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dynasties.

Asia

Middle East

Arabian Peninsula

* Banu Wajih (926–965) * Sharif of Mecca (967–1925) * Al Uyuniyun (1076–1253) * Sulaymanids (1063–1174) * Mahdids (1159–1174) *

Kathiri Kathiri ( ar, ٱلْكَثِيْرِي, al-Kathīrī), officially the Kathiri State of Seiyun ( ar, ٱلسَّلْطَنَة ٱلْكَثِيْرِيَّة - سَيْؤُوْن, al-Salṭanah al-Kathīrīyah - Sayʾūn), was a sultanate in the ...

(Hadhramaut) (1395–1967) * Al-Jabriyun (1417–1521) *

Banu Khalid Bani Khalid ( ar, بني خالد) is an Arab tribal confederation mainly inhabiting Eastern Arabia and Najd. The tribe ruled southern Iraq, Kuwait, and Eastern Arabia ( al-Hasa and al-Qatif) from the 15th century to the 18th century, and aga ...

(1669–1796) * Al Qasimi (Ras al Khaymah) (1727–present) *

House of Saud The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), ...

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Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Ara ...

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House of Al-Sabah The House of Sabah ( ar, آل صباح ''Āl Ṣubāḥ'') is the ruling family of Kuwait. History Origin The Al Sabah family originate from the Bani Utbah confederation. Prior to settling in Kuwait, the Al Sabah family were expelled from Umm ...

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Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Ku ...

) (1752–present) * Al Nahyan family (

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dha ...

) (1761–present) * Al Qasimi (Sharjah) (18th century–present) * Al Mualla ( Umm al-Quwain) (1775–present) * Al Khalifa family (

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and a ...

) (1783–present) * Mahra Sultanate (18th century–1967) *

Al Nuaimi The Al Nuaimi ( ar, النعيمي) family is the ruling royal family of Ajman, one of the seven emirates that together comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The family name is derived from the singular of ' Na'im': the Na'im is a major tribal ...

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Ajman Ajman ( ar, عجمان, '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ʿymān) is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Located along the Persian Gulf, ...

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House of Thani The House of Thani ( ar, الثاني , translit=Al Thani) is the ruling family of Qatar, with origins tracing back to the Banu Tamim tribal confederation. History and structure The Al Thanis can be traced back to Mudar bin Nizar. The tribe w ...

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Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

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Al Maktoum The House of Maktoum ( ar, آل مكتوم ') is the ruling royal family of the Emirate of Dubai, and one of the six ruling families of the United Arab Emirates. The family is a branch of the Bani Yas clan (a lineage the family shares with t ...

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Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, wikt:دبي, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates#Major cities, most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 ...

) (1833–present) * Al Rashid (1836–1921) *

Al Sharqi The Al Sharqi ( ar, الشرقي) family is the ruling royal family of Fujairah, one of the seven emirates that together comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Founding Fujairah The name derives from the singular of Sharqiyin, long the domi ...

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Fujairah Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...

) (1876–present) * Qu'aiti (1902–1967) * Emirate of Beihan (1903–1967) * Lower Yafa (19th century–1967) *

Upper Yafa Upper Yafa or Upper Yafa'i ( ar, يافع العليا ''),'' officially State of Upper Yafa ( ar, دولة يافع العليا '')'', was a military alliance in the British Aden Protectorate and the Protectorate of South Arabia. It was rul ...

(19th century–1967)

Iran and Caucasus

* Sadakiyans (770–828) 58 Years *

Dulafid dynasty The Dulafid or Dolafid dynasty () was an Arab dynasty that served as governors of Jibal for the Abbasid caliphs in the 9th century. During the weakening of the authority of the caliphs after 861, their rule in Jibal became increasingly independe ...

(early 9th century–897) * Samanid dynasty (819–999) 180 Years * Tahirid dynasty (821–873) 16 Years * Saffarid dynasty (861–1003) 142 Years * Sajids (889–929) 40 Years *

Farighunid The Farighunids were an Iranian dynasty that ruled Guzgan (modern-day northern Afghanistan) in the late 9th, 10th and early 11th centuries. They were ultimately deposed by the ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire, Sultan Mahmud (). Background Accord ...

(late 9th–early 11th centuries) * Ma'danids (late 9th–11th centuries) * Sallarid (942–979) 37 Years *

Shaddadid dynasty The Shaddadids were a Kurdish Sunni Muslim dynasty. who ruled in various parts of Armenia and Arran from 951 to 1199 AD. They were established in Dvin. Through their long tenure in Armenia, they often intermarried with the Bagratuni royal fami ...

(951–1199) 248 Years * Rawadid dynasty (955–1116) 161 Years * Annazid dynasty (990–1116) 126 Years * Hadhabani (906–1063) 157 Years * Seljuq dynasty (11th–14th centuries) * Hazaraspids (1115–1425) 310 Years *

Khorshidi dynasty The Khorshidi dynasty, Abbasi dynasty or Shahs of Little Lorestan (1184–1597) was a Lurs, Lur dynasty that ruled Little Lorestan in the later Middle Ages from their capital Khorramabad. They were neighbours of the Hazaraspids who ruled over Gre ...

(1155–1597) 442 Years * Ardalan (1187–1868) 681 Years * Mihrabanids (1236–1537) 301 Years * Muzaffarids (1335–1393) 58 Years * Afsharid dynasty (1736–1804) 68 Years * Shirvan Khanate (1748–1820 AD) 72 Years * Zand dynasty (1750–1794) 44 years * Savakhvakho dynasty (3.8.1563—26.8.1844) 281 Years *

Shaki Khanate The Shaki Khanate ( fa, خانات شکّی, also spelled as Sheki Khanate, Shekin Khanate, Shakki Khanate) was one of the most powerful of the Caucasian Khanates established in Afsharid Iran, on the northern territories of modern Azerbaijan, ...

(1743–1819 AD) 76 Years *

Maku Khanate Khanate of Maku was an 18th-20th century khanate based in Maku of the Bayat dynasty. It came into existence after the death of Nader Shah which led to the breakup of the Safavid empire, and gain semi-independence. It rejoined the Persian Empir ...

(1747–1922 AD) 175 Years

Central Asia

* Kara-Khanid Khanate (840–1212) 372 Years * Al Muhtaj (10th–early 11th centuries) *

Ghaznavids The Ghaznavid dynasty ( fa, غزنویان ''Ġaznaviyān'') was a culturally Persianate, Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic ''mamluk'' origin, ruling, at its greatest extent, large parts of Persia, Khorasan, much of Transoxiana and the northwes ...

(963–1187) 224 Years *

Khwārazm-Shāh dynasty Khwarazmshah was an ancient title used regularly by the rulers of the Central Asian region of Khwarazm starting from the Late Antiquity until the advent of the Mongols in the early 13th-century, after which it was used infrequently. There were a t ...

(1077–1231) 154 Years * Ghurids (879–1215) 336 Years *Gabare Jahangiri dynasty (1190–1520) 330 Years * Kartids (1231–1389) * Timurid Empire (1370–1507) of the Timurid dynasty * Kazakh Khanate (1456–1847) *

Khanate of Bukhara The Khanate of Bukhara (or Khanate of Bukhoro) ( fa, , Khānāt-e Bokhārā; ) was an Uzbek state in Central Asia from 1500 to 1785, founded by the Abu'l-Khayrid dynasty, a branch of the Shaybanids. From 1533 to 1540, Bukhara briefly became its ...

(1500–1785) *

Khanate of Khiva The Khanate of Khiva ( chg, ''Khivâ Khânligi'', fa, ''Khânât-e Khiveh'', uz, Xiva xonligi, tk, Hywa hanlygy) was a Central Asian polity that existed in the historical region of Khwarezm in Central Asia from 1511 to 1920, except fo ...

(1511–1920) * Khanate of Kokand (1709–1876) * Hotaki dynasty (1709–1738) * Durrani Empire (1747–1826) *

Barakzai dynasty The two branches of the Barakzai dynasty (, "sons of Barak") ruled modern day Afghanistan from 1823 to 1973 when the monarchy ended under Musahiban Mohammed Zahir Shah. The Barakzai dynasty was established by Dost Mohammad Khan after the Durr ...

(1826–1973) * White Horde (1360–1428) *

Emirate of Bukhara The Emirate of Bukhara ( fa, , Amārat-e Bokhārā, chg, , Bukhārā Amirligi) was a Muslim polity in Central Asia that existed from 1785 to 1920 in what is modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It occupied the land ...

(1785–1920) * Shah Mir dynasty

East Asia (China)

* Moghulistan (1347–1680) * Yarkent Khanate (1514–1705) * Kumul Khanate (1696–1930)

Asia Minor (Modern Turkey)

* Marwanids (983–1100) * Mengujekids (1071–1277) * Sultanate of Rum (1077–1307) * Shah-Armens (1100–1207) *

Chobanids The Chobanids or the Chupanids ( fa, سلسله امرای چوپانی) were descendants of a Mongol family of the Suldus clan that came to prominence in 14th century Persia. At first serving under the Ilkhans, they took ''de facto'' contr ...

(1227–1309) * Hisn Kayfa (1249–1524) * Karamanids (c. 1250–1487) * Pervâneoğlu (1261–1322) * Menteşe (c. 1261–1424) *

Ahis The Ahi Brotherhood ( tr, Ahî, plur. ''Ahîler''), referred to as Ahi Republic by modern historians, was a fraternity, guild and a beylik based in modern-day Ankara in the 13th and 14th century Anatolia. Background Turkic people began set ...

(c. 1380–1362) * Hamidids (c. 1280–1374) * Germiyanids (1299–1428) * Ottoman dynasty (1299–1923) * Ladik (c. 1300–1368) * Isfendiyarids (Jandarids, c. 1300–1461) * Teke (1301–1423) * Sarukhanids (1302–1410) *

Karasids The Karasids or Karasid dynasty ( Ottoman قرا صي; Modern Turkish ''Karesioğulları'', ''Karesioğulları Beyliği''), also known as the Principality of Karasi and Beylik of Karasi (''Karasi Beyliği'' or ''Karesi Beyliği'' ), was an Anatolia ...

(1303–1360) *

Aydinids The Aydinids or Aydinid dynasty (Modern Turkish: ''Aydınoğulları'', ''Aydınoğulları Beyliği'', ota, آیدین اوغوللاری بیلیغی), also known as the Principality of Aydin and Beylik of Aydin (), was one of the Anatolian ...

(1307–1425) * Ramadanids (1352–1516)

Levant region

* Artuqids (11th–12th century) * Burid dynasty (1104–1154) *

Zengid dynasty The Zengid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin, which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia on behalf of the Seljuk Empire and eventually seized control of Egypt in 1169. In 1174 the Zengid state extended from Tripol ...

(1127–1250) * Baban (1649–1850) * Hashemite dynasty of Iraq (1921–1958) * Hashemite dynasty of Jordan (1921–present) * Mamluk dynasty (1704–1831)

South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives & Bangladesh)

House of Theemuge Theemuge dynasty ( Maldivian: ތީމު ދަރިކޮޅު) or Homa Dharikolhu ( Maldivian: ހޯމަ ދަރިކޮޅު) was one of the early dynasties of the Maldives that reigned from c.1117 (or earlier) until c.1388. History According to the r ...

(Maldives) (1166–1388) * Khalji dynasty of Bengal (1204–1231) * Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi) (1206–1290) * Khalji dynasty of Delhi (1290–1321) *

Tughlaq dynasty The Tughlaq dynasty ( fa, ), also referred to as Tughluq or Tughluk dynasty, was a Muslim dynasty of Indo- Turkic origin which ruled over the Delhi sultanate in medieval India. Its reign started in 1320 in Delhi when Ghazi Malik assumed the ...

(1321–1414) *

Samma dynasty The Samma dynasty ( sd, سمن جو راڄ, ) was a medieval Sindhi dynasty in the Indian subcontinent, that ruled Sindh, as well as parts of Kutch, Punjab and Balochistan from 1351 to 1524 CE, with their capital at Thatta known as Sa ...

(1335–1520) * Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1342–1487) *

Katoor dynasty The Katoor dynasty (also spelled Katur and Kator) was a dynasty, which along with its collateral branches ruled the sovereign, later princely state of Chitral and its neighbours in the eastern Hindu Kush region for over 450 years, from around ...

(1560–1969) * Shah Mir dynasty (1339–1561) * Faruqi dynasty (1382–1601) * Hilaalee dynasty (Maldives) (1388–1558) * Muzaffarids (1391–1583) *

Malwa Sultanate The Malwa Sultanate ( fa, ) (Pashto: ; ''lit: Mālwā Salṭanat'') was a late medieval Islamic sultanate in the Malwa region, covering the present day Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and south-eastern Rajasthan from 1392 to 1562. It was f ...

(1401–1561) *

Ganesha dynasty The House of Ganesha ( bn, বনী গণেশ, Banī Gaṇesh, fa, ) was the second royal house of the late medieval Sultanate of Bengal. It is named after its founder Raja Ganesha, a wealthy Hindu nobleman, who succeeded the former Ilyas ...

(1414–1436) * Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451) *

Malerkotla State The State of Malerkotla or Maler Kotla was a princely state in the Punjab region during the era of British India. The last Nawab of Maler Kotla signed the instrument of accession to join the Dominion of India on 20 August 1948. Its rulers belo ...

State of Sherwanis (1446–1947) * Lodi dynasty or Lodhi dynasty (1451–1526) * Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur – Deccan (1490–1686) * Arghun dynasty (late 15th–16th centuries) * Hussain Shahi dynasty (1494–1538) * Mughal dynasty (1526–1857) *

Suri dynasty The Sur Empire ( ps, د سرو امپراتورۍ, dë sru amparāturəi; fa, امپراطوری سور, emperâturi sur) was an Afghan dynasty which ruled a large territory in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent for nearly 16 yea ...

(1540–1556) *

Arakkal kingdom Arakkal Kingdom was a Muslim kingdom in Kannur town in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, South India. The king was called Ali Raja and the ruling queen was called Arakkal Beevi. Arakkal kingdom included little more than the Cannanor ...

(1545–18th century) * Karrani dynasty (1564–1576) * Utheemu dynasty (Maldives) (1632–1692) * Khan of Kalat (1666–1958) * Nawab of the Carnatic (1690–1801) * Isdhoo dynasty (Maldives) (1692–1704) *

Dhiyamigili dynasty The Dhiyamigili dynasty was the fifth royal dynasty to rule over the Maldives. It comprised four sultans: * Sultan Muzaffar Muhammad Imaduddin II (1704–1720) * Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar II (1720–1750) * Sultan Mukarram Muhammad Imaduddin III ( ...

Maldives) (1704–1759) * Nawab of Bhopal (1723–1947) * Asaf Jah dynasty,

Nizam of Hyderabad The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...

(1724–1948) * Babi dynasty (1735–1947) *

Mysore Kingdom The Kingdom of Mysore was a realm in southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. From 1799 until 1950, it was a princely state, until 1947 in a subsidiary alliance with Brit ...

(1749–1799) * Huraa dynasty (Maldives) (1759–1968) * Tonk (princely state) (1798–1947) * Baoni Nawabs (1784–1948) * Sidi dynasty of Janjira and Jafrabad (1759–1948) * Orakzai dynasty of Kurwai, Basoda and Mohammadgarh (1713–1948) * Miyana dynasty of Savanur (1672–1948) * Durrani Empire (1747–1842)

South-East Asia

Samudera Pasai Sultanate The Samudera Pasai Sultanate (), also known as Samudera or Pasai or Samudera Darussalam or Pacem, was a Muslim harbour kingdom on the north coast of Sumatra from the 13th to the 16th centuries CE. The kingdom was believed to have been founded ...

(1267–1521) * Malacca Sultanate (1400–1511) * Bruneian Sultanate (1363–present) * Aceh Sultanate (1496–1904) * Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura (1723–1949) * Aru Kingdom (1225–1613) * Sultanate of Langkat (1568–1946) * Sultanate of Asahan (1630–1946) * Sultanate of Serdang (1723–1946) * Sultanate of Deli (1632–1946) * Pagaruyung Kingdom (1347–1833) * Sultanate of Johor (1528–present) *

Sultanate of Kedah The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Union ...

(1136–present) * Sultanate of Kelantan (1267–present) * Sultanate of Perak (1528–present) * Sultanate of Pahang (1470–present) * Sultanate of Selangor (1743–present) * Sultanate of Terengganu (1725–present) * Perlis Kingdom (1843–present) * Negeri Sembilan Kingdom (1773–present) * Sultanate of Sarawak (1599–1641) *

Bima Sultanate The Sultanate of Bima (كسلطانن بيما) was a Muslim state in the eastern part of Sumbawa in Indonesia, at the site of the present-day regency of Bima. It was a regionally important polity which formed the eastern limit of Islam in thi ...

(1620–1958) *

Mataram Sultanate The Sultanate of Mataram () was the last major independent Javanese kingdom on the island of Java before it was colonised by the Dutch. It was the dominant political force radiating from the interior of Central Java from the late 16th cent ...

(1586–1755) *

Demak Sultanate The Demak Sultanate (کسلطانن دمق) was a Javanese Muslim state located on Java's north coast in Indonesia, at the site of the present-day city of Demak. A port fief to the Hindu-Buddhist Majapahit kingdom thought to have been founded i ...

(1475–1554) * Cirebon Sultanate (1430–1666) * Banten Sultanate (1527–1813) * Kingdom of Pajang (1568–1618) * Yogyakarta Sultanate (1755–present) *

Surakarta Sunanate Surakarta Sunanate ( id, Kasunanan Surakarta; jv, ꦟꦒꦫꦶꦑꦱꦸꦤꦤ꧀ꦤꦤ꧀ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠꦲꦢꦶꦤꦶꦁꦫꦠ꧀, ''Kasunanan/Karaton Surakarta Hadiningrat''; nl, Soerakarta) was a Javanese monarchy centred in the city of ...

(1755–1945) *

Kingdom of Sumedang Larang Sumedang Larang (Pegon script, Pegon: كراجأن سومدڠ لارڠ) is an Islamic Kingdom based in Sumedang, West Java. Its territory consisted of the Parahyangan region, before becoming a vassal state under the Mataram Sultanate. History ...

(1527–1620) *

Kalinyamat Sultanate Kalinyamat Sultanate or Kalinyamat Kingdom, was a 16th-century Javanese Islamic polity in the northern part of the island of Java, centred in modern-day Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia. Both Jepara and Kalinyamat was first established as a Du ...

(1527–1599) *

Sultanate of Ternate The Sultanate of Ternate (Jawi alphabet: كسلطانن ترنتاي), previously also known as the Kingdom of Gapi is one of the oldest Muslim kingdoms in Indonesia besides Tidore, Jailolo, and Bacan. The Ternate kingdom was established by ...

(1257–1914) * Sultanate of Tidore (1450–1967) *

Sultanate of Jailolo The Sultanate of Jailolo (كسلطانن جايلولو) was a premodern state in Maluku, modern Indonesia that emerged with the increasing trade in cloves in the Middle Ages. Also spelt Gilolo, it was one of the four kingdoms of Maluku together ...

(1200s–1832) *

Sultanate of Bacan The Sultanate of Bacan (كسلطانن باچن) was a state in Maluku Islands, present-day Indonesia that arose with the expansion of the spice trade in late medieval times. It mainly consisted of the Bacan Islands (Bacan, Kasiruta, Mandioli, et ...

(1322–1965) * Sultanate of Banjar (1526–1860) *

Sultanate of Pontianak The Pontianak Sultanate ( Malay: كسلطانن ڤونتيناك, ''Kesultanan Pontianak'') was an Islamic Malay state that existed on the western coast of the island of Borneo from the late 18th century until its disestablishment in 1950. The ...

(1771–1950) * Sultanate of Sambas (1609–1956) * Sultanate of Sintang (1365–1950) * Sultanate of Bulungan (1731–1964) * Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate (1600s–1945) * Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow (1670–1950) * Sultanate of Gowa (1300s–1945) * Kingdom of Tallo (1400–1856) * Palembang Sultanate (1659–1823) * Kingdom of Kaimana (1309–1923) * Jambi Sultanate (1550–1905) * Riau-Lingga Sultanate (1824–1911) *

Kingdom of Manila In early Philippine history, the Tagalog Bayan ("country" or "city-state") of Maynila ( tl, Bayan ng Maynila; Pre-virama Baybayin: ) was a major Tagalog city-state on the southern part of the Pasig River delta, where the district of Intra ...

(1258–1571) * Sultanate of Maguindanao (1515–1905) * Sultanate of Sulu (1405–1915, 1962–1986) * Pattani Kingdom (1457–1902) *

Sultanate of Singora The Sultanate of Singora was a heavily fortified port city in southern Thailand and the precursor of the present-day town of Songkhla. It was founded in the early 17th century by a Persian, Dato Mogol, and flourished during the reign of his son ...

(1605–1680) * Kingdom of Setul Mambang Segara (1808–1916) * Kingdom of Reman (1810–1902) * Kingdom of Champa (1485–1832) * Kingdom of Arakan (1429–1879)

Africa

North Africa

* Salihid dynasty (710–1019) * Ifranid dynasty (742–1066) *

Rustamid dynasty The Rustamid dynasty () (or ''Rustumids'', ''Rostemids'') was a ruling house of Ibāḍī imāms of Persian descent centered in Algeria. The dynasty governed as a Muslim theocracy for a century and a half from its capital Tiaret (present day ...

(777–909) *

Muhallabids The Muhallabids () or the Muhallabid dynasty were an Arab family who became prominent in the middle Umayyad Caliphate and reached its greatest eminence during the early Abbasids, when members of the family ruled Basra and Ifriqiya. The founders of ...

(771–793) * Idrisid dynasty (788–974) *

Aghlabids The Aghlabids ( ar, الأغالبة) were an Arab dynasty of emirs from the Najdi tribe of Banu Tamim, who ruled Ifriqiya and parts of Southern Italy, Sicily, and possibly Sardinia, nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph, for about a ...

(800–909) * Sulaymanid dynasty (814–922) * Tulunids (868–905) * Ikhsisids (935–969) *

Zirids The Zirid dynasty ( ar, الزيريون, translit=az-zīriyyūn), Banu Ziri ( ar, بنو زيري, translit=banū zīrī), or the Zirid state ( ar, الدولة الزيرية, translit=ad-dawla az-zīriyya) was a Sanhaja Berber dynasty from ...

(973–1148) *

Hammadids The Hammadid dynasty () was a branch of the Sanhaja Berber dynasty that ruled an area roughly corresponding to north-eastern modern Algeria between 1008 and 1152. The state reached its peak under Nasir ibn Alnas during which it was briefly the ...

(1008–1152) * Almoravids ( 1040–1147) *

Almohads The Almohad Caliphate (; ar, خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or or from ar, ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ, translit=al-Muwaḥḥidūn, lit=those who profess the unity of God) was a North African Berber Muslim empire ...

(1147–1269) * Ayyubids (1171–1341) *

Hafsid dynasty The Hafsids ( ar, الحفصيون ) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (University Press of America, 1999), 84. who ruled Ifriqiya (wester ...

(1229–1574) * Nasrid dynasty (1232–1492) * Ziyyanid dynasty (1235–1556) *

Marinid dynasty The Marinid Sultanate was a Berber Muslim empire from the mid-13th to the 15th century which controlled present-day Morocco and, intermittently, other parts of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) and of the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain) a ...

(1269–1465) * Bahri dynasty (1250–1382) * Burji dynasty (1382–1517) * Wattasid dynasty (1472–1554) *

Saadi dynasty The Saadi Sultanate (also rendered in English as Sa'di, Sa'did, Sa'dian, or Saadian; ar, السعديون, translit=as-saʿdiyyūn) was a state which ruled present-day Morocco and parts of West Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was l ...

(1554–1659) * Kingdom of Ait Abbas (1510–1872) * Alaouite dynasty (1666–present) * Husainid dynasty (1705–1957) * Karamanli dynasty (1711–1835) * Muhammad Ali dynasty (1805–1952)

Horn of Africa

* Sultanate of Mogadishu (9th–13th centuries) * Sultanate of Showa (1180–1279) * Ajuran Sultanate (13th–17th centuries) * Sultanate of Ifat (1285–1415) *

Guled dynasty House of Guled ( so, Reer Guuleed, Wadaad writing: ) was the ruling house of the Isaaq Sultanate from 1750 to 1884 and is also a subclan in its own right. The family are descendants of the Eidagale sub division of the wider Garhajis and in ext ...

(1700s–1884) * Sugulleh dynasty (18th century-1884) * Adal Sultanate (c. 1415 – 1555) * Mudaito dynasty (16th century – present) * Sultanate of Harar (1526–1577) * Imamate of Aussa (1577–1672) * Emirate of Harar (1647–1887) * Sultanate of Geledi (late 17th–20th centuries) * Hiraab Imamate (late 17th–20th centuries) * Majeerteen Sultanate (mid-18th century – early 20th century) * Sultanate of Hobyo (mid-18th century – early 20th century) *

Kingdom of Gomma The Kingdom of Gomma was a kingdom in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 18th century. It was based in Agaro. Location Gomma shared its northern border with Limmu-Ennarea, its western border with Gumma, its southern border with ...

(early 19th century – 1886) * Kingdom of Jimma (1830–1932) * Kingdom of Gumma (1840–1902)

Central and West Africa

* Za dynasty in Gao (11th century–1275) * Sayfawa dynasty (1075–1846) * Mali Empire (c. 1230–c. 1600) * Keita dynasty (1235–c. 1670) * Songhai Empire (c. 1340–1591) *

Bornu Empire Bornu may refer to: * Bornu Empire, a historical state of West Africa * Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while it ...

(1396–1893) * Kingdom of Baguirmi (1522–1897) * Dendi Kingdom (1591–1901) * Sultanate of Damagaram (1731–1851) *

Sokoto Caliphate The Sokoto Caliphate (), also known as the Fulani Empire or the Sultanate of Sokoto, was a Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa. It was founded by Usman dan Fodio in 1804 during the Fulani jihads after defeating the Hausa Kingdoms in the F ...

(1804–1903) * Toucouleur Empire (1836–1890)

African Great Lakes

Pate Sultanate Pate (Paté) Island () is located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya, to which it belongs. It is the largest island in the Lamu Archipelago, which lie between the towns of Lamu and Kiunga in the former Coast Province. The ...

(1203–1870) * Sennar (sultanate) (1523–1821) *

Sultans on the Comoros Several sultanates on the Comoros, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean with an ethnically complex mix, were founded after the introduction of Islam into the area in the 15th century. Other uses depending on the island could also be styled ''fani ...

* Wituland (1858–1923)

Europe

Eastern Europe and Russia

Volga Bulgaria Volga Bulgaria or Volga–Kama Bulgaria, was a historic Bulgar state that existed between the 7th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama River, in what is now European Russia. Volga Bulgaria was a multi-ethnic state ...

(7th century–1240s) * Emirate of Crete (820s–961) * Avar Khanate (early 13th–19th century) *

Golden Horde The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragmen ...

(1313–1502) * Khanate of Kazan (1438–1552) * Crimean Khanate (1441–1783) * Nogai Horde (1440s–1634) * Qasim Khanate (1452–1681) * Astrakhan Khanate (1466–1556) * Khanate of Sibir (1490–1598) *

Pashalik of Scutari The Pashalik of Scutari, Iskodra, or Shkodra (1757–1831), was an autonomous and ''de facto'' independent '' pashalik'' created by the Albanian Bushati family from the previous Sanjak of Scutari, which was situated around the city of Shkod� ...

(1757–1831) * Pashalik of Berat (1774–1809) * Pashalik of Yanina (1788–1822)

Spain and Portugal

Caliphate of Córdoba The Caliphate of Córdoba ( ar, خلافة قرطبة; transliterated ''Khilāfat Qurṭuba''), also known as the Cordoban Caliphate was an Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 929 to 1031. Its territory comprised Iberia and part ...

(756–1017, 1023–1031) *

Taifa of Alpuente The Taifa of Alpuente () was a medieval taifa kingdom, of Berber origin, that existed from around 1009 to 1106 created following the end of the Caliphate of Córdoba in the Iberian Peninsula in 1010. It was centered at the city of Alpuente. I ...

(1009–1106) * Taifa of Badajoz (1009–1151) * Taifa of Morón (1010–1066) * Taifa of Toledo (1010–1085) *

Taifa of Tortosa The Taifa of Tortosa () was a medieval Islamic taifa kingdom. It existed for two separate periods, from 1010 to 1060 and 1081 to 1099. It was founded by the Slavic warlord Labib al-Fata al-Saqlabi. List of Emirs Saqlabi (Servile Rulers) dynasty * ...

(1010–1099) * Taifa of Arcos (1011–1145) *

Taifa of Almería The Taifa of Almería ( ar, طائفة المرية, rtl=yes, ) was a Muslim medieval Arab kingdom located in what is now the province of Almería in Spain. The taifa originated in 1012 and lasted until 1091. In this period the city of Almería r ...

(1010–1147) * Taifa of Denia (1010–1227) * Taifa of Valencia (1010–1238) *

Taifa of Murcia The Taifa of Murcia () was an Arab '' taifa'' of medieval Al-Andalus, in what is now southern Spain. It became independent as a ''taifa'' centered on the Moorish city of Murcia after the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (11th centur ...

(1011–1266) * Taifa of Albarracín (1012–1104) * Taifa of Zaragoza (1013–1110) * Taifa of Granada (1013–1145) * Taifa of Carmona (1013–1150) * Taifa of Santa María de Algarve (1018–1051) * Taifa of Mallorca (1018–1203) *

Taifa of Lisbon The Taifa of Lisbon (from ar, طائفة الأشبونة ''Taa'ifatu al-Ushbunah'') was a medieval Islamic Arab Taifa kingdom of Gharb Al-Andalus. It was located in '' Ath-Thaghr Al-Adna'' region, the north-western section of the Moorish Al-A ...

(1022–1093) *

Taifa of Seville The Taifa of Seville ( ''Ta'ifat-u Ishbiliyyah'') was an Arab kingdom which was ruled by the Abbadid dynasty. It was established in 1023 and lasted until 1091, in what is today southern Spain and Portugal. It gained independence from the Cali ...

(1023–1091) *

Taifa of Niebla The Taifa of Niebla () was an Arab taifa kingdom that existed during three distinct time periods: from 1023 to 1053, from 1145 to 1150 and from 1234 to 1262. From 1053 until 1091 it was under the forcible control of Taifa of Seville, by Abbad I ...

(1023–1262) * Taifa of Córdoba (1031–1091) * Taifa of Mértola (1033–1151) *

Taifa of Algeciras The Taifa of Algeciras () was a medieval Muslim taifa kingdom in what is now southern Spain and Gibraltar, that existed from 1035 to 1058. History The ''taifa'' was created in 1013, in the wake of the disintegration of the caliphate of Córdoba ...

(1035–1058) *

Taifa of Ronda The Taifa of Ronda () was a medieval Berber taifa kingdom centered in Moorish al-Andalus in what is now southern Spain. It existed from 1039 to 1065. The taifa was ruled by a family from the Berber Banu Ifran tribe of North Africa. Its capital w ...

(1039–1065) * Taifa of Silves (1040–1151) *

Taifa of Málaga The Taifa of Málaga () was an Islamic Moorish taifa kingdom located in what is now southern Spain. It existed during four distinct time periods: from 1026 to 1057, 1073 to 1090, 1145 to 1153, and 1229 to 1239, when the polity was finally conquere ...

(1073–1239) * Taifa of Molina (c. 1080's–1100) * Taifa of Lorca (1228–1250) * Taifa of Menorca (1228–1287) *

Emirate of Granada ) , common_languages = Official language: Classical ArabicOther languages: Andalusi Arabic, Mozarabic, Berber, Ladino , capital = Granada , religion = Majority religion: Sunni IslamMinority religions:R ...

(1228–1492)

Italy

* Aghlabid Sicily (827–909) * Emirate of Bari (847–871) * Emirate of Taranto (840–880)

France

* Fraxinetum