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Definition of umayyads in English Turkish dictionary
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Definition of umayyads in English English dictionary
- First of the dynasties of Arab leaders, the descendants of a Meccan merchant who submitted to Muhammad They seized power in 661 and maintained a system based on that of the nomadic desert tribesmen until split by internal feuds and the rise of the Persian Abbasids in 750
- First Islamic dynasty, ruled 650-750 CE in the Middle East, continued in Spain, 750-1009 CE
- The first Arab-Islamic dynasty of Caliphs, they reigned from 660 to 750 AD in Damascus This dynasty was founded by Muawiya Ibn Abi Sufian in 660 AD The Umayyad dynasty ended in 750 AD with the assassination of all the family members except one Abdul Rahman I fled to Spain and founded another Umayyad dynasty which ruled in Cordoba from 756 to 1031 AD