Table of Contents
18th Century (1700-1799) C.E.
| 1700: | Murshid Quli Khan declares theindependence of Bengal and establishes his capital at Murshidabad. |
| 1703: | Ahmad 11I becomes the OttomanSultan. Birth of Shah Wali Ullah. Birth of the religious reformerMuhammad b Abdul Wahab. |
| 1707: | Death of the Mughal emperorAurangzeb, accession of his son Bahadur Shah. |
| 1711: | War between Turkey and Russia.Russia defeated at the battle of Pruth. |
| 1712: | Death of the Mughal emperor BahadurShah, accession of Jahandar Shah. |
| 1713: | Jahandar Shah overthrown by hisnephew Farrukh Siyar. |
| 1718: | In the war against Austria, Turkeysuffers defeat. By the treaty of Passarowich Turkey loses Hungary. |
| 1719: | Deposition of the Mughal emperorFarrukh Siyar Muhammad Shah ascends the throne. In Sind the Kalhorascame to power under Nur Muhammad Kalhora. |
| 1722: | Saadat Khan found the independentstate of Oudh. Battle of Gulnabad between the Afghans and the Persians.The Persians were defeated and the Afghans under Shah Mahmud became themasters of a greater part of Persia. Shah Hussain taken captive,accession of Shah Tahmasp II. |
| 1730: | Zanzibar freed from Portugese ruleand occupied by Oreart. |
| 1747: | Ahmad Shah Durrani establishedAfghan rule in Afghanistan. |
| 1752: | Death of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai,writer of Sassi Pannu, Sohni Mahinwal and Umer Marvo. |
| 1752: | Ahmed Shah Durrani captured Punjab,Kashmir and Sind. |
| 1761: | Death of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi. |
| 1761: | Battle of Panipat. Ahmad ShahDurrani came to India at the invitation of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi andsmashed rising Maratha power in the battle of Panipat. |
| 1764: | Conversion to Islam of Areadi Gaya.ruler of Futa Bandu State in West Sudan. |
| 1773: | Death of Ahmad Shah Durrani. |
| 1783: | End of Kalhora rule in Sind. |
| 1797: | Death of Muhammad Khan Qachar, kingof Persia. |
| 1797: | Russia occupied Daghestan. |
| 1799: | Ranjit Singh declared himselfMaharajah of Punjab defeating Afghans. |
| 1799: | Khoqand declared independent IslamicState. |