The Umayyad Caliphate (Arabic: الخلافة الأموية, trans.
Al-Khilāfat al-ʾumawiyya) wis the seicont o the fower major Islamic caliphates established efter the faith o Muhammad.
Umayyad Caliphate الخلافة الأموية Al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawiyyah (in Arabic) | |||||||||||||||
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661–750 | |||||||||||||||
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The Umayyad Caliphate at its greatest extent. | |||||||||||||||
Caipital | Damascus (661–744) Harran (744–750) | ||||||||||||||
Common leids | Arabic (offeecial) – Coptic, Greek, Persie (offeecial in certain regions till the reign o Abd al-Malik) – Aramaic, Armenian, Berber leid, African Romance, Georgian, Turkic, Kurdish, Prakrit | ||||||||||||||
Releegion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||
Govrenment | Caliphate | ||||||||||||||
Caliph | |||||||||||||||
• 661–680 | Muawiya I | ||||||||||||||
• 744–750 | Marwan II | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
• Muawiya becomes Caliph | 661 | ||||||||||||||
• Defeat an daith o Marwan II bi the Abbasids | 750 | ||||||||||||||
Aurie | |||||||||||||||
750 CE (132 AH) | 15,000,000 km2 (5,800,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• 750 CE (132 AH) | 34000000 | ||||||||||||||
Currency | Gowd dinar an dirham | ||||||||||||||
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