List of Arab dynasties and countries

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

 Pre-Islamic entities 
NameYearsCapitalMapQedarites9th century BC–1st century BCDūmatcenter|thumb|130x130pxLihyanite Kingdom6th century BC-3rd century BCDedancenter|thumb|130x130pxNabataean Kingdom3rd century BC–106 ADPetracenter|thumb|130x130pxKingdom of Characene141 BC–222 ADCharax Spasinu130px|thumb|borderKingdom of Osroene132 BC–AD 214Edessa130px|thumb|borderKingdom of Emesa46 AD–latest by 161 ADEmesa130px|thumb|borderTanukhids196-1100Qinnasrin center|thumb|130x130pxSalihids4th century AD–6th century ADWadi Sirhancenter|thumb|130x130pxGhassanids220 AD–638 ADJabiyah, Bosracenter|thumb|130x130pxKingdom of Araba2nd century AD–241 ADHatracenter|thumb|130x130pxPalmyrene Kingdom260-273Palmyracenter|thumb|130x130pxLakhmidsc. 300 AD–602 ADHiracenter|thumb|130x130pxKingdom of Kindac. 450 AD–c. 550 ADGhamr Dhi Kinda, Batn Aqil, Qaryat al-Faw, Hajar, al-Mushaqqar center|thumb|130x130px

 Arabs after Islam 
NameYearsCapitalMapRashidun Caliphate632–661Ruled 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 HāshimMedina, Kufacenter|thumb|150x150pxUmayyad Caliphate661–750Caliphs are Arabs from Bānu Umayya branch of Quraysh tribe.Damascus, Harrancenter|thumb|150x150pxAbbasid Caliphate 750–1258
 1261–1517Caliphs are Arabs from Bānu Hāshim branch of Quraysh tribe.Kufa, Anbar, al-Rumiyyah, Baghdad, Raqqa, Merv, Samarra, Cairocenter|thumb|150x150pxIdrisids788–974Descended from ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.Walilli, Fez, Hajar an-Nasar Hamdanids890–1004Mardin, Mosul, Aleppocenter|thumb|150x150pxFatimids909–1171Raqqada, Mahdia, al-Mansuriya, Cairo center|thumb|150x150pxUqaylids990–1096Mosulcenter|thumb|150x150pxMirdasids1024–1080Aleppocenter|thumb|150x150pxMuzaffarids 1314–1393Grousset called the Muzaffarids, "Iranian – or, more accurately, Arabo-Iranian – dynasty", and "Arabo-Persian".Kerman, Shirazthumb|150x150px

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