808 Ibn Khaldun d.
857 Capture of Constantinople by Ottomans and office of Shaykh al-Islam created = A.D. 1453. Thomas à Kempis d. = A.D. 1471.
895 M. b. Yusuf as-Sanusi d.
907 Accession of Safawids.
922 Conquest of Egypt by Ottoman Turks.
945 Death of al-Mutawakkil, last ‘Abbasid.
951 Beginning of Sharifs of Morocco.
973 Ash-Sha‘rani d.
1201 ‘Abd al-Wahhab d. = A.D. 1787.
1205 Sayyid Murtada d.; al-Fudali fl. circ. 1220.