UMAYYAD

Meaning of UMAYYAD in English

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Arabic (banū) umayya, Meccan kin group to which the ~ caliphs belonged Date: 1758 a member of a dynasty of caliphs based in Damascus that ruled from A.D. 661 to 750

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UMAYYAD — üˈmī(y)əd, əˈm- noun or omay·yad äˈmī(y)əd, əˈm- ; also om·mi·ad äˈmīəd, əˈm- ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Umayyah …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UMAYYAD — /ooh muy"ad/ , n. Omayyad.
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UMAYYAD — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Arabic ( banū) umayya, Meccan kin group to which the Umayyad caliphs belonged Date: 1758 …
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UMAYYAD — Pronunciation: ü- ' m ī - ə d Function: noun Usage: often attrib Etymology: Arabic ( ban ū ) umayya, …
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KHARAJ — a special Islamic fiscal imposition that was demanded from recent converts to Islam in the 7th and 8th centuries. The …
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FITNAH — (Arabictrial, or test) in Islamic usage, a heretical uprising, especially the first major internal struggle within the Muslim community (AD …
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WASIT — (Arabic"medial") military and commercial city of medieval Iraq, especially important during the Umayyad caliphate (661-750). Wasit was established as a …
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SPAIN, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-yellow-red national flag with an off-centre coat of arms. Within Spain private citizens may display the flag without …
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MURCIA — city, capital of Murcia provincia and comunidad autnoma (autonomous community), southeastern Spain. It lies at the confluence of the Segura …
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MARWAN II — born c. 684 died 750, Egypt last of the Umayyad caliphs (reigned 744750). He was killed while fleeing the forces …
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MANSUR, AL- — in full Abu Ja'far Abd Allah Al-mansur Ibn Muhammad born 709, 714, al-Humaymah, Syria died Oct. 7, 775, near Mecca, …
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ISLAMIC WORLD — prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islam is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to …
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IRAN, HISTORY OF — history of the Iranian Plateau from prehistoric times to the present. The article covers as well the succession of ancient …
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IBN AL-ASH'ATH — died 704 in full 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath Umayyad general who became celebrated as leader of a revolt …
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HASHIMIYAH — also called Rawandiyah, Islamic religiopolitical sect of the 8th9th century AD, instrumental in the 'Abbasid overthrow of the Umayyad caliphate. …
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HAMMUDID DYNASTY — in Spain, Muslim Berber dynasty, one of the party kingdoms (ta'ifahs) that emerged during the decline of the Umayyad caliphate …
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DAMASCUS, GREAT MOSQUE OF — also called Umayyad Mosque, the earliest surviving stone mosque, built between AD 705 and 715 by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid …
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CORDOBA — provincia, in the comunidad autnoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, south-central Spain. It has an area of 5,297 square miles (13,718 …
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CALIPHATE — the political-religious state comprising the Muslim community and the lands and peoples under its dominion in the centuries following the …
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'UMAR II — born 682/683, Medina, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia] died February 720, near Aleppo, Syria in full 'umar Ibn 'abd Al-'aziz …
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'ABD AR-RAHMAN I — flourished 750, -788 also called Ad-dakhil Rahman member of the Umayyad ruling family of Syria who founded an Umayyad dynasty …
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'ABD ALLAH IBN AZ-ZUBAYR — born May 624, Medina, Arabia died November 692, Mecca leader of a rebellion against the Umayyad ruling dynasty of the …
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