishes Kingdom of Ghazna. 968-Umayyads establishes University of Cordoba. 969- City of Cairo is established by Fatimids, the 6 largest city in the world. 970- Fatimids conquer Mecca and Medina with this the title Caliph. 971- Al Azhar University is established. 988- Russia and Ukraine accepted Eastern Orthodox Christianity. 996- Pope Pious declares Crusade. 997- Mahmud of Ghazna succeeded Alptagin. 1000- Mahmud starts raiding India. 1004- Mahmud defeats Dawud the fatimid ruler of Multan. 1017- Druze sect is started in Lebanon. 1020- Author of Shah Nama Firdowsi dies. 1024- Mahmud raids Somnath Temple in India.1031- Caliphate of Cordoba disintegrates

We will listen about Hamdan Qramat and the Qaramatian movement capturing Yemen and Damascus and raiding Mecca and carrying off Hajr e Aswad to Bahrain. We will know about Samanids establishing their base in Khorasan. We will know about Imam Muntazar's disappearance and the concept of hidden Imam.We will know about Dawud ibn Khalaf and the Zahiri School of Fiqh. We will see the death of Imam Tirmizi and the establishment of Zaidi state in Yemen who were the ancestors of Rassid Dynasty.The Compilation of Arabian Nights.Muslims capturing the co capital of Byzantine the "Solonika".The establishment of Fatimid state in North Africa.Ubaidullah al Mahdi becoming the first Fatimid Caliph.The death of Al Razi the famous Physician.Reign of Abdur Rahman III in Cordoba and the golden age of Islamic Spain.The death of At Tabari the famous Quranic Commentator.Buyids under Ali ibn Buya capturing Iraq and Baghdad for some time.Ikshidid's becoming the rulers of Egypt displacing the Tulunids. The death of Abdur Rahman III and the decline of Spain. The Oghuz family of Turks accepts Islam from which Ottomans and Seljuks descended.

We will learn about the Al Ziryab the famous musician of Cordoba, The Aghlabids capturing Sicily, The rise if Mutajilites and atrocities by them on muslim Ulemmas, Capturing Palermo of Italy, Al Khwarizmi the father of Algebra, Establishment of Hanbali School of Fiqh, Setting up of first university of the World University of Kairouan, Anarchy at Samarra, The rise of Tulunids, The Great Zanj Revolt led by black slaves, Compilation of Sahih Muslim.

In this episode we will see the rise of Abbasid's, the establishment of emirate in Spain by Umayyads, the death of Imam Ismail, Imam Jafar As Sadiq, Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Malik Ibn Anas, Imam Musa Al Kazim, Rabia al Basri, Imam Shafii and we will see the rise of fatimid branch- the only shia branch to rule muslim world and Baghdad becoming the Cradle of civilization and the Rise of Idrisids in North Africa, Establishing Moroccan State and the disintegration of Abbasid Dynasty.

In this episode we will learn about the Marwanid branch of Umayyad Caliphs and how we captured Spain and Indian Subcontinent. We will learn about the rise of Abbasid revolt also

In this episode we will see the starting of Umayyad Dynasty by Muawiya(R) and his military achievements and how after him Yazid becomes the next Caliph and the tragedy of Karbala where grandson of Prophet is killed by muslims and then upto umayyad caliph Abd Al Malik ibn Marwan

In this episode we will learn about the famous chronological events during the lifetime of Uthman and Ali ( R.). We will learn about the first fitnah and how some Muslims have assassinated their own Caliph for the first time. How prominent muslims like Aisha bint Abu Bakr and Mawla Ali fought with each other in battle of Jamal