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26/03/2019 List of Wars in Pax Islamic History (C. 624—C. 1999) - Materia Islamica 26/03/2019 List of Wars in Pax Islamic History (c. 624—c. 1999) - Materia Islamica 7th Century (55 Battles)[1] Total Campaigns: 254 Total Battles: 1,423 Battle of Jalula (637) Battle of Madain (637) Muslim Campaign (624-630) Byzantine-Muslim Wars (645-739) Battle of Wadi al-Arabah (634) Battle of Akraba (633) Battle of Yarmuk (634) Battle of Camel (656) Battle of Hira (633) Egypt Conquest (640-642) Battle of Badr (624) Battle of Damascus (635) Battle of Siffin (657) Battle of Mazar (633) Battle of Alexandria (645) Battle of Uhud (625) Battle of Fihl (635) Battle of Karbala (680) Battle of Ullais (633) Battle of Heliopolis (640) Battle of Mount Phoenix (654) Battle of Medina (627) Battle of Marj as-Suffar (635) Battle of Harra (683) Battle of Walaja (633) Battle of Pelusium (640) Battle of Amorium (669) Battle of Khaybar (628) Battle of Yarmuk (636) Battle of Mecca (683) Battle of Ain Tamar (634) Battle of Babylon (640-641) Battle of Syllaeum (677) Battle of Mecca (630) Battle of Jerusalem (638) Battle of Medina (683) Battle of Babylon (634) Battle of Alexandria (641-642) Battle of Sebastopolis (692) Battle of Aleppo (639) Battle of Marj Rahit (684) Battle of Bridge (634) The Syrian Conquest (629-639) Battle of Mecca (692) Battle of Firadz (634) Persian Conquest North African Conquest (647-698) Muslim Civil Wars (632-763) Battle of Nimaraq (634) Battle of Muta (629) Iraq Conquest (633-637) Battle of Buwayb (635) Battle of Nehavend (641) Battle of Sufetula (647) Battle of Ajnadin (634) Battle of Buzakha (632) Battle of Qadisiyya (636) Battle of Biskra (683) Battle of Bosra (634) Battle of Dhu al Quassa (633) Battle of Hafir (633) Battle of Mams (688) Battle of Marj Rahit (634) Egyptian-Nubian Wars Battle of Carthage (697-698) Battle of Nubia (641-652) 8th-10th Century (61 Battles)[2] Battle of Bari (871) Battle of Syracuse (877-878) Qarmatian Sack of Mecca (930) Muslim Civil Wars Battle of Akroinos (739) Muslim War of Succession (809-811) Battle of Mecca (930) Battle of Dayr al Jamajm (701) Spanish Conquest (711-718) Battle of Maskin (701) Byzantine-Muslim Wars (778-902) Hindu-Muslim Wars (989-1038) Battle of Baghdad (809-811) Muslim Civil Wars (936-978) Battle of Akra (721) Battle of Ecija (711) Battle of Aqua Portora (742) Battle of Hadath (778-779) Battle of Lamghan (989) Battle of Guadalete (711) Battle of the Muslim Civil War Battle of Ain Diar (744) Battle of Merida (713) Battle of Samalu (780) Rebellions (814-883) Battle of Karbala (749) Battle of Nicomedia (782) (936-944) Afghan Sucessesion (998-1041) Battle of Segoyuela (713) Battle of the Muslim Civil War Battle of Zab (750) Battle of Convadonga (718) Battle of Crasus (805) Shia Rebellion (814-819) Battle of Medina (762) Battle of Heraclea (806) Zanj Slave Rebellion (883) (945-948) Battle of Ghazni (998) Battle of Bakhamra (763) Battle of Syracuse (827-828) Battle of the Muslim Civil War Sindh Conquest (712-738) (968-978) Battle of Palermo (830-831) Byzantine-Muslim Wars (778-902) Spanish-Muslim Wars (981-1002) Sino-Arab Conflict Battle of Amorium (838) Battle of Raor (712) Byzantine-Muslim Wars (961-1038) Battle of Navsari (738) Battle of Dazimon (838) Battle of Taormina (902) Battle of Rueda (981) Sino-Arab Conflict (751) Battle of Messina (843) Battle of Crete (961) Battle of Ostia (849) Spanish-Muslim Wars (918-939) Iranian Dynasty Wars (999-1032) Byzantine-Muslim Wars (645-739) French Conquest (721-732) Battle of Castrogiovanni (859) Battle of Aleppo (962) Battle of Poson (863) Battle of Adana (964) Battle of Toulouse (721) Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz Battle of Merv (999) Battle of Constantinople (717- Battle of Tarsus (965) Battle of Bordeaux (732) (918) Battle of Aleppo (969) 718) Battle of Tours (732) Battle of Val de Junquera (920) Battle of Adiranople (718) Battle of Antioch (969) Battle of Sanguesa (924) Battle of Amida (973) Battle of Simancas (939) 11th Century (60 Battles)[3] Byzantine-Muslim Wars (961-1038) Battle of Sharwa (1019) Battle of Somnath (1026) Battle of Dabusiyya (1032) Georgian-Seljuk Wars (1075-1202) Battle of Azaz (1030) Battle of Hansi (1037-1038) Battle of Graus (1063) Battle of Edessa (1031) Seljuk Wars (1037-1060)) Battle of Coimbra (1064) Battle of Partskhisi (1075) Battle of Rometta (1038) Afghan Wars of Sucessesion (998-1041) Battle of Cabra (1079) Battle of Antioch (1097-1098) Battle of Nishapur (1037) Battle of Almenar (1082) First Western Crusade Battle of Arqa (1098) Spanish-Muslim Wars (981-1002) Battle of Fatehabad (1041) Battle of Dandanaqan (1040) Battle of Ebro (1084) Battle of Edessa (1098) Battle of Hasankale (1048) Battle of Toledo (1084-1085) Battle of Civetot (1096) Battle of Harene (1098) Battle of Isfahan (1050-1051) Battle of Zallaka (1086) Battle of Jerusalem (1098) Battle of Calatanazar (1002) Iranian Dynasty Wars (999-1032) Battle of Wieselburg (1096) Battle of Tarq (1051) Battle of Almodovar del Rio Battle of Xerigordan (1096) Battle of Maarat an-Numan (1098) Battle of Manzikert (1054) (1091) Battle of Orontes (1098) Hindu-Muslim Wars (989-1038) Battle of Tarq (1002) Battle of Albara (1097) Battle of Baghdad (1055) Battle of Cuarte (1093-1094) Battle of Antioch (1097) Battle of Ascalon (1099) Battle of Uk (1003) Battle of Rayy (1059) Battle of Valencia (1091-1094) Battle of Jerusalem (1099) Battle of Peshawar (1001) Battle of Balkh (1008) Battle of Dorylaeum (1097) Battle of Kufah (1060) Battle of Alcoraz (1096) Battle of Heraclea (1097) Battle of Bhera (1006) Battle of Hazarasp (1017) Battle of Bairen (1097) Battle of Waihand (1006) Battle of Nicaea (1097) Battle of Samarkand (1025) Christian Invasion of Spain (1063-1248) Battle of Waihand (1008) Battle of Sarjahan (1029) Battle of Tarsus (1097) Battle of Thaneswar (1011) 12th Century (71 Battles)[4] materiaislamica.com/index.php?title=List_of_Wars_in_Pax_Islamic_History_(c._624—c._1999)&oldid=2954&printable=yes 2/10 26/03/2019 List of Wars in Pax Islamic History (c. 624—c. 1999) - Materia Islamica 7th Century (55 Battles)[1] Total Campaigns: 254 Total Battles: 1,423 Georgian-Seljuk Wars (1075-1202) Battle of Dorylaeum (1147) Battle of Damascus (1148) Christian Invasion of Spain (1063-1248) Battle of Ertsukhi (1104) Battle of Mopsuestia (1152) Battle of Chandwar (1194) Battle of Mersivan (1101) Battle of Antioch (1119) Battle of Didgori (1121) Battle of Mollerusa (1102) Battle of Ramleh (1101) Battle of Ascalon (1123) Battle of Shamkhor (1195) Ghor-Ghazni Wars (1148-1151) Third Western Crusade (1187-1192) Battle of Ucles (1108) Battle of Joppa (1102) Battle of Tyre (1124) Battle of Valtierra (1110) Battle of Ramleh (1102) Battle of Azaz (1125) Christian Invasion of Portugal (1139-1217) Battle of Ghazni (1148) Battle of Cresson (1187) Battle of Saragossa (1118) Battle of Tripoli (1102) Battle of Anazarbus (1130) Battle of Ghazni (1151) Battle of Hattin (1187) Battle of Cutanda (1120) Battle of Acre (1104) Battle of Edessa (1144) Battle of Jerusalem (1187) Battle of Arinsol (1126) Battle of Ourique (1139) Battle of Harran (1105) Battle of Edessa (1146) Battle of Lisbon (1147) Crusader Invasion of Egypt (1167-1169) Battle of Tyre (1187) Battle of Cullera (1129) Battle of Khabar (1107) Battle of Inab (1149) Battle of Acre (1189-1191) Battle of Fraga (1134) Battle of Santarem (1147) Battle of Menbij (1108) Battle of Ascalon (1153) Battle of Alcacer do Sol (1158) Battle of Alexandria (1167) Battle of Arsouf (1191) Battle of Tortosa (1148) Battle of Tripoli (1109) Battle of Baniyas (1157) Battle of Joppa (1192) Battle of Alarcos (1195) Battle of El Ashmunien (1167) Battle of Beirut (1110) Battle of Mallaha (1157) Great Seljuk Sultanate Wars (1141-1194) Battle of Damietta (1169) Battle of Sidon (1110) Battle of Artah (1164) Crusader-Muslim Wars (1100-1179) Fourth Western Crusade (1196-1204) Battle of Tyre (1110-1111) Battle of Montgisard (1177) Battle of Samarkand (1141) Hindu-Muslim Wars (1178-1194) Battle of Tel-Danish (1115) Battle of Baniyas (1179) Battle of Balkh (1153) Battle of Sidon (1196) Battle of Melitene (1100) Battle of Joppa (1198) Battle of Heraclea (1101) Battle of Shahr Rey (1194) Battle of Gujurat (1178) Battle of Taraori (1191) Second Western Crusade (1147-1152) Battle of Taraori (1192) 13th Century (61 Battles)[5] Christian Invasion of Spain (1063-1248) Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa Battle of Acre (1291) (1212) Battle of Alamut (1256) Battle of Cordova (1236) Battle of Durrah (1221) Mongol Invasion of India (1241-1306) Battle of Anbar (1258) Battle of Seville (1248) Battle of Herat (1221-1222) Battle of Garni (1225) Battle of Baghdad (1258) Battle of Kuban (1222) Battle of Tbilisi (1226) Battle of Lahore (1241) Battle of Ayn Jalut (1260) Battle of Jand (1218) Battle of Kalka (1223) Battle of Bolnisi (1227) Battle of Aleppo (1260) Georgian-Seljuk Wars (1075-1202) Battle of Kashgar (1218) Battle of Jalandhar (1298) Battle of Kili (1299) Battle of Homs (1281-1299) Battle of Otrar (1219-1220) Dehli Sultanate Wars (1216-1326) Battle of Basian (1202) Battle of Bokhara (1220) Crusader-Muslim Wars (1239-1344) Mongol Invasion of Asia Minor (1243) Mongol Dynastic Wars (1262-1301) Battle of Hamadan (1220) Battle of Taraori (1216) Christian Invasion of Portugal (1139-1217) Battle of Kohjend (1220) Battle of Gaza (1239) Battle of Kaithal (1240) Battle of Jerusalem (1244) Battle of Kuba (1262) Battle of Samarkand (1220) Battle of Deogiri (1294) Battle of Kose Dagh (1243) Battle of Alcacer do Sol (1217) Battle of Bamien (1221) Battle of La Forbie (1244) Battle of Terek (1263) Battle of Gurganj (1221) Battle of Ascalon (1247) Seventh Western Crusade (1249-1250)
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