Banu Umayyah

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Arab clan founding family of the Umayyad Caliphate sub-tribe of Quraysh

Banu Umayyah was the powerful Meccan clan of the Quraysh tribe that later formed the Umayyad dynasty, the first great hereditary caliphate in Islamic history.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Banu Umayya	19
House of Umayya	6
Banu Umayyah canonical	5
Umayyad clan	2
Umayyad faction	2
Umayyad family	2
Marwanid branch of the Umayyads	1
Sufyanid Umayyads	1
Sufyanid branch of the Umayyads	1
Umayyad clan of Quraysh	1
Umayyad dynasty as ruling house	1
Umayyad elite	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arab clan ⓘ founding family of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ sub-tribe of Quraysh ⓘ
branchOf	Abd Shams clan of Quraysh ⓘ
capitalDuringRule	Córdoba ⓘ Damascus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Hejaz ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ
founded	Caliphate of Córdoba ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ surface form: Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba
hasAncestor	Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf ⓘ Fihr (Quraysh) ⓘ surface form: Quraysh (Fihr ibn Malik) Umayya ibn Abd Shams ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ Abd al-Rahman I ⓘ Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ⓘ Khalid ibn Yazid ⓘ Marwan I ⓘ Marwan II ⓘ Muawiya I ⓘ Muawiya II ⓘ Umar II ⓘ Caliph Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ surface form: Uthman ibn Affan Yazid I ⓘ Al-Walid I ⓘ surface form: al-Walid I al-Walid II ⓘ
historicalRegion	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Andalusia ⓘ surface form: al-Andalus
knownFor	administrative centralization from Damascus ⓘ establishing dynastic rule in the Caliphate ⓘ expansion of the Islamic empire ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
locationOfOrigin	Mecca ⓘ
namedAfter	Umayya ibn Abd Shams ⓘ
opposedBy	Banu Hashim ⓘ surface form: Abbasid family Banu Hashim ⓘ
partOf	Quraysh ⓘ
politicalRole	first hereditary caliphal dynasty in Islamic history ⓘ ruling dynasty of the early Islamic Caliphate ⓘ
precededBy	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Rashidun Caliphate (as ruling house)
relatedTo	Banu Hashim ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
succeededBy	Banu Hashim ⓘ surface form: Abbasid family (as ruling house in the East) Umayyad emirs ⓘ surface form: Umayyads of Córdoba (as western branch)
timePeriod	7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umm Habiba → clan → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

Quraysh → clan → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Muawiya I → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Muawiya I → founded → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty as ruling house

Second Fitna → significantPerson → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad clan

Marwan II → family → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad family

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Umayya

Al-Walid I → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Hashim ibn Abd Manaf → clanRival → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Umayyad relatives → partOf → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad clan

Banu Adi → relatedTo → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Banu Hashim → rivalClan → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Abu Sufyan ibn Harb → clan → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Fihr (Quraysh) → descendant → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

subject surface form: Fihr

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan → clan → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Ramla bint Abi Sufyan → clan → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Ramla bint Abi Sufyan → family → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad family

Safiyyah bint Abi al-As → familyConnection → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

Habibah bint Ubaydullah → family → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Marwan the Donkey → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

subject surface form: Marwan II

this entity surface form: House of Umayya

House of Marwan → followed → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sufyanid branch of the Umayyads

House of Marwan → tribalAffiliation → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

House of Marwan → branchOf → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

House of Marwan → precededBy → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sufyanid Umayyads

Hind bint Utbah → associatedWith → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

Yazid I → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Yazid I → branchOfTribe → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Battle of Marj Rahit (684) → belligerent → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad faction

Marwan I → tribe → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Marwan I → clan → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad clan of Quraysh

Marwan I → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Umayya

Battle of Siffin → associatedWith → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad faction

Abd Allah ibn Uthman → clan → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

Ibrahim ibn al-Walid → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Umayya

Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Umayya

Marwan al-Himar → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Umayya

Marwan al-Himar → tribe → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Yazid II → caliphalHouse → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marwanid branch of the Umayyads

Yazid II → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi → usedBy → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad elite

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik → tribe → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik → house → Banu Umayyah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banu Umayya