Timeline of 12th-century Muslim history

12th century (1101–1200) (494 AH – 597 AH)

 * 1101: Death of the Fatimid Caliph al-Musta'li, accession of al-Amir Bi-Ahkamillah.
 * 1105: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Barkiyaruq, accession Of Mehmed I of Great Seljuk.
 * 1106: Death of the Al Moravid Yusuf bin Tashfin.
 * 1107: Death of the Rum Seljuk Sultan Kilij Arslan I, succession of Malik Shah of Rüm.
 * 1108: Death of the Zirid dynasty ruler Tamin, accession of Yahya of Zirid.
 * 1111: Persian Islamic jurist and philosopher Al-Ghazali dies.
 * 1116: Death of the Rum Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah. accession of Mas'ud of Rüm.
 * 1118: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Muhammad; accession of Mahmud II of Great Seljuk. Death of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustazhir, accession of al-Mustarshid. In Spain the Christians capture Zaragoza.
 * 1121: Death of the Fatimid ruler Al-Amir bi-Ahkami l-Lah, accession of Al-Hafiz.
 * 1127: Imad ad-Din Zengi establishes the Zengid dynasty rule In Mosul.
 * 1128: Death of the Khawarzam Shah Qutb ud Din Muhammad; accession of Atsiz.
 * 1130: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Mahmud II of Great Seljuk; accession of Toghrül II.
 * 1135: Assassination of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustarshid; accession of al-Rashid. Death of the Seljuk Sultan Toghrül II, accession of Mas'ud of Great Seljuk. [[File:Anonymous - Death of the Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mustarshid bi-llah, Assassinated During the Reign of Sultan Mas’ud, - 1965.51.6 - Yale University Art Gallery.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Death of [[Al-Mustarshid|Al-Mustarshid bi-llah]] who was assassinated in the year 1135]]
 * 1136: Deposition of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Rashid, accession of Al-Muqtafi.
 * 1144: Zengi captures Edessa from the Christians, second crusade.
 * 1146: Death of Zengi, accession of Nur ad-Din.
 * 1147: In the Maghrib Al Moravids overthrown by the Almohad under Abd al-Mu'min.
 * 1148: End of the Zirid dynasty rule' in North Africa. Siege of Damascus repulsed, thus effectively winning the Second Crusade.
 * 1149: Death of the Fatimid Caliph al-Hafiz, accession of Az-Zafir.
 * 1152: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Mas'ud of Great Seljuk, accession of Malik Shah III. Hamadid rule extinguished in North Africa.
 * 1153: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah III, accession of Mehmed II of Great Seljuk.
 * 1154: Death of the Fatimid Caliph az-Zafir, accession of Al-Faiz.
 * 1156: Death of the Rum Seljuk Sultan Mas'ud of Rüm, accession of Kilij Arslan II.
 * 1159: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Mehmed II of Great Seljuk, accession of Süleyman.
 * 1160: Death of the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtafi, accession of al-Mustanjid. Death of the Fatimid Caliph al-Faiz, accession of al-Adid.
 * 1161: Death of the Seljuk Süleyman of Great Seljuk, accession of Arslan Shah.
 * 1163: Death of the Almohad ruler Abd al-Mu'min, accession of Yusuf I, Almohad Caliph.
 * Ghiyath al-Din Ghori ascended the Ghurid throne.
 * 1170: Death of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustanjid, accession of Al-Mustadi.
 * 1171: Death of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Adid. End of the Fatimid caliphate. Saladin founds the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt.
 * 1172: Death of the Khawarzam Shah Arsalan, accession of Sultan Shah.
 * 1173: The Khawarzam Shah Sultan Shah is overthrown by Tukush Shah, Muhammad of Ghor crowned in Ghazni
 * 1174: Saladin annexes Syria.
 * 1175: The Ghurid ruler Muhammad of Ghor expeditions in Indian subcontinent begins with the conquest of Multan from the Ismail Muslims.
 * 1176: Death of the Seljuk Sultan Arslan Shah, accession of Toghrül III.
 * 1176: Muhammad of Ghor captured Uch from either the Bhati Rajputs or more likely from the Qarmatians.
 * 1178: Muhammad of Ghor routed in Mount Abu by Chaulukya ruler Mularaja II
 * 1179: Death of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustadi, accession of an-Nasir, Muhammad of Ghor annexed Peshawar
 * 1182: Muhammad of Ghor captured Sindh
 * 1185: Death of the Almohad ruler Abu Yaqub Yusuf, accession of Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Khusrau Malik laid siege to Sialkot, but was driven away by Husain ibn Kharmil
 * 1186: The Ghurids overthrow the Ghaznavid in the Punjab.
 * 1187: Saladin recaptures Jerusalem from the Christians, third crusade.
 * 1190: Ghiyath al-Din Ghori and Muhammad Ghori along with their allies routed Sultan Shah in Battle of Merv.
 * 1191: First Battle of Tarain between the Rajputs and the Ghurids, where the former emerged victorious
 * Khusrau Malik and his family executed in Firuzkuh
 * 1192: Second Battle of Tarain, Ghurids defeated the Rajputs.
 * 1193: Death of Saladin; accession of Al-Aziz Uthman, Minhaj-i-Siraj, the author of Tabaqat i-Nasiri born.
 * 1194: Occupation of Delhi by the Muslims. End of the Seljuk rule.
 * 1199: Death of the Khawarzam Shah Tukush Shah. Death of the Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur; accession of Muhammad an-Nasir. Conquest of Northern India and Bengal by the Ghurids.