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... Umayyad caliphate was threatened by the discontent of the Mawāli ( non - Arab Muslims ) and the " pious opposi- tion , " who resented the Umayyads allegedly for putting political interests ahead of estab- lished religious principles ...
... Umayyad caliphate was threatened by the discontent of the Mawāli ( non - Arab Muslims ) and the " pious opposi- tion , " who resented the Umayyads allegedly for putting political interests ahead of estab- lished religious principles ...
Page 121
... Umayyad DYNASTY , also spelled OMAYYAD , first great Muslim dynasty to rule the Empire of the Caliphate ( AD 661-750 ) , sometimes referred to as the Arab kingdom ( reflecting traditional Muslim disapproval of the secular SPAIN Cordoba ...
... Umayyad DYNASTY , also spelled OMAYYAD , first great Muslim dynasty to rule the Empire of the Caliphate ( AD 661-750 ) , sometimes referred to as the Arab kingdom ( reflecting traditional Muslim disapproval of the secular SPAIN Cordoba ...
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... Umayyad dynasty . In the first years of the 8th century Yazid became governor of Khorasan . He soon came into conflict with the powerful governor of Iraq , al - Hajjaj , at whose instigation the caliph , al - Walid , had Yazid jailed ...
... Umayyad dynasty . In the first years of the 8th century Yazid became governor of Khorasan . He soon came into conflict with the powerful governor of Iraq , al - Hajjaj , at whose instigation the caliph , al - Walid , had Yazid jailed ...
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