1183 Fall of Ghazni.
1206 Jenghiz proclaims himself khan of the Mongols.
1218-1221 Conquests of Jenghiz Khan.
1225 Death of Nasir. His son, Dhahir, succeeds.
1226 Death of Dhahir. His son, Mustansir, succeeds. The whole of Persia is subject to the Mongols.
1245 Death of Mustansir. His son, Mustasim, succeeds.
1256 Hulagu, khan of the Mongols, invades Persia and extirpates the Assassins.
1258 Hulagu takes Baghdad, and puts Mustasim to death. End of the Abbasid dynasty.
THE MOHAMMEDANS IN SPAIN (711-1492 A.D.)
Within four years after the landing of Tarik in Spain, the whole peninsula, except the mountainous districts in the north, is in the hands of the Mohammedans. The first forty years of the occupation is a period of discord, and a number of emirs succeed each other in rapid succession. The Mohammedans fight with the Christians in the north, and penetrate into France, whence they are driven back by Charles Martel, in 732. The Arab power is on the eve of falling to pieces, when Abd ar-Rahman, the sole survivor of the Omayyad massacre in Arabia, arrives in Spain. In 755 Abd ar-Rahman is elected king of Mohammedan Spain.