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List of Muslim states and dynasties

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This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570–632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continuing through to the present day.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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,[1][2] Ottoman Empire centered around Anatolia, the Safavid Empire of Persia, and the Mughal Empire in India.[citation needed]

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By land area

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Middle East and North Africa

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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

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Horn of Africa

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Somalia

Ethiopia

Eritrea

Djibouti

Persian Plateau

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Iran

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Shah Ismail I, founder of Safavid dynasty

Anatolia (Turkey)

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Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Georgia

Caucasus

Afghanistan

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Indian subcontinent

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Taj Mahal

Bangladesh

Pakistan

India

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Southern Europe

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Spain & Portugal

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Mezquita

France

Umayyad Caliph of Cordova

Italy

Gibraltar

  • Gibraltar Maghreb (711–1462)
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Sahel and Subsaharan Africa

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Sudan, South Sudan

Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Mali

Regional

Cameroon

Burkina Faso

Chad

Central African Republic

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

Senegal

Guinea

Togo

Sierra Leone

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East Africa ("Swahili Coast")

Tanzania

Kenya

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Malawi

Mozambique

  • Angoche Sultanate (1485–1910)
  • Kitangonya Sheikhdom (1750–1906)
  • Sankul Sheikhdom (1753–1910)
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Indian Ocean Region

Maldives

Mayotte

Comoros

  • The Sultanate of Ndzuwani (1711–1912)
  • The Sultanate of Ngazidjia (1400–1912) also known as the Sultanate of Bambao
  • The Sultanate of Mwali (1830–1909)
  • The Sultanate of Bajini (1500–1889)
  • The Sultanate of Itsandra (1400–1886)
  • The Sultanate of Mitsamihuli
  • The Sultanate of Washili
  • The Sultanate of Hambuu
  • The Sultanate of Hamahame
  • The Sultanate of Mbwankuu
  • The Sultanate of Mbude
  • The Sultanate of Domba

Madagascar

Eastern Europe (Balkan Region)

Ukraine, Moldova

Romania, Bulgaria

Greece

Albania

Ural Region, Siberia (Russia)

Central Asia, East Asia

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Transoxania (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan)

Mongolia and China

Southeast Asia

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Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia

Philippines

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Thailand

Cambodia, Vietnam

Myanmar

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