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Page 332
... Umayyads of Damascus , and the Berbers re- mained independent of Umayyad and Ab- basid rule . After some three centuries of local wars of conquest and shifting control , a Berber confederation known as the Almoravids con- quered all of ...
... Umayyads of Damascus , and the Berbers re- mained independent of Umayyad and Ab- basid rule . After some three centuries of local wars of conquest and shifting control , a Berber confederation known as the Almoravids con- quered all of ...
Page 389
... Umayyad dynasty of caliphs . He fought against the fourth caliph , ' Ali ( Muḥam- mad's son - in - law ) , seized Egypt , and assumed the caliphate after ' Ali's assassination in 661 . He restored unity to the Muslim empire and made ...
... Umayyad dynasty of caliphs . He fought against the fourth caliph , ' Ali ( Muḥam- mad's son - in - law ) , seized Egypt , and assumed the caliphate after ' Ali's assassination in 661 . He restored unity to the Muslim empire and made ...
Page 428
... Umayyad caliphate ; and again in the 12th century , as part of the Spanish Muslim reaction against the rule of the North African Almoravids . The kingdom's first ruler , ' Abd ar - Rahman ibn Tahir , declared himself independent in 1063 ...
... Umayyad caliphate ; and again in the 12th century , as part of the Spanish Muslim reaction against the rule of the North African Almoravids . The kingdom's first ruler , ' Abd ar - Rahman ibn Tahir , declared himself independent in 1063 ...
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