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The Umayyad dynasty (Arabic: بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, romanized: Banū Umayya, lit. 'Sons of Umayya') or Umayyads ( Arabic : الأمويون , romanized : al-Umawiyyūn ) were the ruling family of the Syria -based Umayyad Caliphate in 661–750 and the Emirate and later Caliphate of Córdoba in 756–1031.
Umayya was a son of Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid, a former governor of Kufa.They were members of the Umayyad dynasty, which had been ruling the caliphate since 661. Umayyad authority across the caliphate had collapsed in 684, but was reconstituted under Marwan I in Syria and Egypt in 685.
The Umayyad exiles took refuge in Syria, where loyalist Arab tribes supported the dynasty. Umar's grandfather, Marwan I ( r. 684–685 ), was ultimately recognized by these tribes as caliph and, with their support, reasserted Umayyad rule in Syria.
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From Umayyad art, it is visible to see the adoption and development of techniques and styles in the later Abbasid art period. For example, the 'Samarian Dancers' wall painting. Umayyad art can be attributed with starting the confluence of ‘east’ and ‘west’ art which continued throughout caliphal devoplment. [7]
The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (UK: / uː ˈ m aɪ j æ d /, [2] US: / uː ˈ m aɪ æ d /; [3] Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) [4] was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... a branch of the Umayyad dynasty that ruled as caliphs from 684 to 750
Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid (Arabic: عبد الله إبن خالد إبن أسيد, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid ibn Asīd) was a member of the Umayyad dynasty and governor of Kufa in 673–675 during the reign of Caliph Mu'awiya I. [1]