Definitions for Omayyad

Omayyad O·may·yad

Spelling: [oh-mahy-ad]
IPA: /oʊˈmaɪ æd/

Omayyad is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in Omayyad (aadmoyy).

Definitions for Omayyad

noun

  1. a member of the dynasty that ruled at Damascus a.d. 661–750, claiming descent from Omayya, cousin of the grandfather of Muhammad the Prophet.
  2. a member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled in southern Spain, a.d. 756–1031: related to the Damascus dynasty.

Examples for Omayyad

In 749 they accomplished a carefully prepared revolution, and the last of the Omayyad Caliphs was hunted down and slain in Egypt.

One other short-lived movement of the Omayyad period should be mentioned.

By a trick ‛Ali was deposed , and the Omayyad dynasty was established with its capital at Damascus.

From this point onward the glory of the Omayyad line decays.

The ruin of the Omayyad empire and the rise of the new dynasty did not take place without mighty convulsions.

The constructive genius in this was Moawiya, the first Omayyad caliph.

So the grievances of Ali were avenged at last, and the Omayyad line passed out of history.

Other revolts of the Copts are recorded for the year 739 and 750, the last year of Omayyad domination.

All the Omayyad princes were invited to the wedding, Merwan hoping still to conciliate them.

For a time, after the death of Ali, the Omayyad family was in the ascendant, and for nearly a century they gave rulers to Islam.

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