This expansion, led by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik and his son al-Walid, coincided with the construction of the Dome of the Rock. Note: Non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the interior of the ...

Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Ashja'i was the eleventh governor of al-Andalus under the Umayyad Caliphate in AD 730. He was one of a series of Arabs from Ifriqiya who served as governors in al-Andalus ...

Thousands of Syrians, many newly returned to the country after the fall of Assad, celebrated their new government with fireworks and the new flag in Damascus’s Umayyad Square.

power belonged to the Umayyad dynasty, which had taken root after 138/756, when the prince ʽAbd al-Raḥmān, fleeing to escape Abbasid persecution, settled in Córdoba and founded an emirate independent ...

Tarif ibn Malik was an Arab commander under Tariq ibn Ziyad, Arab and Umayyad general who led the conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711. Historical sources say he was of Arab origin. In July 710 CE, ...

Malik Omar Al Marri is known for Night Courier (2023).

Many who fled the civil war hope to return, as Syrians hold day of remembrance for victims of al-Assad regime. A tense calm prevails after checkpoints were set up by the new security forces in the ...

After an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliph Hajjaj bin Yusuf and Caliph Abd Al-Malik, Ibn Al-Ash'ath was forced to flee to Zabulistan (in modern-day Afghanistan) to avoid capture.

Three women died on Friday and five children were injured in a deadly stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. The incident happened after chef and TikToker Abu Omar announced on 30 December that ...