| Circa |
1892 B. C.—Birth of Ishmael. |
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1773 ” —Death of Ishmael. |
| ” |
992 ” —Bilkis, queen of Yemen (Sheba) visits Solomon. |
| ” |
700 ” —Amalgamation of Cushite and Sabean clans in Yemen. |
| ” |
754 ” —All Yemen and Oman under rule of Yaarŭb. |
| ” |
588 ” —First Jewish settlements in Arabia. |
| A. D. |
33—Arabians present at Pentecost. |
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37—The Apostle Paul goes to Arabia. |
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60—Second Jewish immigration into Arabia. |
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105—Roman Emperor Trajan under his general Palma subdues Northwestern Arabia. |
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120—Destruction of great dam at Marib and the beginning of Arab migrations northward. |
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297—Famine in Western Arabia. Migrations eastward. |
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326—Nearchus, admiral of Alexander, surveys the Persian Gulf. |
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325—Nicene Council—Arabians present. |
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342—Christianity already extending in Northern Arabia. Churches built in Yemen. |
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372—Mavia, queen of North Arabia, converted to Christianity. |
| ” |
525—Abyssinian invasion of Yemen. |
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561—Mohammed born at Mecca. |
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575—Persians under Anosharwan expel the Abyssinians from Yemen. |
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595—Mohammed marries Khadijah. |
| ” |
595—Yemen passes under Persian Rule. |
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610—Mohammed begins his prophetic career. |
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622—(A.H. 1)—Mohammed flees from Mecca to Medina. The era of the Hegira. (See end of Table.) |
| ” |
623—Battle of Bedr. |
| ” |
624—Battle of Ohod. |
| ” |
630—Mecca overcome. Embassy to Oman, etc. |
| ” |
632—Death of Mohammed. Abubekr caliph. All Arabia subjugated by force of arms. |
| ” |
634—Omar caliph. Expulsion of Jews and Christians from Arabia. |
| ” |
638—Kufa and Busrah founded. |
| ” |
644—Othman caliph. |
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655—Dissensions regarding caliphate. Medina attacked. Ali chosen caliph. |
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656—Battle of the Camel. Capital transferred to Kufa. |
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661—Ali assassinated. Hassan becomes caliph. |
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750—Beginning of Abbaside Caliphate (Bagdad). |
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754—Mansur. |
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786—Haroun el Rashid. |
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809—Amin. |
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813—Mamun. |
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833—Motasim. |
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847—Motawakkel. |
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889—Arise of Carmathian sect. |
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905—Yemen comes under Karamite caliphs. |
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932—Rebellion in Yemen. It becomes independent under Imams of Sana as rulers. |
| ” |
930—Carmathians take Mecca and carry away the black-stone to Katif. |
| ” |
1055—Togrul Beg at Bagdad. |
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1096-1272—The Crusades. Arabia in touch with European civilization through its bands of warriors. |
| ” |
1173—Yemen subdued by sultans of Egypt. |
| ” |
1240—Rise of Ottoman Turks. |
| ” |
1258—Fall of Bagdad. |
| ” |
1325—Yemen again independent. |
| ” |
1454—Imams of Yemen take Aden and fortify it. |
| ” |
1503—Portuguese under Ludovico Barthema, make voyages on Arabian coast and visit Aden and Muscat. |
| ” |
1507—Portuguese take Muscat. |
| ” |
1513—Portuguese under Abulquerque are repulsed at Aden. Visit Mokha and the Persian Gulf. |
| ” |
1516—Suleiman by order of Mameluke Sultan attacks Aden and is repulsed. |
| ” |
1538—Suleiman the Magnificent sends a fleet and takes Aden by treachery. Arab garrison butchered. |
| ” |
1540—Beginning of Turkish rule in Yemen. |
| ” |
1550—Arabs hand over Aden to the Portuguese. |
| ” |
1551—Aden recaptured by Peri Pasha. |
| ” |
1624-1741—Imams established rule over all Oman with capital at Rastak; then at Muscat. |
| ” |
1609—First visit to Aden by English captains. |
| ” |
1618—English establish factories at Mokha. |
| ” |
1622—Portuguese expelled from Bahrein and Arab coast by the Persians. |
| ” |
1630—Arabs drive out Turks from Yemen and Imams take the throne at Sana. |
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1740-65—Dutch East India Company in Persian Gulf and Red Sea ports. |
| ” |
1765—English East India Company in Persian Gulf and Red Sea ports. |
| ” |
1735—Abdali Sultan of Lahaj takes Aden. |
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1741—Ahmed bin Said drives out Portuguese from Muscat and founds Dynasty of Imams, anew. |
| ” |
1765—Mohammed bin Abdul Wahab dies and his political associate Mohammed bin Saud propagates Wahabiism in Arabia. |
| ” |
1780—Spread of Wahabi doctrine over all of Central Arabia. |
| ” |
1801—Wahabis conquer Bahrein and hold it for nine years. |
| ” |
1803—Abd-ul-Aziz the Wahabi chief assassinated by a Persian fanatic. |
| ” |
1803—Wahabis take Mecca and lay seige to Jiddah. |
| ” |
1804—Wahabis take Medina. |
| ” |
1804—Said bin Sultan ruler of Oman and Zanzibar. |
| ” |
1809—Aden visited by Captain Haines of British Navy. |
| ” |
1818—Ibrahim Pasha captures Wahabi capital and sends Amir in chains to Constantinople where he is beheaded. |
| ” |
1805-1820—British suppress piracy in Persian Gulf. |
| ” |
1820—Son of Amir, Turki, proclaimed Sultan of Nejd and Oman coast. |
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1821—British make treaty with tribes on Oman coast called the “Trucial League.” |
| ” |
1820-1847—British treaties with Bahrein chiefs to suppress slave-trade and piracy. |
| ” |
1831—Turki, ruler of Nejd, murdered. |
| ” |
1832—Feysul bin Turki, succeeds him. |
| ” |
l835—Abdullah bin Rashid becomes a powerful chief in Jebel Shammar. |
| ” |
1835—Aden again visited by British to avenge cruelty to sailors shipwrecked off its coast. |
| ” |
1839—Aden bombarded by British fleet and taken. Treaties made with surrounding tribes. |
| ” |
1840-1847—Aden attacked by Arabs. |
| ” |
1846—Tilal bin Abdullah bin Rashid succeeds to rulership of Jebel Shammar and becomes independent of Wahabi power. |
| ” |
1851-1856—Abdullah bin Mutalib Sherif of Mecca. |
| ” |
1854—Sultan of Oman makes treaty with England and cedes Kuria Muria Islands. |
| ” |
1856—Thuwani bin Said ruler of Oman. |
| ” |
1857—Perim occupied by British. |
| ” |
1858-1877—Abdullah bin Mohammed Sherif of Mecca. |
| ” |
1858—Cable laid in Red Sea from Suez to Aden, but proved defective (cost £800,000). |
| ” |
1858—Bombardment of Jiddah by British. |
| ” |
1865-1886—Abdullah bin Feysul ruler of Nejd with capital at Riad. |
| ” |
1867—Mitaab bin Abdullah succeeds Tilal. |
| ” |
1867—Menamah (Bahrein) bombarded by British because of broken treaty. Isa bin Ali made ruler. |
| ” |
1866—Sultan bin Thuwani ruler of Oman. |
| ” |
1868—Mohammed bin Rashid assumes power and rule at Hail as Amir of Nejd. |
| ” |
1869—Cable laid from Bombay to Aden and Suez. |
| ” |
1870—Turkish invasion of Yemen. |
| ” |
1871—Turkish invasion of Hassa and occupation of Katif. |
| ” |
1871—Seyyid Turki ruler of Oman (Muscat). |
| ” |
1875—Busrah made a separate vilayet. |
| ” |
1877—Beginning of Turkish bureaucracy at Mecca. |
| ” |
1878—Treaty of Berlin. Reforms promised in Turkish Provinces. |
| ” |
1880—Hasein, Sherif of Mecca, is murdered. |
| ” |
1881-82—Abd el Mutalib again Sherif of Mecca. |
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1882—Aun er Rafik made Sherif of Mecca. |
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1886—Mohammed Ibn Rashid takes Riad overturning Saud government and becomes ruler of all Central Arabia. |
