Umayyad Caliphate

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Sources

1. BookMuhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam
2. WebsiteEncyclopædia Britannica

Relations

has member:

• ʿAbd al-Rahman I

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, Historic Centre of Cordoba

enemy of:

• Husayn ibn Ali

  Sources: Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam

has capital:

• Damascus661 CE O.S. – 750 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, The Umayyad Period (661–750)

ruled by:

• Abd al-Malik685 CE O.S. – 705 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Monetary Reforms of ʿAbd al-Malik: Their Metrological Basis and Their Financial Repercussions

• Al-Walid I705 CE O.S. – 715 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, The Umayyad Period (661–750)

• Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik724 CE O.S. – 743 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, The Umayyad Period (661–750)

• Marwan II744 CE O.S. – 750 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, The Umayyad Period (661–750)

• Muʿawiya I661 CE O.S. – 680 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century

• Yazid I680 CE O.S. – 683 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, The Umayyad Period (661–750)

split into:

• Emirate of Córdobasince 756 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, Historic Centre of Cordoba

succeeded:

• Rashidun Caliphatesince 661 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century

was succeeded by:

• Abbasid Caliphatesince 750 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, The Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258)

Appears in10 items

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  The Byzantine Empire2 items
  • First Arab siege of Constantinople674 CE O.S.
  • Second Arab siege of Constantinople15 Aug 717 CE O.S.
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  The History of Money1 item
  • 
    Abd al-Malik’s gold dinar77 AH
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  The Islamic Golden Age5 items
  • The Umayyad caliphate41 AH
  • Al-Husayn is killed at Karbala10 Muharram 61 AH
  • 
    ʿAbd al-Malik strikes coins with no pictures77 AH
  • Tariq ibn Ziyad crosses into Spain92 AH
  • The Abbasids win on the Great ZabJumada al-Akhira 132 AH
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  The World’s Religions2 items
  • 
    Husayn is killed at Karbala10 Muharram 61 AH
  • Arab armies take Sindhc. 712 CE