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English: Map of the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern worlds around 740 CE. The original map(s) this is derived from are for the year 750, but neither the Abbasid Revolution nor the effects of the great Berber Revolt are shown on them, so the correct date for the 'maximum' extent of the Umayyad Caliphate should be around 740.
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A map depicting the expansion of the Caliphate. The areas highlighted in pink depict territorial expansion during Abd al-Malik's reign. Abd al-Malik is considered the most "celebrated" Umayyad caliph by the historian Julius Wellhausen. [105] "His reign had been a period of hard-won successes", in the words of Kennedy. [76]
Map of expansion of Umayyad Caliphate According to Wink, Umayyad interest in the region was galvanised by the operation of the Meds (a tribe of Scythians living in Sindh) and others. [ 26 ] The Meds had engaged in piracy on Sassanid shipping in the past, from the mouth of the Tigris to the Sri Lankan coast, in their bawarij and now were able to ...