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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.
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. 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 ...
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.
Muhtasib. A muḥtasib ( Arabic: محتسب, from the root حسبة ḥisbah, or "accountability" [1]) was "a holder of the office of al-hisbah in classical Islamic administrations", according to Oxford Islamic Studies. [2] Also called ‘amil al-suq or sahib al-suq, [3] the muḥtasib was a supervisor of bazaars and trade, the inspector of ...
Family tree of Umar. ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (c. 584 – 644), sometimes referred by Muslims as ʿUmar al-Fārūq ("the one who distinguishes between right and wrong"), was from the Banu Adi clan of the Quraysh tribe. He was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and became the second Caliph ( r. 634–644) following the death of Abu ...
Khālid ibn Yazīd (full name Abū Hāshim Khālid ibn Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān, Arabic: أبو هاشم خالد بن يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان ), c. 668–704 or 709, was an Umayyad prince and purported alchemist . As a son of the Umayyad caliph Yazid I, Khalid was supposed to become caliph after his ...