10th Century (900-999) C.E.

Death of the Abbasid Caliph Muktafi; death of the Saffarid ruler Amr.

Assassination of the Qarmatian ruler Abu Said; accession of Abu Tahir.

Abdullah b Hamdan founds the Hamdanid rule in Mosul and Jazira. End of the Tulunid rule in Egypt.

Death of the Abbasid Caliph Muktafi; accession of Muqtadir,

End of the Saffarid rule, annexation of their territories by the Samanids.

Ubaidullah overthrows the Aghlablds and founds the Fatimid rule in North Africa.

Death of the Umayyad Amir Abdullah in Spain, accession of Abdur Rahman III.

Assassination of the Samanid ruler Ahmad II, accession of Nasr II.

Mardawij b Ziyar founds the Ziyarid rule in Tabaristan.

Qarmatians sack Makkah and carry away the Black Stone from the Holy Kaaba. In Spain, Abdur Rahman III declares himself as the Caliph.

Deposition and restoration of the Abbasid Caliph Muqtadir. Death of the Qarmatian ruler Abu Tahir; accession of Abu Mansur.

Death of the Abbasid Caliph Muqtadir; accession of Al Qahir.

Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph AI Qahir; accession of Ar Radi. Death of the Fatimid Caliph Ubaidullah ; accession of Al Qaim.

Assassination of the Ziyarid ruler Mardawij; accession of Washimgir. Death of Hamdanid ruler Abdullah b Hamdan accession of Nasir ud Daula.

By coup Ibn Raiq becomes the Amir ul Umara.

By another coup power at Baghdad is captured by Bajkam.

Death of the Abbasid Caliph Ar Radi, accession of Muttaqi.

Assassination of Bajkam, capture of power by Kurtakin.

Ibn Raiq recaptures power.

Al Baeidi captures power. The Abbasid Caliph Muttaqi is forced to seek refuge with the Hamdanids. Sail ud Daula captures power at Baghdad and the Caliph returns to' Baghdad. Power is captured by Tuzun and Sail ud Daula retires' to Mosul. Death of the Samanid ruler Nasr II, accession of Nuh.

Muttaqi is blinded and deposed, accession of Mustakafi.

Death of Tuzun. Shirzad becomes Amir ul Umra. The Buwayhids capture power. Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph Mustakafi.

Death of the Fatimid Caliph A1 Qaim. accession of Mansur. Death of the Ikhshid ruler Muhammad b Tughj, accession of Abul' Qasim Ungur. 951:The Qarnaatiana restore the Black Stone to the Holy Kaaba.

Death of the Sasanid ruler Nuh, accession of Abdul Malik.

Death of the Samanid ruler Abdul Malik, accession of Manauf. Alptgin founds the rule of the Ghazanavids. Death of the Umayyad Caliph Abdul Rahman III in Spain; accession of Hakam. Death of the Ikhshid ruler Ungur accession of Abul Hasan Ali.

Death of the Qarmatian ruler Abu Mansur; accession of Hasan Azam. Assassination of the Ikhshid ruler Abul Hasan Ali; power captured by Malik Kafur.

Death of the Buwayhid Sultan Muiz ud Daula, accession of Bakhtiar. Death of the Hamdanid ruler Sail ud Daula.

Byzantines occupy Aleppo. Death of the Ikhshid ruler Malik Kafur; accession of Abul Fawaris.

The Fatimids conquer Egypt.

Buluggin b Ziri founds the rule of the Zirids Algeria.

Shia Sunni disturbances in Baghdad; power captured in Baghdad by the Turkish General Subuktgin.

Abdication of the Abbasid Caliph AI Muttih; accession of At Taii.

Death of the Turk General Subuktgin. Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al Muizz.

The Buwayhid Sultan Izz ud Daula recaptures power with the help of his cousin Azud ud Daula. Death of the Samanid ruler Mansur, accession of Nuh II. In Spain death of the Umayyad Caliph Hakam, accession of Hisham II.

Death of the Buwayhid Sultan Izz ud Daula, power captured by Azud ud Daula. The Hamdanids overthrown by the Buwayhids.

Subkutgin becomes the Amir of Ghazni.

End of the Qarmatian rule at Bahrain.

Death of the- Buwayhid Sultan Azud ud Daula; accession of Samsara ud Daula.

Death of the Zirid ruler Buluggin, accession of Mansur.

The Buwyhid Sultan Samsara ud Daula overthrown by Sharaf ud Daula.

Death of the Buwayhid Sultan Sharaf ud Daula, accession of Baha ud Daula.

Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph At Taii, accession of AI Qadir.

Death of the Zirid ruler Mansur, accession of Nasir ud Daula Badis.

Death of the Samanid ruler Nuh II, accession of Mansur II.

Death of the Samanid ruler Mansur II, accession of Abdul Malik II. Mahmud becomes the Amir of Ghazni. 999 End of the Samanids.