List of Arab dynasties and countries

This list is a list of dynasties and countries founded by the Arabs.

Pre-Islamic entities

Name	Years	Capital	Map
Qedarites	9th century BC–1st century BC	Dūmat
Lihyanite Kingdom	6th century BC-3rd century BC	Dedan
Nabataean Kingdom	3rd century BC–106 AD	Petra
Kingdom of Characene	141 BC–222 AD	Charax Spasinu
Kingdom of Osroene	132 BC–AD 214	Edessa
Kingdom of Emesa	46 AD–latest by 161 AD	Emesa
Tanukhids	196-1100	Qinnasrin
Salihids	4th century AD–6th century AD	Wadi Sirhan
Ghassanids	220 AD–638 AD	Jabiyah, Bosra
Kingdom of Araba	2nd century AD–241 AD	Hatra
Palmyrene Kingdom	260-273	Palmyra
Lakhmids	c. 300 AD–602 AD	Hira
Kingdom of Kinda	c. 450 AD–c. 550 AD	Ghamr Dhi Kinda, Batn Aqil, Qaryat al-Faw, Hajar, al-Mushaqqar

Arabs after Islam

Name	Years		Capital	Map
Rashidun Caliphate	632–661	Ruled by four calips, all are Arabs of various branches of Quraysh tribe: Abū Bakr ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbī Quḥāfa, from Bānu Taym ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, from Bānu Adi ʿUthmān bin ʿAffān, Bānu Umayya ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, from Bānu Hāshim	Medina, Kufa
Umayyad Caliphate	661–750	Caliphs are Arabs from Bānu Umayya branch of Quraysh tribe.	Damascus, Harran
Abbasid Caliphate	750–1258 1261–1517	Caliphs are Arabs from Bānu Hāshim branch of Quraysh tribe.	Kufa, Anbar, al-Rumiyyah, Baghdad, Raqqa, Merv, Samarra, Cairo
Idrisids	788–974	Descended from ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.	Walilli, Fez, Hajar an-Nasar
Hamdanids	890–1004	–	Mardin, Mosul, Aleppo
Fatimids	909–1171	–	Raqqada, Mahdia, al-Mansuriya, Cairo
Uqaylids	990–1096	–	Mosul
Mirdasids	1024–1080	–	Aleppo
Muzaffarids	1314–1393	Grousset called the Muzaffarids, "Iranian – or, more accurately, Arabo-Iranian – dynasty", and "Arabo-Persian".	Kerman, Shiraz

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