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Islamic history in South Asia
Researched 360° places of Islamic history across South Asia — each with its date, location, and Sunni-sourced background.
32 places
Umayyad
The Conquest of Sindh at Daybul
92 AH / 711 CE
Daybul, the port at the mouth of the Indus (identified with Banbhore, Sindh)
Ghaznavid
Mahmud of Ghazna's Indian Campaigns
Ghaznavid campaigns (388-421 AH / 998-1030 CE)
The upper Punjab, on the route of the Ghaznavid campaigns into India
Delhi Sultanate
The Qutb Complex of Early Delhi
587-602 AH / 1191-1206 CE
Mehrauli, Delhi, northern India
Ghurid
The Battle of Tarain
588 AH / 1192 CE
Tarain (Taraori), on the plain north of Delhi toward Thanesar
Delhi Sultanate
The Court of Razia Sultan
c. 1236-1240 CE
The court of the Delhi Sultanate, Delhi, northern India
Delhi Sultanate
The Khilji Reach into the Deccan
707 AH / c. 1307 CE
Devagiri (later Daulatabad), in the Deccan, northern Maharashtra
Delhi Sultanate
The Migration to Daulatabad
727 AH / c. 1327 CE
The plain below Daulatabad (Devagiri), the Deccan
Indian Ocean Trade
The Pepper Port of Calicut
743 AH / c. 1342 CE
Calicut (Kozhikode), on the Malabar coast of India
Ceylon
The Pilgrimage to Adam's Peak
745 AH / c. 1344 CE
Adam's Peak (Sarandib), in Ceylon
Delhi Sultanate
The Coming of Islam to Sylhet
747 AH / c. 1346 CE
Sylhet, in the wetlands of eastern Bengal
Timurid
Timur's Sack of Delhi
801 AH / 1398 CE
Delhi, after the sack by Timur, northern India
Bengal Sultanate
The Sixty Dome Mosque of Bagerhat
c. 846-863 AH / 1442-1459 CE
Bagerhat, in the south of the Bengal delta
Mughal
The First Battle of Panipat
932 AH / 1526 CE
Battlefield of Panipat, north of Delhi
Deccan Sultanates
The Battle of Talikota
972 AH / 1565 CE
Battlefield of Talikota (Rakkasa-Tangadi), on the Krishna, in the Deccan
Mughal
Akbar's House of Worship at Fatehpur Sikri
c. 983 AH / 1575 CE
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Deccan Sultanates
The Fortress of Golconda
1009 AH / c. 1600 CE
Golconda fortress, near Hyderabad, the Deccan, Telangana
Aceh Sultanate
The Sultanate of Aceh
1029 AH / c. 1620 CE
Banda Aceh, northern Sumatra
Mughal
The Taj Mahal under Construction
1041-1063 AH / 1632-1653 CE
Taj Mahal, on the Yamuna at Agra
Deccan Sultanates
The Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur
1066 AH / c. 1656 CE
Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Vijayapura), the Deccan, northern Karnataka
Mughal
The Badshahi Mosque and the Fatawa-i Alamgiri
1084 AH / 1673 CE
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
Afsharid
Nader Shah's Sack of Delhi
1152 AH / 1739 CE
Delhi, after the sack by Nader Shah, northern India
Nations & States
The Betrayal at Plassey
1170 AH / 1757 CE
Plassey (Palashi), on the Bhagirathi river, in Bengal
Durrani
The Third Battle of Panipat
1174 AH / 1761 CE
The plain of Panipat, north of Delhi, northern India
Nations & States
Tipu Sultan's Srirangapatna
c. 1205 AH / 1790 CE
Srirangapatna, the island fortress of Mysore, southern India
Nations & States
The Fall of Delhi and the End of the Mughals
1274-1275 AH / 1857-1858 CE
The Red Fort (Lal Qila), Delhi, on the Yamuna
Nations & States
The Founding of Dar al-Ulum Deoband
1283 AH / 1866 CE
Deoband, northern India
Nations & States
Aligarh: the Modernist Response
1292 AH / 1875 CE
Aligarh, northern India
Nations & States
The Founding of the Muslim League
1324 AH / 1906 CE
Dhaka, on the Buriganga (Bengal)
Nations & States
The Khilafat Movement
c. 1338 AH / 1920 CE
A maidan in northern India
Nations & States
The Beginnings of the Tablighi Jamaat
1345 AH / c. 1926 CE
The Mewat region, south of Delhi
Nations & States
Partition and the Birth of Pakistan
1366 AH / 1947 CE
The Punjab, on the new India-Pakistan border
Nations & States
The Birth of Bangladesh
1391 AH / 1971 CE
A railway halt in the Bengal delta, East Pakistan (Bangladesh)