Umayyad Caliphate

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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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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

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Spanish monarchy hasPredecessorDynasty Umayyad Caliphate
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus
Holy Land historicalControlBy Umayyad Caliphate
Palestine historicalControlBy Umayyad Caliphate
Arabs historicalEmpire Umayyad Caliphate
Great Mosque of Damascus historicalEra Umayyad Caliphate
this entity surface form: Umayyad era
Khorasan historicalEra Umayyad Caliphate
Kharijism historicalPeriod Umayyad Caliphate
Kufa historicalPeriod Umayyad Caliphate
Al-Zaytuna Mosque initialConstructionPeriod Umayyad Caliphate
this entity surface form: Umayyad period
Muhammad bin Qasim killedBy Umayyad Caliphate
this entity surface form: Umayyad authorities
Battle of Karbala locatedIn Umayyad Caliphate
Amman Citadel locatedInTime Umayyad Caliphate
this entity surface form: Umayyad period
Third Fitna location Umayyad Caliphate
Islamic Spain majorDynasty Umayyad Caliphate
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty
Great Mosque of Damascus namedAfter Umayyad Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate namedAfter Umayyad Caliphate self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty
Byzantine navy notableOpponent Umayyad Caliphate
as-Saffah overthrew Umayyad Caliphate
subject surface form: As-Saffah
Sind partOf Umayyad Caliphate
Umayyad architecture patron Umayyad Caliphate
this entity surface form: Umayyad caliphs
Abbasid Caliphate precededBy Umayyad Caliphate
Cordoba (historical) previousPolity Umayyad Caliphate
subject surface form: Córdoba (historical)
this entity surface form: Caliphate of Damascus (as provincial center)
Quraysh providedCaliphsTo Umayyad Caliphate
Sidon ruledBy Umayyad Caliphate
Tyre ruledBy Umayyad Caliphate
Caliphate of Córdoba rulingDynasty Umayyad Caliphate
this entity surface form: Umayyad dynasty
Damascus servedAsCapitalOf Umayyad Caliphate
Emperor Constantine IV signedTreatyWith Umayyad Caliphate
subject surface form: Constantine IV
Visigothic Kingdom successor Umayyad Caliphate
Marwan II territoryRuled Umayyad Caliphate
Palestinian Jews underOccupation Umayyad Caliphate
Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) underRuleOf Umayyad Caliphate
subject surface form: Lydda
Umayyad architecture usedBy Umayyad Caliphate
Dirham usedDuring Umayyad Caliphate
Dinar usedIn Umayyad Caliphate
Levant region wasPartOf Umayyad Caliphate
Tarabulus al-Gharb wasPartOf Umayyad Caliphate
Iberian Peninsula wasRuledBy Umayyad Caliphate