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Great Mosque of Damascus The Dome of the Rock with its large golden dome and blue-tiled exterior stands among trees in the Old City of Jerusalem, with city buildings in the background. A group of visitors walks among the stone ruins and standing columns of Khirbat al-Mafjar, or Hisham's Palace, with desert hills in the background. Great Mosque of Damascus Dome of the Rock Spain: Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba ʿAbd al-Malik: Dome of the Rock ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I Map showing the extent of the Abbasid caliphate in the 9th century, with regions under direct Abbasid rule shaded in green, and surrounding areas under Abbasid suzerainty or controlled by other dynasties-Aghlabids of Tunisia, Idrisids of Morocco, Tahirids in the east, and the Umayyad emirate of Spain-indicated in different colors. Major cities such as Baghdad, Cairo, Mecca, and Cordoba are labeled, along with key regional boundaries.
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Umayyad dynasty summary
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, features prominent minarets and a large central dome, surrounded by city buildings and satellite dishes under a cloudy sky.
Umayyad Dynasty Timeline
The Dome of the Rock with its gold dome stands in the foreground, surrounded by trees, with the densely built Jerusalem skyline in the background.
Key People of the Umayyad Dynasty
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Decline of the Umayyad Dynasty
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Gerald Hawting, The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661–750 (1986), is a useful survey of the major events during the Umayyad period. M.A. Shaban, Islamic History: A New Interpretation, A.D. 600–750 (1971), provides a detailed account of the early Medinan caliphate and the subsequent rise of the Umayyad dynasty based on a close reading of primary sources.

Asma Afsaruddin

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