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... caliph was impris- oned , and prayers were recited in the name of the Fatimid caliph . Toghril then crushed the rebellion ( 1060 ) , regained Baghdad , and pacified the Arabs of Mesopotamia . During his last years he fought the petty ...
... caliph was impris- oned , and prayers were recited in the name of the Fatimid caliph . Toghril then crushed the rebellion ( 1060 ) , regained Baghdad , and pacified the Arabs of Mesopotamia . During his last years he fought the petty ...
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... caliph ( reigned 644-656 ) -Abū Sufyan's son Mu'awiyah , then governor of Syria , emerged victorious over ' Ali , Muḥam- mad's son - in - law and fourth caliph ; Mu'aw- iyah then established himself as the first Umayyad caliph . Umayyad ...
... caliph ( reigned 644-656 ) -Abū Sufyan's son Mu'awiyah , then governor of Syria , emerged victorious over ' Ali , Muḥam- mad's son - in - law and fourth caliph ; Mu'aw- iyah then established himself as the first Umayyad caliph . Umayyad ...
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... caliph ( 680-683 ) , par- ticularly noted for his suppression of a rebel- lion led by Husayn , the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad ( the founder of Islām ) . As a young man he commanded the Arab army that his father , Mu'awiyah , sent ...
... caliph ( 680-683 ) , par- ticularly noted for his suppression of a rebel- lion led by Husayn , the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad ( the founder of Islām ) . As a young man he commanded the Arab army that his father , Mu'awiyah , sent ...
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