# Historical Tales and Anecdotes of the Time of the Early Khalifahs/Table of Contemporary Sovereigns

TABLE OF CONTEMPORARY SOVEREIGNS.
| MUSLIM EMPIRE. | A.H. | A.D. | EASTERN EMPIRE. | WESTERN EMPIRE. | ENGLAND. SAXON HEPTARCHY. | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| Muhammad | el-Hijrah | 622 | Heraclius I. and II. | Clothaire II., King of Burgundy and Austrasia. Dagobert I. Neustria. | Edwin of Northumbria, King of all England except Kent.Eabald in Kent. | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| Abu-Bekr | 11 | 632 | | Clothaire II., King of Burgundy and Austrasia. Dagobert I. Neustria. | Edwin of Northumbria, King of all England except Kent.Eabald in Kent. | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| ʾOmar-ibn-el-Khattáb | 13 | 634 | | Clothaire II., King of Burgundy and Austrasia. Dagobert I. Neustria. | Edwin of Northumbria, King of all England except Kent.Eabald in Kent. | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| ʾOthmân | 23 | 644 | Constans II. | Sigebert II., King of Austrasia. | Edwin of Northumbria, King of all England except Kent.Eabald in Kent. | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| ʾAly in Arabia | 35 | 655 | Constantine III. | | | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| Múâwiyah in Egypt and Syria | 35 | 655 | Constantine III. | | | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| Hásan for six months, then Múâwiyah alone | 40 | 660 | | 656. Clothaire III., King of Neustria. | Oswy of Northumbria | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| Yezîd I. | 60 | 680 | | Childeric II., King of Austrasia. | | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| Muâwîyah II., and in the Hijáz, ʾAbd-Allâh-ibn-Zubair | 64 | 684 | Justinianus II. | Pepin le Gros (d'Héristal) becomes master of Austrasia. Sole ruler of France, 687. | | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| Marwân I. In the Hijáz, ʾAbd-Allâh | 64 | 684 | | | | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| ʾAbd-el-Málik | 65 | 684 | | | | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| el-Walîd I. | 86 | 705 | | [trasia. | | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| Sulaimân | 96 | 714 | Anastatius II. | 715. Charles Martel in Aus- | | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| ʾOmar-ibn-ʾAbd-el-Aziz | 99 | 718 | | Chilperic II. in Neustria. | | In drawing up this "Table of Contemporary Sovereigns," it has not been my aim to make a complete list of the kings and princes who held sway during the century and a half over which these tales extend. Such a task would be not only foreign to the subject, but within narrow limits impossible, considering the many divisions into which both England and Europe were then broke.I have only sought by means of a more or less familiar name amongst the rulers of those times to bring before the minds of readers more clearly than mere dates would bring it, the remote period at which the events treated of in the following pages occurred. |
| Yezîd II. | 101 | 720 | | 720. Thierri IV. in Neustria, Burgundy, and Austrasia. |
| Hishâm | 105 | 724 | | 720. Thierri IV. in Neustria, Burgundy, and Austrasia. |
| el-Walîd II. | 125 | 743 | Constantine IV. | | 731. Ethelbald of Mercia, King of England south of the Humber, |
| Yezîd III. | 126 | 744 | | 741. Carloman and Pepin. | 731. Ethelbald of Mercia, King of England south of the Humber, |
| Ibrahim | 126 | 744 | | 742. Childeric III. | 731. Ethelbald of Mercia, King of England south of the Humber, |
| Marwân II. | 127 | 744 | | | 731. Ethelbald of Mercia, King of England south of the Humber, |
| Abuʾl-ʾAbbâs, es Saffâh | 132 | 749 | | 752. Pepin le Bref. | 737. also of Northumberland. |
| Abu-Jaáfar el-Mansûr | 136 | 754 |
| (ʾAbd-er-Rahmân in Spain, A.H. 139.) | | | | 768. Charlemagne and Carloman. |
| el-Máhdy | 158 | 775 | Leo IV. | 771. Charlemagne alone |