This timeline of Islamic history relates the Gregorian and Islamic calendars in the history of Islam. This timeline starts with the lifetime of Muhammad, which is believed by non- Muslims to be when Islam started, though not by Muslims. Broad periods (Gregorian and Islamic dates) Muhammad and the Rashidun Caliphs 6th century CE (13 BH – 23 AH) The Umayyad Caliphate, the Abbasid Caliphate and its fragmentation, the Mamluk Sultanate, the Delhi Sultanate 7th century CE (23 AH – 81 AH) 8th century CE (81 AH – 184 AH) 9th century CE (184 AH – 288 AH) 10th century CE (288 AH – 391 AH) 11th century CE (391 AH – 494 AH) 12th century CE (494 AH – 597 AH) 13th century CE (597 AH – 700 AH) 14th century CE (700 AH – 803 AH) Regional empires and dynasties (Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire, Mughal Empire) 15th century CE (803 AH – 906 AH) 16th century CE (906 AH – 1009 AH) 17th century CE (1009 AH – 1112 AH) 18th century CE (1112 AH – 1215 AH) 19th century CE (1215 AH – 1318 AH) Final period of colonialism and time of postcolonial nation-states 20th century CE (1318 AH – 1421 AH) 21st century CE (1421 AH – present) Islamic centuries to Gregorian Islamic centuries to corresponding Gregorian years 1st century AH (622 – 719 CE) 2nd century AH (719 – 816) 3rd century AH (816 – 913) 4th century AH (913 – 1009) 5th century AH (1009 – 1106) 6th century AH (1106 – 1203) 7th century AH (1203 – 1299) 8th century AH (1299 – 1397) 9th century AH (1397 – 1495) 10th century AH (1495 – 1591) 11th century AH (1591 – 1688) 12th century AH (1688 – 1785) 13th century AH (1785 – 1883) 14th century AH (1883 – 1980) 15th century AH (1980 – present) See also Timeline of science and engineering in the Muslim world History of Islam Timeline of Jerusalem References External links Graphical Timeline of Islamic Rulers/Caliphate