1500 |
In the Burji Mamluks empire, Zahir Kanauh overthrown by Ashraf Gan Balat. |
1501 |
Isamil I establishes the Safavid dynasty in Persia, and the Twelve-Imam Shi'ism becomes the state
religion. |
1507 |
The Portuguese under d'Albuquerque establish strongholds in the Persian Gulf. |
1508 |
Turkomans of the White Sheep empire, End of the White Sheep dynasty and the annexation of their
territories by the Safawids. |
1511 |
D'Albuquerque conquers Malacca from the Muslims. |
1517 |
The Ottoman Sultan Selim Yavuz ("the Grim") defeats the Mamluks and conquers Egypt. |
1520 |
The reign of Sulayman the Magnificent begins. |
1526 |
Louis of Hungary dies at the Battle of Mohacs. |
1526 |
The Battle of Panipat in India, and the Moghul conquest; Babur makes his capital at Delhi and Agra. |
1528 |
The Ottomans take Buda in Hungary. |
1529 |
Unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna. |
1550 |
The architect Sinan builds the Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul. |
1550 |
The rise of the Muslim kingdom of Atjeh in Sumatra. |
1550 |
Islam spreads to Java, the Moluccas, and Borneo. |
1556 |
The death of Sulayman the Magnificent. |
1568 |
Alpujarra uprising of the Moriscos (Muslims forcibly converted to Catholicism) in Spain. |
1571 |
The Ottomans are defeated at the naval Battle of Lepanto, and their dominance in the Mediterranean is
brought to a close. |
1578 |
The Battle of the Three Kings at Qasr al-Kabir in Morocco. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed. |
1588 |
Reign of Safavid Sultan Shah Abbas I begins. |
1591 |
Mustaili Ismailis split into Sulaymanis and Daudis. |
