Sunni Islam

most populous Islamic denomination

13 dated entries naming Sunni Islam, drawn from 12 separate years between 821 CE and 2014 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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9th century

821Ibn Abi Asim, Muslim Sunni scholar (or 822)source
822Ibn Abi Asim, Muslim Sunni scholar (or 821)source
900Ibn Abi Asim, Muslim Sunni scholar (b. 822)source

10th century

933Al-Hakim Nishapuri, Persian Sunni scholar (d. 1014)source
994Ahmad al-Bayhaqi, Persian Sunni hadith scholar (d. 1066)source

11th century

1014Hammad ibn Buluggin adopts Sunni Islam and declares his independence from the Zirid dynasty (modern Algeria). He recognizes the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad as being the rightful caliphs and becomes the first ruler of the Hammadid dynasty (until 1028).source
1014Al-Hakim Nishapuri, Persian Sunni scholar (b. 933)source
1017The Sunnis of Kairouan (modern Tunisia) revolt against the Shi'ite Zirid dynasty. The city is quickly retaken and sacked.source
1066April 9 – Al-Bayhaqi, Persian Sunni hadith scholar (b. 994)source

12th century

1173Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi, Arab Sunni scholar (d. 1245)source

14th century

1311December 26 – Al-Mahdi Muhammad bin al-Mutahhar, the Shi'ite Muslim Imam of the Zaidiyyah state in Yemen, leads Zaidi troops to victory in a battle in the Sheref district against the Sunni Muslim Rasulid sultanate that dominates most of Yemen. A 10-year ceasefire agreement is brokered between Zaidiyyah and the Rasulid Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Da'udsultan.source

18th century

1749December 1 – Sultan Azim ud-Din I, recently forced to flee to Manila after being driven from the throne of Sultanate of Sulu elsewhere in the Philippine Islands, announces his intention to convert from Sunni Islam to become baptized as a Christian within the Roman Catholic Church. He changes his name to Fernando after being baptized.source

21st century

2014June 5 – A Sunni militant group now calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) begins an offensive through northern Iraq, aiming to capture the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad and overthrow the Shiite government led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.source