Timeline of 12th-century Muslim history

12th century (1101–1200) (494 AH – 597 AH)

• 1101: Death of the Fatimid Caliph al-Musta'li, accession of al-Amir Bi-Ahkamillah.
• 1105: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Barkiyaruq, accession Of Mehmed I of Great Seljuk.
• 1106: Death of the Al Moravid Yusuf bin Tashfin.
• 1107: Death of the Rum Seljuk Sultan Kilij Arslan I, succession of Malik Shah of Rüm.
• 1108: Death of the Zirid ruler Tamin, accession of Yahya of Zirid.
• 1111: Persian Islamic jurist and philosopher Al-Ghazali dies.
• 1116: Death of the Rum Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah. accession of Mas'ud of Rüm.
• 1118: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Muhammad; accession of Mahmud II of Great Seljuk. Death of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustazhir, accession of al-Mustarshid. In Spain the Christians capture Zaragoza.
• 1121: Death of the Fatimid ruler Al-Amir Bi-Ahkamillah, accession of Al-Hafiz.
• 1127: Imad ad-Din Zengi establishes the Zengid dynasty rule In Mosul.
• 1128: Death of the Khawarzam Shah Qutb ud Din Muhammad; accession of Atsiz.
• 1130: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Mahmud II of Great Seljuk; accession of Toghrül II.
• 1135: Assassination of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustarshid; accession of al-Rashid. Death of the Seljuk Sultan Toghrül II, accession of Mas'ud of Great Seljuk.
• 1136: Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Rashid, accession of Al-Muqtafi.
• 1144: Zengi captures Edessa from the Christians, second crusade.
• 1146: Death of Zengi, accession of Nur ad-Din.
• 1147: In the Maghrib Al Moravids overthrown by the Almohad under Abd al-Mu'min.
• 1148: End of the Zirid rule' in North Africa. Siege of Damascus repulsed, thus effectively winning the Second Crusade.
• 1149: Death of the Fatimid Caliph al-Hafiz, accession of Az-Zafir.
• 1152: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Mas'ud of Great Seljuk, accession of Malik Shah III. Hamadid rule extinguished in North Africa.
• 1153: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah III, accession of Mehmed II of Great Seljuk.
• 1154: Death of the Fatimid Caliph az-Zafir, accession of Al-Faiz.
• 1156: Death of the Rum Seljuk Sultan Mas'ud of Rüm, accession of Kilij Arslan II.
• 1159: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Mehmed II of Great Seljuk, accession of Süleyman.
• 1160: Death of the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtafi, accession of al-Mustanjid. Death of the Fatimid Caliph al-Faiz, accession of al-Adid.
• 1161: Death of the Seljuk Süleyman of Great Seljuk, accession of Arslan Shah.
• 1163: Death of the Almohad ruler Abd al-Mu'min, accession of Yusuf I, Almohad Caliph.
• 1170: Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustanjid, accession of Al-Mustadi.
• 1171: Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Adid. End of the Fatimid caliphate. Saladin founds the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt.
• 1172: Death of the Khawarzam Shah Arsalan, accession of Sultan Shah.
• 1173: The Khawarzam Shah Sultan Shah is overthrown by Tukush Shah.
• 1174: Saladin annexes Syria.
• 1175: The Ghurids defeat the Guzz Turks and occupy Ghazni.
• 1176: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Arslan Shah, accession of Toghrül III.
• 1179: Death of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustadi, accession of an-Nasir. Shahab ud Din Ghuri captures Peshawar.
• 1185: Death of the Almohad ruler Yusuf I, Almohad Caliph, accession of Yaqub, Almohad Caliph.
• 1186: The Ghurids overthrow the Ghaznavid in the Punjab.
• 1187: Saladin recaptures Jerusalem from the Christians, third crusade.
• 1191: First Battle of Tarain between the Rajputs and the Ghurids.
• 1192: Second Battle of Tarain.
• 1193: Death of Saladin; accession of Al-Aziz Uthman.
• 1194: Occupation of Delhi by the Muslims. End of the Seljuk rule.
• 1199: Death of the Khawarzam Shah Tukush Shah; accession of Ala ud Din. Death of the Almohad ruler Yaqub, Almohad Caliph; accession of Muhammad an-Nasir. Conquest of Northern India and Bengal by the Ghurids. By the end of this century, global Muslim population had grown to 6 per cent of the total.

See also

Timeline of Muslim history