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The Umayyad dynasty ( Arabic: بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, romanized : Banū Umayya, lit. 'Sons of Umayya') or Umayyads ( Arabic: الأمويون, romanized : al-Umawiyyūn) was an Arab clan within the Quraysh tribe who were the ruling family of the Caliphate between 661 and 750 and later of al-Andalus between 756 and 1031. In the pre ...
The Umayyads continued the Muslim conquests, conquering Ifriqiya, Transoxiana, Sind, the Maghreb and Hispania ( al-Andalus ). At its greatest extent, the Umayyad Caliphate covered 11,100,000 km 2 (4,300,000 sq mi), [ 1] making it one of the largest empires in history in terms of area. The dynasty was toppled by the Abbasids in 750.
Islam. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ( Arabic: عُمَر بْن عَبْد الْعَزِيز بْن مَرْوَان, romanized : ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān; c. 680 – February 720) was the eighth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 717 until his death in 720. He is credited to have instituted significant reforms to the Umayyad ...
Al-Hajjaj was born in ca. 661 in the city of Ta'if in the Hejaz (western Arabia, where Mecca and Medina are located). [ 1] He belonged to the family of Abu Aqil, [ 2] called after al-Hajjaj's paternal great-grandfather. [ 3] The family was part of the Banu Awf branch of the Thaqif tribe. [ 2]
Umayya ibn Khalaf. Umayya ibn Khalaf ( Arabic: أمية ابن خلف) (born on 563 and died 13 March 624 at age of 61) was an Arab slave master and the chieftain of the Banu Jumah of the Quraysh in the seventh century. He was one of the chief opponents against the Muslims led by Muhammad.
Abu Muslim. Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani ( Arabic: أبو مسلم عبد الرحمن بن مسلم الخراساني; Persian: ابومسلم عبدالرحمان بن مسلم خراسانی; born 718/19 or 723/27, died 755) was a Persian [ 1][ 2] general who led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad dynasty ...
Islam. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam ( Arabic: عَبْد الْمَلِك ٱبْن مَرْوَان ٱبْن الْحَكَم, romanized : ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam; July/August 644 or June/July 647 – 9 October 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 until his death in October 705. A member of the ...
The Umayyad state of Córdoba was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its territory comprised most of Iberia (known to Muslims as al-Andalus) and parts of North Africa, with its capital in Córdoba. [2] [3] [4] From 756 it was ruled as Emirate of Córdoba until Abd al-Rahman III adopted the title of caliph in ...