List of Muslim states and dynasties


The following article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continuing through to the present day.
The first-ever establishment of an Islamic polity goes back to the Islamic State of Medina, which was established by Muhammad in the city of Medina in 622 CE. Following his death in 632 CE, his immediate successors established the Rashidun Caliphate.
After that Muslim dynasties rose; some of these dynasties established notable and prominent Muslim empires, such as the Umayyad Empire and later the Abbasid Empire, Ottoman Empire centered around Anatolia, the Safavid Empire of Persia, and the Mughal Empire in India.

Middle East and North Africa

Mesopotamia and Levant (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria)

Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf

Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Qatar
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Oman
Yemen
Regional

North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

Algeria
Egypt
Tunisia
Morocco
Libya

Horn of Africa

Somalia
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Djibouti

Persian Plateau

Iran
Anatolia
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Azerbaijan
Armenia
Georgia
Caucasus
Afghanistan

Indian subcontinent

Bangladesh
Pakistan
India

Southern Europe

Spain & Portugal
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France
Umayyad Caliph of Cordova
Italy
Gibraltar

Sahel and Subsaharan Africa

Sudan, South Sudan
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Mali
Regional
Cameroon
Burkina Faso
Chad
Central African Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Senegal
Guinea
Togo
Sierra Leone

East Africa ("Swahili Coast")

Tanzania
Kenya
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malawi
Mozambique

Indian Ocean Region

Maldives
Mayotte
Comoros
Madagascar

Eastern Europe (Balkan Region)

Ukraine, Moldova
Romania, Bulgaria
Greece
Albania, Bosnia

Ural Region, Siberia (Russia)

Central Asia, East Asia

Transoxania
Mongolia and China

Southeast Asia

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Philippines
Thailand
Cambodia, Vietnam