Umayyad Caliphate

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Caliphate Historical state Islamic empire

The Umayyad Caliphate was an early Islamic empire (661–750 CE) that rapidly expanded from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia, establishing Arabic as an administrative language and shaping the political and cultural foundations of the Arab-Islamic world.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Umayyad dynasty	9
Umayyad period	3
Umayyad caliphs	2
Arab Caliphate	1
Caliphate of Damascus (as provincial center)	1
Late Umayyad period	1
Umayyad	1
Umayyad Caliphate era	1
Umayyad authorities	1
Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus	1
Umayyad era	1
rise of the Umayyad Caliphate	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caliphate ⓘ Historical state ⓘ Islamic empire ⓘ
administrativeLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
capital	Damascus ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
coreTerritory	Hejaz ⓘ surface form: Hijaz Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ
currency	Dinar ⓘ Dirham ⓘ
dynasty	Umayyad Caliphate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Umayyad dynasty
endTime	750 ⓘ
establishedAsCaliphate	after First Fitna ⓘ
expandedTo	Caucasus ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ North Africa ⓘ surface form: Maghreb North Africa ⓘ Sindh ⓘ Syria ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ surface form: Transoxiana
firstRuler	Muawiya I ⓘ
followedBy	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
governmentType	Caliphal monarchy ⓘ Hereditary monarchy ⓘ
introducedReform	Arabization of administration ⓘ Islamic coinage with Arabic inscriptions ⓘ
lastRuler	Marwan II ⓘ
legacyState	Caliphate of Córdoba ⓘ surface form: Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba
legalSystem	Sharia ⓘ surface form: Islamic law
majorPortCity	Alexandria ⓘ Basra ⓘ Kufa ⓘ
majorReligion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
namedAfter	Umayyad Caliphate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Umayyad dynasty
notableBattle	Battle of Karbala ⓘ Battle of Tours ⓘ surface form: Battle of Poitiers Battle of Talas ⓘ Battle of Tours ⓘ
notableEvent	Second Fitna ⓘ Third Fitna ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
overthrownBy	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Abbasid Revolution
precededBy	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
primaryEthnicElite	Arabs ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
rulingFamily	Quraysh ⓘ surface form: Banu Umayya
significantCulturalSite	Dome of the Rock ⓘ Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
startTime	661 ⓘ
usedScript	Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (88)

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

Muhammad bin Qasim → allegiance → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Dar al-Islam → appliesTo → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Battle of the Zab → associatedWith → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Battle of Karbala → belligerent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Battle of Tours → belligerent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Battle of the Zab → belligerent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Al-Walid I → birthPlace → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

John of Damascus → birthPlace → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Great Mosque of Damascus → builderDynasty → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Al-Aqsa Mosque → builtBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Dome of the Rock → builtBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Muhammad bin Qasim → civilization → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad

Battle of the Zab → combatant → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Arab–Byzantine wars → conflictBetween → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Second Fitna → conflictBetween → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Heraclian dynasty → conflictWith → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Debal → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Samarkand → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab Caliphate

Sind → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Visigothic Kingdom → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Second Fitna → country → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

as-Saffah → countryOfBirth → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

subject surface form: As-Saffah

Al-Walid I → deathPlace → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Umayyad architecture → developedIn → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan → dynasty → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty

Al-Walid I → dynasty → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty

Marwan II → dynasty → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty

Muawiya I → dynasty → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty

Umayyad Caliphate → dynasty → Umayyad Caliphate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty

Muhammad bin Qasim → employer → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan → era → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Husayn ibn Ali → era → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Marwan II → era → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Umayyad period

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi → expandedBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad caliphs

Abbasid Caliphate → followed → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Rashidun Caliphate → followedBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Muawiya I → founded → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Medina of Tunis → foundedBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty

Ramla → foundedInPeriod → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Islamic Caliphates → hasComponent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → hasHistoricalCivilization → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Arab world → hasHistoricalEmpire → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Umayyad conquest of Hispania → hasMainBelligerent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Third Fitna → hasMainParticipants → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Late Antiquity → hasMajorEvent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: rise of the Umayyad Caliphate

Early Islamic period → hasPart → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Early Middle Ages → hasPart → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad Caliphate era

Battle of Covadonga → hasParticipant → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

Arabic literature → hasPeriod → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad period