Within 130 years of the Hijra, Muslim armies had reached Iberia, Sind and Central Asia
Source. “Muhammad” (summary); “Muhammad”; “Battle of Karbala”; “Amr ibn al-As”; “Tariq ibn Ziyad”; History 315 learner’s guide lesson 9; “The Battle of Talas”
Method and data
Method. Points mark the city named in the cited source; arrows show the order of the dated events, not routes or the spread of conversion, which the sources do not date.
| Place | Event | Date as stated | Source URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecca | First revelation, by Muslim tradition (Britannica) | 610 | https://www.britannica.com/summary/Muhammad |
| Medina | Hijra | 622 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad |
| Karbala | Battle of Karbala | October 10, 680 | https://www.britannica.com/print/article/312214 |
| Alexandria | Arab army enters Alexandria | 642 | https://www.britannica.com/print/article/21799 |
| Gibraltar | Tariq lands | May 711 | https://www.britannica.com/print/article/583587 |
| Sind | Muhammad bin Qasim arrives | 712 | https://www.nios.ac.in/media/documents/SrSec315NEW/315_LG_E/315_LG_E_L9.pdf |
| Talas | Battle of Talas | 751 | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/archive/news/history/2014-15/battletalas |
