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The following is a list of Sunni Muslim dynasties. Asia. Arabian Peninsula. Ziyadid dynasty (819–1018) Banu Wajih (926–965) Sulaymanids (1063–1174) ...
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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.
Sunni dynasties (68 C, 57 P) A. Abbasids ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A. ... Keira dynasty; Keita dynasty;
A dynasty may be known by more than one name, either due to differences between its official and historiographical denominations, and/or due to the existence of multiple official and/or historiographical names. For example, the Amorian dynasty is also referred to as the "Phrygian dynasty". Due to variations in romanization, the name of a ...
It formed a Turkoman dynasty of Sunni Muslim faith, [4] which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia, and eventually seized control of Egypt in 1169. [5] [6] In 1174 the Zengid state extended from Tripoli to Hamadan and from Yemen to Sivas. [7] [8] Imad ad-Din Zengi was the first ruler of the dynasty.
A caliph is the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate. [1] [2] Caliphs (also known as 'Khalifas') led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, [3] and widely-recognised caliphates have existed in various forms for most of Islamic history.
Sunni Islam [a] (/ ˈ s uː n i /; Arabic: أهل السنة, romanized: Ahl as-Sunnah, lit. 'The People of the Sunnah') is the largest denomination of Islam, followed by 87–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.