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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See Omayyad.

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  • noun the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus

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  • Dialogue with Islam is the only civilian rule, effective for interacting with everyone, taking into account all that has been achieved over the course of history especially during the periods known as the Ommiad (7th - 8th century) and Abbasids (8th - 13th century).

    Spero News 2010

  • The Abbasids treacherously murdered nearly all the members of the Ommiad family, but one survivor escaped to Spain, where he founded at Cordova an independent Ommiad dynasty.

    Early European History Hutton Webster

  • Arabian civilization, for about four centuries under the Ommiad and

    Early European History Hutton Webster

  • Carrhae was the residence of Merwan, the last of the Ommiad caliphs, and became the centre of a famous Mussulman school, where, in the tenth century, many Greek works were translated into Arabic.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • After the caliphs of the Ommiad dynasty, one of whom had a Jew as his mint-master, those of the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Arabian authors only once cite Palencia in the division of the provinces previous to the Ommiad dynasty.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • End of the Ommiad and rise of the Abbasside dynasty of caliphs; all the family of the former, except Abderrahman, put to death.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885

  • Ibn-al-Arabi was governor of Saragossa, and one of the Spanish-Arab chieftains in league against Abdel-Rhaman, the last offshoot of the Ommiad caliphs, who, with the assistance of the Berbers, had seized the government of Spain.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885

  • Ommiad dynasty formed the gigantic library at Cordova, and that there were at least seventy others in the colleges that were scattered through the kingdom of Granada.

    The Great Book-Collectors Charles Isaac Elton 1869

  • The _Ommiad_ dynasty at _Cordova_ had disappeared under the assaults of Christians, and of the _Moors_ of Africa.

    Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868

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