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3 days ago · The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (UK: / uː ˈ m aɪ j æ d /, US: / uː ˈ m aɪ æ d /; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.
2 days ago · Egypt - Caliphate, Nile, Pyramids: For more than 200 years—that is, throughout the Umayyad caliphate and well into the Abbasid—Egypt was ruled by governors appointed by the caliphs.
4 days ago · A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it's defeated but remains lethal
3 days ago · Fatimid dynasty, political and religious dynasty that dominated an empire in North Africa and subsequently in the Middle East from 909 to 1171 ce and tried unsuccessfully to oust the Abbasid caliphs as leaders of the Islamic world. It took its name from Fāṭimah, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, from whom the Fatimids claimed descent.
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1 day ago · He established a new unified polity in Arabia (known today as the first Islamic state) that expanded rapidly under the Rashidun Caliphate and the Umayyad Caliphate, culminating in Muslim rule being established on three continents ( Asia, Africa, and Europe) over the next century.
Jun 4, 2024 · The Ayyubids had owed their allegiance to the Abbasid Caliphate, but the latter was destroyed when the Mongols sacked the Abbasid capital Baghdad in 1258 and killed Caliph al-Musta'sim. Three years later, Baybars reestablished the institution of the caliphate by making a member of the Abbasid dynasty , al-Mustansir , caliph, who in turn ...
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5 days ago · This battle occurred during the tumultuous period of the Umayyad Caliphate, following the death of the first Umayyad Caliph, Muawiya I, and the succession of his son Yazid I. Marked by severe political and social unrest, the Battle of al-Harra epitomized the resistance against Umayyad rule and highlighted the deep fissures within the early ...
