List of wars in the Muslim world

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Part of the list of wars series, listing wars and battles in the Muslim world. Conflicts where a majority-Muslim country or group is a party are included.

Contents 1 Battles of the Rashidun Caliphate 1.1 Ridda wars 1.2 Byzantine-Arab Wars 1.3 Islamic Conquest of Persia 1.4 First Islamic civil war 2 Battles of the Umayyad Caliphate 2.1 Byzantine-Arab Wars 2.2 Khazar-Arab Wars 2.3 Moorish Invasion of the Iberian peninsula 2.4 Charles Martel 3 Battles of the Abbasid Caliphate 3.1 Tang Dynasty 3.2 Byzantines 3.3 Mongols 4 Battles of the Kalbids 5 Battles of Córdoba 5.1 Reconquista 6 Battles of the Taifas 6.1 Reconquista 6.1.1 Second Crusade 7 Almoravids 7.1 Reconquista 8 Battles of the Almohads 8.1 Reconquista 9 Battles of the Marinids 9.1 Reconquista 10 Seljuk Turks 10.1 Greater Seljuk 10.1.1 First Crusade 10.1.2 Kingdom of Georgia 10.1.3 Crusader States 10.2 Sultanate of Rûm 10.2.1 First Crusade 10.2.2 Second Crusade 10.2.3 Kingdom of Georgia 10.2.4 Crusader States 10.2.5 Byzantines 10.2.6 Mongol Invasion 10.3 Zengid dynasty 10.3.1 Crusader States 10.3.2 Second Crusade 10.4 Atabegs 10.4.1 Crusader States 10.4.2 Ortoqid dynasty 10.4.2.1 Crusader States 11 Emirate of Tbilisi 11.1 Kingdom of Georgia 12 Battles of the Fatimids 12.1 First Crusade 12.2 Second Crusade 13 Saadi Dynasty (Morocco) 13.1 Reconquista 13.2 Songhai 14 Battles of the Qajar Dynasty (Iran) 15 Battles of the Ayyubids 15.1 Crusader States 15.2 Third Crusade 15.3 Fifth Crusade 15.4 Seventh Crusade 15.5 Mongol Invasion 16 Battles of the Khwarezmian Empire (Iran) 17 Battles of the Mamelukes (Egypt) 17.1 Crusader States 17.2 Mongol Invasion 17.3 Napoleon 18 Battles of the Mali Empire 19 Battles of the Timurid dynasty 19.1 Timur 19.2 Babur 19.3 Akbar 20 Battles of the Ottoman Empire 20.1 Byzantine-Ottoman Wars 20.2 Ottoman-Serbian War 20.3 Ottoman-Hungarian Wars 20.4 Ottoman-Wallachian War 20.5 Ottoman-Moldavian Wars 20.6 Ottoman-Albanian Wars (1444-1467) 20.7 Ottoman–Venetian Wars 20.8 Knights of Malta-Ottoman Wars 20.9 Ottoman-Persian War 20.10 Ottoman-Habsburg Wars 20.11 Polish-Ottoman Wars 20.12 Russo-Ottoman Wars 21 Modern Wars 22 Current conflicts 23 Further listings

Battles of the Rashidun Caliphate

Ridda wars

• Battle of Yamama 632
• Battle of Zafar 632
• Battle of Buzakha 632
• Battle of Ghamra 632
• Battle of Naqra 632
• Battle of Daumat-ul-jandal 633

Byzantine-Arab Wars

v • d • e Byzantine–Arab Wars Early conflicts Mutah – Tabouk – Dathin – Firaz Muslim conquest of Roman Syria Qarteen – Bosra – Ajnadayn – Marj-al-Rahit – Fahl – Damascus – Maraj-al-Debaj – Emesa – Yarmouk – Jerusalem – Hazir – Aleppo Muslim conquest of Roman Egypt Heliopolis – Alexandria – Nikiou Umayyad conquest of North Africa Sufetula – Carthage Umayyad invasions of Anatolia and Constantinople Iron Bridge – Kahramanmaraş – Phoenix – 1st Constantinople – 2nd Constantinople – Akroinon Arab campaigns in Southern Italy Sicily – Mainland Later Byzantine campaigns Campaigns of John Kourkouas – Campaigns of Nikephoros II – Campaigns of John I – Campaigns of Basil II – George Maniakes in Sicily – Damietta

Muslim conquest of Syria

• Battle of Mu'tah 629, 8 AH
• Battle of Tabouk 630, 13 AH
• Battle of Dathin 634, 12 AH
• Battle of Qarteen 634
• Battle of Bosra 634
• Battle of Ajnadayn 634
• Battle of Marj-al-Rahit 634
• Battle of Fahl 634
• Siege of Damascus 634
• Battle of Yarmouk 636
• Siege of Jerusalem (637) 637
• Battle of Hazir 637
• Battle of Aleppo 637

Muslim invasions of Anatolia and Constantinople

• Battle of Iron bridge 637
• Siege of Constantinople (674–678)
• Siege of Constantinople (717–718)

Muslim conquest of Egypt

• Battle of Heliopolis - 641, 20 AH
• Battle of Nikiou - 646, 25 AH

Umayyad conquest of North Africa

• Battle of That Al-Sawari - 655, 34 AH
• Battle of Carthage (698)

Arab conquests in southern Italy

Islamic Conquest of Persia

• Battle of Chains April 633
• Battle of River April 633
• Battle of Walaja May 633
• Battle of Ullais May 633
• Battle of Hira May 633
• Battle of Al-Anbar June-July 633
• Battle of ein-ul-tamr July 633
• Battle of Daumat-ul-jandal August 633
• Battle of Muzayyah November 633
• Battle of Saniyy November 633
• Battle of Zumail November 633
• Battle of Firaz January 634
• Battle of the Bridge - 634, 12 AH
• Battle of al-Qādisiyyah - 636, 14 AH
• Battle of Nihawānd - 642, 21 AH

First Islamic civil war

• Battle of Bassorah (Battle of the Camel) - 655, 34 AH
• Battle of Siffin - 657, 36 AH
• Battle of Nahrawan - 659, 37 AH

Battles of the Umayyad Caliphate

• Battle of Karbala - 680, 61 AH
• Battle of al-Harrah 683
• Zaydi Revolt
• Ibn al-Zubair's revolt - ends in 692
• Battle of the Zab Second Fitna- 750

Byzantine-Arab Wars

• Battle of Sebastopolis 692
• Battle of Carthage - 698
• First Arab Siege of Constantinople
• Battle of Akroinon 739
• Second Arab Siege of Constantinople

Khazar-Arab Wars

• 1st Balanjar - 640s or 650s
• 2nd Balanjar - 723
• Battle of Marj Ardabil - 730
• Battle of Mosul - 731
• 3rd Balanjar - 732

Moorish Invasion of the Iberian peninsula

• Battle of Guadalete - 711 CE (Tariq ibn-Ziyad)
• Battle of Toulouse - 721
• Battle of Covadonga - 722

Charles Martel

• Battle of Tours - 732
• Battle of Narbonne - 737
• Battle of Avignon - 737
• Battle of the River Berre - 737
• Battle of Nîmes - 737

Battles of the Abbasid Caliphate

• Battle of Zab 750
• Battle of Rayy 811
• Siege of Baghdad (812–813)
• Battle of Ostia - 849
• Battle of Dair al-'Aqul 876
• Zanj Rebellion

Tang Dynasty

• Battle of Talas - 751

Byzantines

• Battle of Anzen - 838
• Siege of Amorium 838

Mongols

• Battle of Baghdad - 1258 (Hulagu Khan)

Battles of the Kalbids

• Battle of Stilo - 982

Battles of Córdoba

Reconquista

• Battle of Simancas - 939

Battles of the Taifas

Reconquista

• Battle of Graus - 1063 (El Cid)
• Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa - 1212
• Battle of Granada - 1492

Second Crusade

• Siege of Lisbon - 1147

Almoravids

Reconquista

• Battle of Sagrajas (az-Zallaqah) - 1086
• Battle of Uclés - 1108
• Battle of Ourique - 1139

Battles of the Almohads

Reconquista

• Battle of Alarcos - 1195
• Battle of Jerez - 1231

Battles of the Marinids

Reconquista

• Battle of Rio Salado - 1340

Seljuk Turks

• Battle of Dandanaqan - 1040 (Toghrul Beg)
• Battle of Manzikert - 1071 (Alp Arslan)

Greater Seljuk

First Crusade

• Siege of Antioch - 1097

Kingdom of Georgia

• Battle of Didgori - 1121

Crusader States

• Battle of Azaz - 1125

Sultanate of Rûm

First Crusade

• Battle of Myriokephalon - 1097
• Battle of Dorylaeum - 1097
• Crusade of 1101
• Battle of Artah - 1105

Second Crusade

• Second Battle of Dorylaeum - 1147

Kingdom of Georgia

• Battle of Basian - 1203

Crusader States

• Battle of Marj es-Suffar - 1126

Byzantines

• Battle of Myriokephalon - 1176

Mongol Invasion

• Battle of Köse Dag - 1243

Zengid dynasty

Crusader States

• Siege of Edessa - 1144 (al-Malik al-Mansur)
• Battle of Harim - 1164 (Nur ad-Din)
• Battle of al-Babein - 1167 (Nur ad-Din)

Second Crusade

• Siege of Damascus - 1148 (Nur ad-Din)
• Battle of Inab - 1149 (Nur ad-Din)

Atabegs

Crusader States

• Battle of Sarmin - 1115

Ortoqid dynasty

Crusader States

• Battle of Harran - 1104
• Battle of Ager Sanguinis - 1119

Emirate of Tbilisi

Kingdom of Georgia

• Battle of Didgori - 1121

Battles of the Fatimids

First Crusade

• Siege of Jerusalem (1099)
• Battle of Ascalon - 1099
• Battle of Ramla - 1101, 1102, 1105
• Siege of Tripoli - 1102-1109

Second Crusade

• Siege of Ascalon - 1153

Saadi Dynasty (Morocco)

Reconquista

• Battle of Alcácer Quibir - 1578

Songhai

• Battle of Tondibi - 1590

Battles of the Qajar Dynasty (Iran)

• Battle of Krtsanisi - 1795
• Battle of Aslanduz - 1812

Battles of the Ayyubids

Crusader States

• Battle of Montgisard - 1177 (Saladin)
• Battle of Jacob's Ford - 1179 (Saladin)
• Siege of Kerak - 1183 (Saladin)
• Battle of Cresson - 1187 (Saladin)
• Battle of Hattin - 1187 (Saladin)
• Siege of Jerusalem (1187) (Saladin)
• Battle of La Forbie - 1244 (Baybars)

Third Crusade

• Siege of Acre - 1189 to 1191 (Saladin)
• Battle of Arsuf - 1191 (Saladin)
• Battle of Jaffa - 1191 (Saladin)

Fifth Crusade

• Siege of Damietta - 1218

Seventh Crusade

• Battle of Al Mansurah - 1250
• Battle of Fariskur - 1250

Mongol Invasion

• Mongol invasions of Syria

Battles of the Khwarezmian Empire (Iran)

• Mongol invasion of Central Asia - 1219
• Battle of Parwan - 1221

Battles of the Mamelukes (Egypt)

Crusader States

• Siege of Antioch (1268)
• Siege of Acre (1291)

Mongol Invasion

• Battle of Ain Jalut - 1260 (Baybars)
• Battle of Wadi al-Khazandar - 1299 (Ghazan)

Napoleon

• Battle of the Pyramids - 1798

Battles of the Mali Empire

• Battle of Kirina - 1240 (Sundiata)

• Creation of the Kanem-Bornu Empire - 1200s
• Modibo Adama's jihad (Fumbina, early 1800s)
• Amadu's Jihad, 1800s

Battles of the Timurid dynasty

Timur

• Battle of the Terek River - 1395
• Battle of the Vorskla River - 1399
• Battle of Ankara - 1402

Babur

• Battle of Ghazdewan - 1512
• Battle of Bajaur - 1519
• Battle of Panipat - 1526
• Siege of Sambhal - 1526
• Battle of Khanwa - 1527
• Battle of Ghaghra - 1529

Akbar

• Second battle of Panipat - 1556
• Battle of Tukaroi - 1575
• Battle of Haldighati - 1576

Battles of the Ottoman Empire

Byzantine-Ottoman Wars

• Siege of Nicaea (1331) - 1331
• Fall of Constantinople - 1453

Ottoman-Serbian War

• Battle of Maritsa - 1371
• Battle of Kosovo - 1389

Ottoman-Hungarian Wars

• Battle of Nicopolis - 1396
• Battle of Varna - 1444
• Battle of Kosovo - 1448
• Siege of Belgrade - 1456
• Battle of Mohács - 1526

Ottoman-Wallachian War

• The Night Attack - 1462
• Battle of Călugăreni - 1595

Ottoman-Moldavian Wars

• Battle of Rovine - 1395
• Battle of Vaslui - 1475

Ottoman-Albanian Wars (1444-1467)

• Siege of Petrela - 1443/1444
• Siege of Stelluzi - 1443/1444
• Siege of Sfetigrad - 1443/1444
• Battle of Torvioll - 1444
• Battle of Drin - 1446
• Battle of Oronik - 1448
• First Siege of Krujë - 1450
• Siege of Berat - 1455
• Battle of Abulena - 1457
• Battle of Mokrena (Dibra) - 1462
• Battle of Lower Dibra - 1462
• Battle of Pollog 1 - 1462
• Battle of Pollog 2 - 1462
• Battle of Ohër - 1464
• Battle of Kumaniv - 1465
• Second Siege of Krujë - 1466
• Third Siege of Krujë - 1467

Ottoman–Venetian Wars

• Battle of Zonchio - 1499

Knights of Malta-Ottoman Wars

• Siege of Rhodes - 1480

• Siege of Rhodes - 1522
• Siege of Malta - 1565

Ottoman-Persian War

• Battle of Chaldiran - 1514

Ottoman-Habsburg Wars

• Siege of Vienna - 1529
• Battle of Preveza - 1538
• Siege of Eger - 1552
• Battle of Djerba - 1560
• Battle of Szigetvár - 1566
• Battle of Lepanto - 1571
• Battle of Keresztes - 1596
• Battle of Saint Gotthard - 1664
• Battle of Vienna - 1683
• Battle of Zenta - 1697
• Battle of Petrovaradin - 1716

Polish-Ottoman Wars

• Battle of Chocim - 1621
• Battle of Chocim - 1673
• Battle of Lwów - 1675

Russo-Ottoman Wars

• Battle of Molodi - 1572
• Battle of Stavuchany - 1739
• Battle of Cahul - 1770
• Battle of Larga - 1770
• Battle of Chesma - 1770
• Battle of Sinope - 1853

Modern Wars

First Barbary War Fulani Jihad First Serbian Uprising Ottoman-Saudi War Second Barbary War Caucasian War Greek War of Independence Turko-Persian War Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) First Anglo-Afghan War Dungan revolt Panthay Rebellion Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Mahdi Rebellion Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) Rif War (1920) Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Algerian War First Sudanese Civil War North Yemen Civil War

Turkish invasion of Cyprus Junagadh Operation Polo Indonesian invasion of East Timor Western Sahara conflict Lebanese Civil War Ogaden War Libya-Chad War Somali Civil War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Bangladesh Liberation War Iran–Iraq War Soviet war in Afghanistan Al-Anfal Campaign Second Sudanese Civil War Mauritania-Senegal Border War Afghan Civil War (1989-1992) Nagorno-Karabakh War Gulf War Bosnian War Civil War in Tajikistan First Chechen War Kosovo War Algerian Civil War Second Chechen War

Current conflicts

• War in Somalia (2006–present)
• Darfur conflict
• Kashmir conflict
• Iraq War
• War in Afghanistan
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• Fatah-Hamas conflict
• Islamic insurgency in the Philippines
• 2007 Ogaden conflict
• South Thailand insurgency
• Waziristan War
• 2007 Lebanon conflict
• Insurgency in Saudi Arabia
• Sa'dah conflict
• Kurdish insurgency in Turkey
• Civil war in Iraq
• Second Tuareg Rebellion
• War on Terrorism

Further listings

• Tatar invasions
• Muslim conquests
• Ottoman wars in Europe
• Muslim conquest of India
• Category:Islamic conquests
• Category:Muslim empires
• Category:Muslim history
• Category:Battles involving the Ottoman Empire
• History of the Ottoman Navy
• List of Ottoman sieges and landings
• List of conflicts in the Middle East (1948 to present)
• List of conflicts in the Maghreb (20th Century and present)