Contributions of Umayyad Caliphate

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Re: Contributions of Umayyad Caliphate

@Doppleganger

Would Spain run under the Ummayids, like Abdur rehman who made the grand mosque of cordoba, be considered ummayyad as well or is going across the european pond and mixing with berbers etc negates everything?

I think earlier rulers in Spain were Umayyads.

1. Spain was conquered during the Umayyad age in 714 AD. The Umayyad rule in Spain started in 714 AD (93 AH). It ended in 756 AD (138 AH). ‘Abd al-Azīz, the son of Mūsā Ibn Nusayr, the conqueror of Spain, was appointed the first amīr of Spain. He had married the widow of emperor Frederick. The wicked Christian elements of the vanquished Spain were indulging in mischief-making through the medium of that shrewd woman.

2. The golden era of Muslims rule in Spain starts in 756 AD (138 AH) with the advent of the rule of ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Dākhil. It ends in 1036 AD (428 AH). He ruled for about 33 years.** He laid solid foundations of a sovereign and progressive Umayyad government. Instead of adopting the rather exalted little of a khalīfah he preferred to be called as amīr.**

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