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:

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