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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All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
Umayyad Caliphate canonical 220
Umayyad dynasty 33
Umayyad period 24

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 (327)

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

Arab world → hasHistoricalEmpire → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Sind → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Sind → partOf → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Arabs → historicalEmpire → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi → expandedBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad caliphs
Iberian Peninsula → wasRuledBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate → namedAfter → Umayyad Caliphate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty
Umayyad Caliphate → dynasty → Umayyad Caliphate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty
Abbasid Caliphate → followed → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate → precededBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Islamic Spain → majorDynasty → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty
Damascus → servedAsCapitalOf → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Al-Aqsa Mosque → builtBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates → hasComponent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Late Antiquity → hasMajorEvent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: rise of the Umayyad Caliphate
Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) → underRuleOf → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: Lydda
Dar al-Islam → appliesTo → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Holy Land → historicalControlBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Tyre → ruledBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Sidon → ruledBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Debal → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Muhammad bin Qasim → allegiance → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Muhammad bin Qasim → killedBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad authorities
Muhammad bin Qasim → employer → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Muhammad bin Qasim → civilization → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad
Quraysh → providedCaliphsTo → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate → followedBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Palestinian Jews → underOccupation → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Cordoba (historical) → previousPolity → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: Córdoba (historical)
this entity surface form: Caliphate of Damascus (as provincial center)
Caliphate of Córdoba → rulingDynasty → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty
Muawiya I → dynasty → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty
Muawiya I → founded → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Battle of Karbala → locatedIn → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Battle of Karbala → belligerent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Second Fitna → country → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Second Fitna → conflictBetween → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Marwan II → dynasty → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty
Marwan II → territoryRuled → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Marwan II → era → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Umayyad period
Dinar → usedIn → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Third Fitna → hasMainParticipants → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Third Fitna → location → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Dirham → usedDuring → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Visigothic Kingdom → successor → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Visigothic Kingdom → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Kufa → historicalPeriod → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Dome of the Rock → builtBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
as-Saffah → countryOfBirth → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
as-Saffah → overthrew → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah