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branch of the clan. Syria remained the Umayyads' main power base thereafter, with Damascus as their capital. The Umayyads continued the Muslim conquests, conquering

Umayyads may refer to: Umayyad dynasty, a Muslim ruling family of the Caliphate (661–750) and in Spain (756–1031) Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) Emirate

The Umayyad dynasty (Arabic: بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, romanized: Banū Umayya, lit. 'Sons of Umayya') or Umayyads (Arabic: الأمويون, romanized: al-Umawiyyūn) was

appearance, and therefore the 8th-century Umayyad mihrab may have had these features. Following the toppling of the Umayyads in 750, the Abbasid dynasty came to

Iberia for over two centuries when it was conquered by the Umayyad Caliphate. The Umayyads had previously conducted small raids on the southern tip of

Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri landed to claim the territory from the Umayyads. However, an Umayyad army was decisively defeated by Pelagius of Asturias at the

the defeat at Toulouse, the Umayyads still controlled Narbonne and had a strong military presence in Septimania. The Umayyads were far from their core territory

remnants of the Umayyad clan to take refuge in their dominions. It was a fateful decision that they soon regretted, for the Umayyads, the sons and grandsons

the Umayyad dynasty, initially with the goal of replacing the Umayyads with an Alid ruling family. To an extent, rebellion against the Umayyads bore

initially with the goal of replacing the Umayyads with an Alid ruling family. To an extent, rebellion against the Umayyads bore an early association with Shi'ite