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 Motavid 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.
* 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 Saragossa.
* 1121: Death of the Fatimid ruler Al-Amir Bi-Ahkamillah, accession of Al-Hafiz.
* 1127: Imad ad-Din Zengi establishes the Zengi 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.
* 1134: 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.
* 1135: 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 Gulaiman.
* 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 Fatimids. 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.

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Timeline of Muslim history