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Muhammad I of GranadaPersonMuhammad I of Granada, known as Ibn al-Ahmar, was the founder of the Nasrid dynasty and the Emirate of Granada.
Muhammad I TaparPersonMuhammad I Tapar was sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1105 to 1118, son of Malik-Shah I.- Muhammad ibn A'idPersonMuhammad ibn A'id was the last independent emir of Asir in south-western Arabia, from the Al A'id family that ruled from Abha.
- Muhammad ibn Abd al-WahhabPersonMuhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab was a religious scholar of Najd whose call for a strict return to the oneness of God gave rise to the movement known as Wahhabism.
- Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-BirzaliPersonMuhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Birzali was leader of the Banu Birzal, a Berber clan brought to al-Andalus as soldiers by al-Mansur.
- Muhammad ibn Abi'l-SajPersonMuhammad ibn Abi'l-Saj, also called Afshin, was the founder of the Sajid dynasty.
Muhammad ibn Ali al-IdrisiPersonMuhammad ibn Ali al-Idrisi was the founder of the Idrisid Emirate of Asir on the Red Sea coast of Arabia.- Muhammad ibn Ali al-SenussiPersonMuhammad ibn Ali al-Senussi, known as the Grand Senussi, was an Algerian-born scholar who founded the Senussi Sufi order in Mecca in 1837.
- Muhammad ibn FalahPersonMuhammad ibn Falah was the founder of the Mushasha dynasty of Khuzestan.
- Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-FazariPersonMuhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari was an astronomer of the early Abbasid period.
- Muhammad ibn IlyasPersonMuhammad ibn Ilyas was a Samanid commander of Sogdian origin who made himself ruler of Kerman in south-eastern Iran around 932, founding the Ilyasid dynasty.
- Muhammad ibn MusafirPersonMuhammad ibn Musafir was lord of Tarom in northern Iran and the founder of the Sallarid (Musafirid) dynasty.
- Muhammad ibn MuzaynPersonMuhammad ibn Muzayn was the founder of the Taifa of Silves in the western Algarve.
- Muhammad ibn NasirPersonMuhammad ibn Nasir was a ruler of the Adal Sultanate in the late sixteenth century.
- Muhammad ibn Nasir Bu ShentufPersonMuhammad ibn Nasir Bu Shentuf was the last important emir of the Hintata, the Masmuda Berber dynasty that ruled Marrakesh in the early 16th century.
Muhammad ibn QasimPersonMuhammad ibn Qasim was an Umayyad general who conquered Sind in the lower Indus valley around 711 to 712.- Muhammad ibn RashidPersonMuhammad ibn Rashid was emir of Jabal Shammar in northern Arabia from 1869 to 1897 and the greatest ruler of the Rashidi dynasty.
- Muhammad ibn Said ibn HarunPersonMuhammad ibn Said ibn Harun was the second and last ruler of the Taifa of Santa Maria del Algarve, the small Muslim principality centred on the town later called Faro.
- Muhammad ibn SaudPersonMuhammad ibn Saud was emir of Diriyah in Najd from 1727 and the founder of the first Saudi state.
- Muhammad ibn ShaddadPersonMuhammad ibn Shaddad was the founder of the Shaddadid dynasty, a Kurdish family that rose as the Sallarid emirate declined.
- Muhammad ibn Sulayman (emir of Tlemcen)PersonMuhammad ibn Sulayman was the founder of the Sulaymanid dynasty of Tlemcen in western Algeria in the early 9th century.
- Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-KatibPersonMuhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib was an Abbasid commander who ended the Tulunid dynasty in Egypt.
Muhammad ibn SuriPersonMuhammad ibn Suri was a chieftain of Ghor in central Afghanistan and an ancestor of the Ghurid dynasty.- Muhammad ibn TahirPersonMuhammad ibn Tahir was the last Tahirid governor of Khurasan, ruling from Nishapur from 862 to 873 on behalf of the Abbasid caliphs.
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-IkhshidPersonMuhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid was a Turkic commander of Fergana origin who became governor of Egypt in 935 and founded the Ikhshidid dynasty.- Muhammad ibn Uthman al-MazruiPersonMuhammad ibn Uthman al-Mazrui was the Omani governor of Mombasa who made the city independent.
- Muhammad ibn WasifPersonMuhammad ibn Wasif was a secretary at the court of the Saffarid ruler Ya'qub ibn al-Layth in Sistan in the late 9th century.
- Muhammad ibn Yahya al-YahsubiPersonMuhammad ibn Yahya al-Yahsubi was ruler of the Taifa of Niebla, in the far south-west of al-Andalus.
- Muhammad ibn Yahya Hamid al-DinPersonMuhammad ibn Yahya Hamid al-Din, who ruled as Imam al-Mansur Muhammad, was the Zaydi imam of Yemen from 1890 to 1904 and the founder of the Hamid al-Din dynasty.
- Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-UkhaydirPersonMuhammad ibn Yusuf al-Ukhaydir was the founder of the Ukhaydirid dynasty of al-Yamama in central Arabia.
- Muhammad ibn ZaydPersonMuhammad ibn Zayd was the second ruler of the Alavid (Zaydi) state in Tabaristan, succeeding his brother Hasan ibn Zayd in 884.
- Muhammad ibn ZiyadPersonMuhammad ibn Ziyad was the founder of the Ziyadid dynasty of Yemen.
- Muhammad II (Seljuk sultan of Iraq)PersonMuhammad II, son of Mahmud II, was Seljuk sultan of Iraq and western Iran from 1153 to 1159.
- Muhammad II of CórdobaPersonMuhammad II al-Mahdi was an Umayyad caliph of Córdoba who seized power in a revolt in February 1009, deposing Hisham II and overthrowing the Amirid regime of Sanchuelo.
- Muhammad II of GranadaPersonMuhammad II was the second Nasrid sultan of Granada, reigning from 1273 to 1302.
- Muhammad II of KelantanPersonMuhammad II of Kelantan was sultan of Kelantan, on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, from 1837 to 1886.
Muhammad III as-SadiqPersonMuhammad III as-Sadiq was bey of Tunis of the Husainid dynasty from 1859 to 1882.- Muhammad III of GranadaPersonMuhammad III was the third Nasrid emir of Granada, reigning from 1302 to 1309.
Muhammad IV of GranadaPersonMuhammad IV was Nasrid emir of Granada from 1325 to 1333, coming to the throne as a boy of ten.
Muhammad IX of GranadaPersonMuhammad IX, called al-Aysar (the Left-handed), was Nasrid emir of Granada four times between 1419 and 1453.
Muhammad Khan BangashPersonMuhammad Khan Bangash was an Afghan soldier of fortune who founded the Bangash nawabs of Farrukhabad.
Muhammad NaguibPersonMuhammad Naguib was an Egyptian army officer who served as the figurehead of the Free Officers' coup of July 1952 that forced King Farouk to abdicate.- Muhammad Nazim KhanPersonMuhammad Nazim Khan was mir of Hunza in the Karakoram from 1892 until his death in 1938.
Muhammad of GhorPersonMuhammad of Ghor was a ruler of the Ghurid dynasty who conquered much of northern India in the late twelfth century.- Muhammad PulalunPersonMuhammad Pulalun was Sultan of Sulu in the mid-nineteenth century.
Muhammad Quli Qutb ShahPersonMuhammad Quli Qutb Shah was the fifth sultan of Golconda, reigning from 1580 to 1612.- Muhammad Rahim of BukharaPersonMuhammad Rahim of Bukhara was a chief of the Manghit tribe who took effective power in the Khanate of Bukhara in the 1740s under the protection of Nader Shah.
- Muhammad RumfaPersonMuhammad Rumfa was ruler of the Hausa kingdom of Kano from about 1463 to 1499.
- Muhammad Salahuddin of BimaPersonMuhammad Salahuddin of Bima was the last sultan of Bima, on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia, reigning from 1915 to 1951.
- Muhammad Shah (Mughal emperor)PersonMuhammad Shah was Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748.
- Muhammad Shah III BahmaniPersonMuhammad Shah III was sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate from 1463 to 1482, succeeding his brother Nizam Shah as a boy.
- Muhammad Shah of BruneiPersonMuhammad Shah was, by Brunei tradition, the first Muslim sultan of Brunei.
- Muhammad Shah of PahangPersonMuhammad Shah was the first sultan of Pahang on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula.
Muhammad ShaybaniPersonMuhammad Shaybani was the leader of the Uzbeks who conquered Transoxiana and Khorasan in the early sixteenth century.- Muhammad Sher Khan BabiPersonMuhammad Sher Khan Babi was the founder of the princely state of Junagadh in Kathiawar, India.
- Muhammad TayrabPersonMuhammad Tayrab was sultan of Darfur from about 1752 to 1786.
- Muhammad ThakurufaanuPersonMuhammad Thakurufaanu was a Maldivian hero who led the resistance against the Portuguese, who had occupied Malé from 1558.
- Muhammad V of AdalPersonMuhammad V was a sultan of Adal in the late sixteenth century.
Muhammad V of GranadaPersonMuhammad V of Granada was the Nasrid sultan of Granada from 1354 to 1359 and again from 1362 to 1391.
Muhammad V of KelantanPersonMuhammad V of Kelantan has been sultan of Kelantan, in north-eastern Peninsular Malaysia, since 2010.- Muhammad VI of GranadaPersonMuhammad VI, known to the Castilians as el Bermejo (the Red), was Nasrid emir of Granada from 1360 to 1362.
- Muhammad XII of GranadaPersonMuhammad XII, known to the Spanish as Boabdil, was the last Nasrid emir of Granada.
- Muhammad XIII of GranadaPersonMuhammad XIII, known as al-Zaghal (the Valiant), was Nasrid emir of Granada from 1485 to 1487 and held the eastern part of the emirate until 1489.
Muhammad YunusPersonMuhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist who founded the Grameen Bank and pioneered microcredit, lending small sums to the rural poor without collateral.
Muhammad Zia-ul-HaqPersonMuhammad Zia-ul-Haq was a Pakistani army general who overthrew Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1977 and ruled as military ruler and president until his death.
MuhammadiyahPeople / groupMuhammadiyah is an Indonesian Islamic organisation founded in Yogyakarta in 1912 by Ahmad Dahlan.
Muhammadjan TynyshbaevPersonMuhammadjan Tynyshbaev was a Kazakh engineer and politician of the Alash movement who served as the first head of government of the Turkestan Autonomy, proclaimed at…- Muhammadu Attahiru IPersonMuhammadu Attahiru I was the last independent sultan of Sokoto.
Muhammadu DikkoPersonMuhammadu Dikko was emir of Katsina in northern Nigeria from 1906 to 1944.- Muhammadu KantaPersonMuhammadu Kanta, also called Kanta Kotal, was the founder of the Hausa kingdom of Kebbi.
- Muhammadu KorauPersonMuhammadu Korau is remembered in tradition as the first Muslim king of Katsina, one of the Hausa kingdoms of northern Nigeria, and is usually dated to the second half…
- Muhammadu MakauPersonMuhammadu Makau was the last Hausa king of Zazzau (Zaria) before the Fulani jihad.
MuhangaPlaceMuhanga, formerly Gitarama, is a town in the Southern Province of Rwanda, west of Kigali.
MuharramTermMuharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar and one of its four sacred months.
MühlhausenPlaceMühlhausen is a town on the Unstrut in north-western Thuringia, Germany, which grew around a royal palace and was an imperial city from the late 12th century until 1802.- Mühlhausen ReichsrechtsbuchWork / monumentThe Mühlhausen Reichsrechtsbuch is a law book of the imperial city of Mühlhausen in Thuringia, written down around 1200 to 1230.
- Muhsin ibn FadlPersonMuhsin ibn Fadl al-Abdali was sultan of Lahej in southern Arabia from 1827 to 1847.
MuhuPlaceMuhu is an island in western Estonia, between Saaremaa and the mainland, and the third largest in the country.- Muhyiddin of BruneiPersonMuhyiddin was the fourteenth sultan of Brunei, reigning from 1673 to 1690.
- Muirchertach Mac LochlainnPersonMuirchertach Mac Lochlainn was king of Ailech in the north of Ireland and, from 1156, high king of Ireland.
- Muirchertach Ó Briain (d. 1343)PersonMuirchertach Ó Briain was king of Thomond, in north Munster, from 1317 to 1343.
Muirchertach Ua BriainPersonMuirchertach Ua Briain was king of Munster and high king of Ireland with opposition, a great-grandson of Brian Boru.- Mujahid al-AmiriPersonMujahid al-Amiri was a freedman of the Amirid household who seized Dénia around 1010, as the Caliphate of Córdoba collapsed, and founded the Taifa of Dénia.
- Mujir al-Din AbaqPersonMujir al-Din Abaq was the last Burid ruler of Damascus, reigning from 1140 to 1154, largely under the control of powerful ministers.
MukachevoPlaceMukachevo, in Hungarian Munkács, is a city in Zakarpattia in western Ukraine.
MukallaPlaceMukalla is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast of eastern Yemen and the main seaport of the Hadramawt.
Mukden IncidentCrisis · 1931The Mukden Incident was a staged explosion on a Japanese-owned railway near Mukden in Manchuria in 1931.
MukhalingamPlaceMukhalingam is a village in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, India, identified with Kalinganagara, the early capital of the Eastern Ganga dynasty.
al-Mukhtar al-ThaqafiPersonAl-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi was an Arab revolutionary who seized Kufa in 685 in the name of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, a son of Ali, during the Second Fitna.- Al-MukhtaraPlaceAl-Mukhtara, "the Chosen", was the fortified capital built by Ali ibn Muhammad, leader of the Zanj Rebellion, among the canals and marshes near Basra in southern Iraq.
- MukombwePersonMukombwe was a ruler of the Mutapa state in the seventeenth century.
Mukteshvara Temple, BhubaneswarWork / monumentThe Mukteshvara Temple is a small 10th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, built under the Somavamshi dynasty.- Mukunda DevaPersonMukunda Deva was the last independent Hindu king of Odisha, ruling from about 1559 to 1568.
- Mukunda Deva IIPersonMukunda Deva II was raja of Khurda in Odisha when the British East India Company conquered the region in 1803.
Mukunda SenPersonMukunda Sen was a ruler of the Sen dynasty of Palpa in the hills of western Nepal in the 16th century.
Mul of KentPersonMul was a West Saxon prince, the brother of King Cædwalla, who helped him conquer Kent in 686 and was installed as its ruler.
Mula, MurciaPlaceMula is a town in the Region of Murcia in south-eastern Spain, lying on the Mula river west of the city of Murcia.- MulambwaPersonMulambwa was Litunga (king) of the Lozi kingdom of Barotseland from about 1780 to about 1830, one of its longest reigns.
- MularajaPersonMularaja was the founder of the Chaulukya, or Solanki, dynasty of Gujarat, ruling from Anahilavada (Patan) from about 941 to 996.
- Mularaja IIPersonMularaja II was a child king of the Chaulukya dynasty of Gujarat, ruling from about 1175 to 1178 under the regency of his mother Naikidevi.