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.

By land area

Middle East and North Africa

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

  • Umayyad Caliphate
  • Abbasid Caliphate
  • Ayyubid Dynasty
  • Zengid Dynasty
  • Annazids
  • Burid Dynasty
  • Hamdanid dynasty
  • Uqaylid Dynasty
  • Bani Assad
  • Numayrid
  • Marwanid
  • Mirdasid dynasty
  • Artuqids
  • Baban
  • Soran Emirate
  • Emirate of Hakkari
  • Bahdinan
  • Bohtan
  • Principality of Bitlis
  • Hadhabani
  • Mukriyan
  • Qarghuyah, Emirate of Aleppo
  • Nizari Ismaili State
  • Emirate of Aleppo
  • Assaf dynasty
  • Harfush dynasty
  • Principality of Basra
  • Emirate of Muntafiq
  • Kingdom of Khaza'il
  • Mamluk Principality of Iraq
  • Emirate of Mosul
  • Emirate of Transjordan
  • Arab Kingdom of Syria
  • Kingdom of Iraq
  • Kingdom of Jordan

    Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf

Saudi Arabia
  • Rashidun Caliphate
  • Emirate of Mecca Saudi State
  • Emirate of Riyadh Saudi State
  • Manfuha Sheikhdom
  • Abu Arish Sheikhdom
  • Al Bir Sheikhdom
  • Al Rawdah Sheikhdom
  • Al-Kharj Emirate
  • Unaizah Emirate
  • Buraidah Emirate
  • Awdah Sheikhdom
  • Jalajil Sheikhdom
  • Harmah Sheikhdom
  • Al Majma'ah Sheikhdom
  • Shaqra Sheikhdom
  • Mutayr Sheikhdom
  • 'Asir Sheikhdom
  • Sheikdom of Upper Asir
  • Sheikhdom of Lower 'Asir
  • Principality of Najran
  • 'Uyayna Sheikhdom
  • Dhurma Sheikhdom
  • Gatgat Sultanate
  • Al Murrah Emirate
  • Emirate of Diriyah
  • Emirate of Nejd
  • Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
  • Sharifate of Mecca
  • Emirate of Jabal Shammar
  • Sultanate of Nejd
  • Idrisid Emirate of Asir
  • Kingdom of Hejaz
  • Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
  • Bani Khalid
  • House of Saud
Bahrain
  • Qarmatians
  • Uyunid Kingdom
  • Usfurid
  • Jarwanid
  • Jabrids
  • Bani Khalid
  • House of Khalifa
Qatar
  • House of Thani
Kuwait
  • House of Al-Sabah
United Arab Emirates
  • Emirate of Abu Dhabi
  • Emirate of Ajman
  • Emirate of Dubai
  • Emirate of Fujairah
  • Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
  • Emirate of Sharjah
  • Emirate of Umm Al Quwain
  • Dibba
  • Hamriyya
  • Hira
  • Kalba
Oman
  • Sultanate of Zafar
  • Imamate of Oman
  • Omani Empire
  • Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
  • Sultanate of Oman
Yemen
  • Banu Ukhaidhir
  • Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
  • Zurayids
  • Hamdanids
  • Sulaymanids
  • Mahdids
  • Sulayhid dynasty
  • Rassids of Yemen
  • Rasulid of Yemen
  • Najahid dynasty
  • Ziyadid dynasty
  • Tahirid dynasty
  • Bani Ukhaidhir
  • Yufirids
  • Yemeni Zaidi State
  • Alawi Sheikhdom
  • Aqrabi Sheikhdom
  • Audhali Sultanate
  • Lower Aulaqi Sultanate
  • Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom
  • Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
  • Beihan Emirate
  • Sheikhdom of al-Hawra
  • Emirate of Dhala
  • Dathina Sheikhdom
  • Fadhli Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Haushabi
  • Lahej Sultanate
  • Maflahi Sheikhdom
  • Sheikhdom of Shaib
  • Sultanate of Lower Yafa
  • Sultanate of Upper Yafa
  • Sheikhdom Al-Dhubi
  • Hadrami Sheikhdom
  • Emirate of Mawsata
  • Sheikhdom of al-Irqa
  • Mahra Sultanate
  • Kathiri Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Tarim
  • Qu'aiti Sultanate
  • Ash Shihr
  • Al Mukalla
Regional
  • Tulunids
  • Rassids
  • Qarmatian Kingdom
  • Sharifate of Mecca
  • Ayyubid Dynasty
  • Rasulids
  • Mamluk Dynasty
  • Omani Sultanate
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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

  • Rustamid dynasty
  • Idrisid dynasty
  • Aghlabid dynasty
  • Fatimid Calipate
  • Zirid dynasty
  • Almoravid dynasty
  • Almohad dynasty
  • Ayyubid dynasty
  • Hafsid dynasty
  • Nasrid dynasty
  • Marinid dynasty
  • Abbasid Caliph under Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
  • Wattasid dynasty
  • Saadi dynasty
  • Alaouite dynasty
Algeria
  • Emirate of Tlemcen
  • Emirate of Cordoba
  • Rustamid dynasty
  • Banu Ifran
  • Fatimid dynasty
  • Zirid dynasty
  • Confederation of Banu Mzab
  • Hammadid dynasty
  • Kingdom of Tlemcen
  • Hafsid Emirate of Be’jaîa
  • Zab Emirate
  • Sultanate of Tuggurt
  • Kingdom of Ait Abbas
  • Kingdom of Kuku
  • Kingdom of Algiers
  • Emirate of Abdelkader
  • Zenata Kingdoms
Egypt
  • Tulunids
  • Fatimid dynasty
  • Ikhshidids
  • Banu Kanz
  • Ayyubid dynasty
  • Mamluk dynasty
  • Abbasid Caliph under Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
  • Khedivate of Egypt
  • Sultanate of Egypt
  • Kingdom of Egypt
Tunisia
  • Aghlabid dynasty
  • Khurasanid dynasty
  • Hafsid Kingdom
  • Hafsid Kingdom of Béjaïa
  • Beylik of Tunis
  • Muradid dynasty
  • Husaynid dynasty
  • Kingdom of Tunisia
Morocco
  • Emirate of Nekor
  • Emirate of Sijilmasa
  • Muhallabids
  • Idrisid dynasty
  • Almoravid dynasty
  • Almohad dynasty
  • Marinid Sultanate
  • Wattasid dynasty
  • Saadi Sultanate
  • Pashalik of Timbuktu
  • Naqsid principality of Tetouan
  • Republic of Bou Regreg
  • Alaouite dynasty
  • Republic of the Rif
  • Zenata Kingdoms
Libya
  • Sultanate of Fezzan
  • Banu Khattab
  • Banu Khazrun
  • Banu Sulaym Emirate
  • Emirate of Banu Talis
  • Banu Makki
  • Sultanate of Tripolitania under Bani Ammar
  • Pasha of Tripoli
  • Kingdom of Fezzan under Awlad Muhammad dynasty
  • Karamanli dynasty
  • Senussi Kingdom
  • Tripolitanian Republic
  • Cyrenaica Emirate
  • Kingdom of Libya

    Horn of Africa

Somalia
  • Warsangeli Sultanate
  • Tunni Sultanate
  • Mogadishu Sultanate
  • Ajuran Sultanate
  • Hiraab Imamate
  • Majeerteen Sultanate
  • Geledi Sultanate
  • Hobyo Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Showa
  • Sultanate of Ifat
  • Adal Sultanate
  • Isaaq Sultanate
  • Habr Yunis Sultanate
  • Zeila Emirate
  • Harla Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Dawaro
Ethiopia
  • Harla Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Showa
  • Sultanate of Dawaro
  • Sultanate of Bale
  • Sultanate of Arababni
  • Hadiya Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Ifat
  • Fatagar
  • Adal Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Harar
  • Imamate of Aussa
  • Emirate of Harar
  • Sultanate of Aussa
  • Isaaq Sultanate
  • Habr Yunis Sultanate
  • Wollo Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Gimma
  • Kingdom of Gumma
  • Kingdom of Jimma
  • Gobaad Sultanate
  • Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea
  • Kingdom of Gera
Eritrea
  • Sultanate of Dahlak
  • Beja Kingdom
Djibouti
  • Tadjoura Sultanate
  • Rahayta Sultanate

    Persian Plateau

Iran
  • Paduspanid
  • Dulafid dynasty
  • Justanids
  • Samanid Empire
  • Tahirid dynasty
  • Qarinvand dynasty
  • Saffarid dynasty
  • Shirvanshah
  • Alavid dynasty
  • Sajid dynasty
  • Ma'danids
  • Aishanids
  • Sallarid dynasty
  • Ziyarid dynasty
  • Banu Ilyas
  • Buyid dynasty
  • Rawadid dynasty
  • Hasanwayhid
  • Annazids
  • Ma'munid dynasty
  • Kakuyid
  • Great Seljuq Empire
  • Nasrid dynasty
  • Kerman Seljuk Sultanate
  • Hormuz Kingdom
  • Khwarezmian Empire under Khwarezm-Shâh dynasty
  • Nizari Ismaili state
  • Ahmadilis
  • Eldiguzids
  • Atabegs of Yazd
  • Salghurids
  • Hazaraspids
  • Khorshidi dynasty
  • Qutlugh-Khanids
  • Mihrabanid dynasty
  • Kart dynasty
  • Ilkhanate
  • Muzaffarids
  • Sarbadars
  • Chupanids
  • Injuids
  • Jalayirid Sultanate
  • Afrasiyab dynasty
  • Marashis
  • Kara Koyunlu
  • Ak Koyunlu
  • Musha'sha'iyyah
  • Talysh Khanate
  • Maku Khanate
  • Ardabil Khanate
  • Khalkhal Khanate
  • Khoy Khanate
  • Maragheh Khanate
  • Marand Khanate
  • Sarab Khanate
  • Tabriz Khanate
  • Urmia Khanate
  • Emirate of Muhammara
  • Safavid dynasty
  • Afsharid dynasty
  • Zand dynasty
  • Qajar dynasty
  • Pahlavi dynasty
Anatolia
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  • Great Seljuk Empire
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
  • Danishmends Dynasty
  • Mengujekids Dynasty
  • Saltukids Dynasty
  • Artuqids Dynasty
  • Karamanids
  • Chaka of Smyrna
  • Shah-Armens
  • Beylik of Dilmac
  • Inalids
  • Beylik of Cubukogullari
  • Ahiler
  • Alaiye
  • Aydinids
  • Beyliks of Canik
  • Jandarids
  • Chobanids
  • Dulkadirids
  • Eretnids
  • Erzincan
  • Eshrefids
  • Germiyanids
  • Hamidids
  • Kadi Burhan al-Din
  • Karasids
  • Ladik
  • Mentese
  • Pervaneoglu
  • Ramadanids
  • Sahib Ataids
  • Sarukhanids
  • Teke
  • Emirate of Melitene
  • Amida
  • Ayyubid dynasty
  • Zurarid Emirate of Arzen
  • Emirate of Bingöl
  • Emirate of Bradost
  • Emirate of Bitlis
  • Emirate of Çemiçgezek
  • Emirate of Hasankeyf
  • Emirate of Hakkari
  • Emirate of Pazooka
  • Emirate of Palu
Azerbaijan
  • Eldiguzids
  • Shirvanshah
  • Ak Koyunlu
  • Kara Koyunlu
  • Shamakhy Khanate
  • Salyan Khanate
  • Karabakh Khanate
  • Erivan Khanate
  • Afsharid dynasty
  • Safavid dynasty
  • Shaki Khanate
  • Ganja khanate
  • Quba Khanate
  • Baku Khanate
  • Khalkhal Khanate
  • Nakhichevan Khanate
  • Shirvan Khanate
  • Khoja Shamakha
  • Yeni Shamakha
  • Ardabil Khanate
  • Urmia Khanate
  • Javad Khanate
  • Shirvan Khanate
  • Talysh Khanate
  • Elisu Sultanate
  • Great Seljuk Empire
  • Derbent Khanate
  • Qajar dynasty
  • Shamakha ll
Armenia
  • Emirate of Armenia
  • Erivan Khanate
  • Karabakh Khanate
  • Shaddadids
  • Sallarid dynasty
  • Sajid dynasty
  • Marwanid dynasty
  • Eldiguzids
Georgia
  • Emirate of Tbilisi
  • Principality of Abkhazia
Caucasus
  • Emirate of Derbent
  • Caucasian Imamate
  • Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
  • Derbent Khanate
  • Avar Khanate
  • Gazikumukh Shamkhalate
  • Shamkhalate of Tarki
  • Gazikumukh Khanate
  • Abazinia
  • North Caucasian Emirate
  • Circassia
  • Kabardia
Afghanistan
  • Farighunids
  • Ghurids
  • Ghaznavids
  • Kart dynasty
  • Afsharid Empire
  • Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Kingdom of Afghanistan
  • Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Barakzai dynasty
  • Hotaki dynasty
  • Durrani Empire
  • Azad Khan
  • Shiberghan Khanate
  • Sar-e Pol Khanate
  • Maymana Khanate
  • Khulm Khanate
  • Kunduz Khanate
  • Ghuriyan Khanate
  • Badakshan Khanate
  • Andkhoy Khanate
  • Ghazni
  • Peshawar
  • Qandahar
  • Herat
  • Kabul Kingdom
  • Islamic Emirate of Kunar
  • Islamic Emirate of Badakhshan
  • Islamic Revolutionary State of Afghanistan