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How far did the Umayyad empire extend at its greatest size?
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At its greatest extent, the Umayyad dynasty ruled a vast empire that stretched from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the borders of India in the east.12
The empire's expansion included the following regions:
- West: The Umayyads spread across the northern coast of Africa and occupied much of Spain.12
- East: The empire extended into Khorasan, Turkistan, and northwestern India.13
- North: Military campaigns were carried out against the Byzantine Empire in Asia Minor.1
The empire reached the limits of its expansion during the reign of Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, as further advances were halted in France following the Battle of Tours in 732 and by military defeats in Anatolia in 740.3