[edit] Eighth century (701-800)
This century is equivalent to approximately 81 AH – 184 AH.
- 702: Ash'ath's rebellion in Iraq, battle of Dayr al-Jamira.
- 703: Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam of shiite is born.
- 705: Death of Abd al-Malik. Accession of Al-Walid I as Umayyad Caliph.
- 711: Conquest of Spain by Tariq bin Ziad and Transoxiana.
- 712: Conquest of Sind by Mohammad bin Qasim
- 713: Ali ibn Husayn, the fourth Imam of shiite was poisoned and martyred. Muhammad al-Baqir becomes Imam. Conquest of Multan.
- 715: Death of Walid I. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik becomes Umayyad Caliph.
- 716: Second Arab siege of Constantinople.
- 717: Death of Sulayman. Umar II becomes Umayyad Caliph. Pact of Umar.
- 720: Death of Umar II. Yazid II becomes Umayyad Caliph.
- 723: Al-Kharashi, massacred Turks and Sogdian refugees in Khujand
- 724: Death of Yazid II. Hisham becomes Umayyad Caliph.
- 725: The Muslims occupy Nimes in France.
- 728: Sulu Khan of Turks (Turgesh) defeated Muslim ibn Sa'id
- 730: Barjik, of Khazar Turks invaded northwestern Iran and defeated the Umayyad forces at Ardabil in 730, killing the Arab governor Al-Djarrah al-Hakami and briefly occupying the town
- 732: The Battle of Tours in France.
- 737: The Muslims meet a reverse at Avignon in France.
- 737: Marwan ibn Muhammad (later Caliph Marwan II) poured across the Caucasus and eventually defeated a Khazar army led by Hazer Tarkhan, briefly occupying Atil itself.
- 740: Shi'a Zaydi Revolt under Zayd bin Ali. Berber revolt in North Africa. Battle of the Nobles.
- 741: Battle of Bagdoura in North Africa.
- 742: The Muslim rule restored in Qairawan.
- 743: Muhammad al-Baqir is poisoned. Jafar al-Sadiq becomes Imam. Death of Hisham. Al-Walid II becomes Umayyad Caliph. Shi'a revolt in Khurasan under Yahya ibn Zayd.
- 744: Deposition of Walid II. Yazid III becomes Umayyad Caliph and his death. Ibrahim becomes Umayyad Caliph and his overthrow. Battle of Ain al Jurr. Marwan II becomes Umayyad Caliph.
- 745: Musa al-Kazim, the seventh Imam of Shiite is born. (Ismail bin Jafar is the 7th rightful Imam according to [Ismaili]] Shia.)Kufa and Mosul occupied by the Kharijites.
- 746: Battle of Rupar Thutha, Kufa and Mosul occupied by Marwan II.
- 747: Revolt of Abu Muslim in Khurasan.
- 748: Battle of Rayy.
- 749: Battle of lsfahan and Battle of Nihawand. Capture of Kufa by the Abbasids. As-Saffah becomes the Abbasid Caliph at Kufa.
- 750: Battle of Zab. Fall of Damascus. End of the Umayyads.
- 751: Conquest of Wasit by the Abbasid. Murder of the Minister Abu Salama.
- 751: Battle of Talas Abbasid amies defeat Tang Dynasty of China. First Türk-Arap cooperation.
- 754: Death of Al-Saffah. Accession of Al-Mansur as the Caliph.
- 755: Revolt of Abdullah bin Ali. Murder of Abu Muslim. Sunbadh revolt in Khurasan.
- 756: Abd-ar-rahman I founds the Umayyad state in Spain.
- 758: Khazar army under Ras Tarkhan invaded and temporarily occupied parts of Azerbaijan and Arran.
- 763: Foundation of Baghdad. Defeat of the Abbasids in Spain.
- 765: Jafar al-Sadiq, who is the sixth imam of Shiite is poisoned. He formulated theology and Shariah of shiite during his life, which called Mazhabe Jafari. Musa al-Kazim becomes Imam. Ali ar Rida the eighth imam was born.
- 766: Sayram in Central Asia taken from the Nestorians. Evangelical army of Arab Muslims and recent converts led by Abd al-Aziz.
- 767: Khariji state set up by Ibn Madrar at Sijilmasa. Ustad Sees revolt in Khurasan.
- 772: Battle of Janbi in North Africa. Rustamid state set up in Morocco.
- 775: Death or the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur, Accession of Al-Mahdi.
- 777: Siege of Saragossa in Spain.
- 785: Death of the Caliph Mahdi. Accession of Al-Hadi.
- 786: Death of Hadi. Accession of Harun al-Rashid.
- 788: Idrisid state set up in the Maghrib. Death of Abd-ar-rahman I of Spain, and accession of Hisham I.
- 792: Invasion of South France.
- 796: Death of Hisham in Spain; accession of al al-Hakam I.
- 799: Suppression of the revolt of the Khazars.
- 800: Musa al-Kazim is poisoned in prison of Harun al-Rashid. Ali al-Rida becomes Imam. Aghlabid rule is established in North Africa.
- By the end of this century, global Muslim population had grown to 2 per cent of the total (centred around Iraq).
