Umayyad Caliphate — بنو أمية Banu Umayyah (Arabic) ← … Wikipedia
Umayyad conquest of North Africa — Part of the Muslim conquests and the Byzantine Arab Wars Date 647–709 Location Egypt, North Africa … Wikipedia
Caliphate — Khilafat and Khilafah redirect here. For the South Asian movement, see Khilafat Movement. For the Khilafat in Ahmadiyya Islam, see Khalifatul Masih. For specific Islamic or Arab dynasties, see Islamic empire. The last Caliph of Islam, Abdülmecid… … Wikipedia
caliphate — /kal euh fayt , fit, kay leuh /, n. the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph. Also, califate, kalifate, khalifate. [1725 35; CALIPH + ATE3] * * * ▪ Islamic history the political religious state comprising the Muslim community and… … Universalium
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Umayyad dynasty — (661–750) First great Muslim dynasty. It was founded by Muāwiyah I, who triumphed over the Prophet Muhammad s son in law, Alī, to become the fifth caliph. He moved the capital from Medina to Damascus and used the Syrian army to extend the Arab… … Universalium
Umayyad tradition of cursing Ali — The Umayyad tradition of cursing Ali was performed in state controlled mosques from 657 to 717 CE. Muawiyah I, after the stalemate of the Battle of Siffin, began the custom of including a curse against Ali from the pulpit in Damascus. As he… … Wikipedia
Caliphate of Córdoba — خلافة قرطبة Khilāfat Qurṭuba (Arabic) ← … Wikipedia
Umayyad Mosque — جامع بني أمية الكبير … Wikipedia
Umayyad — member of a Muslim dynasty which ruled the Caliphate 661 750 C.E. and in 756 C.E. founded an emirate in Spain, 1758, from Arabic, from Umayya, proper name of an ancestor of Muhammad from whom the dynasty claimed descent … Etymology dictionary