What was the Umayyad caliphate?

Overview

The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) was the first hereditary monarchy in Islam. Its capital was Damascus, and its territory reached from al-Andalus to Sind. The Abbasids overthrew it at the Zab. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

What was the Umayyad caliphate?

At a glance

Overview

People and things also explored

Sources

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas