Umayyad Caliphate
الدولة الأموية
661 CE · 41 AH† – July 750 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 132 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
A caliphate established in 661 CE and ended in 750 CE; its capital was Damascus.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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In time
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Connections
- Predecessor of
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Successor of
- Rashidun Caliphate
People and things also explored
al-Aswad al-AnsiSajah bint al-HarithTulayha ibn KhuwaylidFatimid CaliphateIlkhanateAbbasid CaliphateRashidun Caliphate
Sources
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Umayyad Caliphate”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/umayyad-caliphate/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.