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Books on: Umayyad Dynasty

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The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate AD 661-750

Book by G. R. Hawting; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Islamic Empire--History--661-750

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Gerald Hawting's book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the ...
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Gerald Hawting's book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field. It is certain to be welcomed by students and academics alike.
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The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate A.D. 661-750

Book by G. R. Hawting; Southern Illinois University Press, 1987

Subjects:

Islamic Empire--History--661-750

Collections: History, Entire Library

...initiating the caliphate of the Umayyad dynasty of which Muawiya was the founder...the Abbasids in 749-50. The Umayyad dynasty was the first to emerge in the...attitude of Muslims towards the Umayyad dynasty. 6 How far the development...
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Mysticism and Dissent: Socioreligious Thought in Qajar Iran

Book by Mangol Bayat; Syracuse University Press, 1982

Subjects:

Iran--History--Qajar Dynasty, 1779-1925, Iran--Religion, Islam And Politics--Iran, Sh?I?Ah--Iran--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...661 when, following the assassination of Ali, the Umayyad dynasty founded its rule, several protest movements were...latter eventually succeeded in establishing his own dynasty, the Umayyad, after Ali was murdered in 661. Almost a century...
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History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present

Book by Philip K. Hitti; Macmillan, 1956

Subjects:

Arabian Peninsula--History, Arabs, Civilization, Arab

Collections: History, Entire Library

...CHAPTER XVII THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE: MUAWIYAH ESTABLISHES A DYNASTY 189 The claimants to...CHAPTER XXII DECLINE AND FALL OF THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY 279 Qays versus Yaman...
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History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present

Book by Philip K. Hitti; Macmillan, 1951

Subjects:

Arabian Peninsula--History, Arabs, Civilization, Arab, Islamic Empire--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...CHAPTER XVII THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE: MU AWIYAH ESTABLISHES A DYNASTY 189 The claimants to...CHAPTER XXII DECLINE AND FALL OF THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY 279 Qays versus Yaman...

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Journal Articles on: Umayyad Dynasty

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Turkish Alevi Poetry in the Twentieth Century: The Fusion of Political and Religious Identities

Journal article by Markus Dressler; Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, 2003

Subjects:

Alawites--Works, Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal, Political poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Political poetry--Demographic aspects, Religion and poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Religion and poetry--Demographic aspects, Religious poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Religious poetry--Demographic aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the first two caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty, the antagonists of Ali and...narrative, the establishment of the Umayyad dynasty betrayed the legitimate Alid...became the first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty. (101) "Namazi da siyasete...
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Meaningful Mingling: Classicizing Imagery and Islamicizing Script in a Byzantine Bowl

Journal article by Alicia Walker; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 90, 2008

Subjects:

Byzantine antiquities--Design and construction, Byzantine antiquities--History, Byzantine antiquities--Innovations, Byzantine antiquities--Protection and preservation, Islam--Influence, Islam--United States

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...alliances and conflicts with the Umayyad dynasty of Spain and the Fatimid dynasty of Egypt resulted in the traffic...dates of production. A Spanish Umayyad box displays inscriptions...6). The inscription on the Umayyad box simply repeats the word...
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Tabari on the Companions of the Prophet: Moral and Political Contours in Islamic Historical Writing

Journal article by Abdelkader I. Tayob; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999

Subjects:

Iran--History, Iraq--History, Islam--History, Tabari, Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn Jarir al---Conduct of life

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...accepting him as a companion like all the rest, Abbasid apologists could not be so magnanimous toward the founder of the Umayyad dynasty. Jahiz, who wrote a treatise on the caliphate for Ma mun in 200/815-16, again gives us an inkling of this debate...
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Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imami Shiism

Journal article by Shahab Ahmed; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, 2003

Subjects:

Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imami Shiism (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...especially clear and accessible manner. Chapter five examines the overt hostility expressed in these works towards the Umayyad dynasty, and the more covert hostility towards the Abbasids. The sixth and final chapter, an earlier version of which appeared...
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A Habit of Violence Grown Ordinary (1): Constraints on Muslim Women's Participation in War

Journal article by Maria Holt; Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military, Vol. 20, 2002

Subjects:

Persian Gulf War, 1991--Social aspects, War--Moral and ethical aspects, Women, Muslim--Behavior, Women--Crimes against

Collections: Entire Library

...Halawi, Karbala, in which the third Shii imam was vanquished in battle and slaughtered by Muawiya, founder of the Umayyad dynasty, remains to this day "the overriding motif" in Shii revolutionary consciousness and discourse (Halawi, A Lebanon...

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Magazine Articles on: Umayyad Dynasty

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The True Caliph of the Arabian Nights: Hugh Kennedy Examines the Life of One of the Most Powerful Men in the World in the Eighth Century

Magazine article by Hugh Kennedy; History Today, Vol. 54, September 2004

Subjects:

Abbasid dynasty, 750-1258--6th-10th century AD, Abbasid dynasty, 750-1258--History, Arabian Nights (Folk tale)--History, Caliphs--6th-10th century AD, Caliphs--Behavior, Caliphs--History, Caliphs--Public opinion, Folk literature--6th-10th century AD, Folk literature--History, Folklore--6th-10th century AD, Folklore--History, Iraq--Economic aspects, Iraq--History, Iraq--Political aspects, Iraq--Social aspects, Middle East--Economic aspects, Middle East--History, Middle East--Political aspects, Middle East--Social aspects, al-Rashid, Harun--Behavior, al-Rashid, Harun--History, al-Rashid, Harun--Public opinion

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...661 to 750 it was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from their capital in Damascus...Muslims, especially in Iraq, the Umayyads were overthrown by the Abbasids...he had secured the future of the dynasty by the formal and public compact...
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Geographical Flags of the World: Yemen

Magazine article by Natalie Hoare; Geographical, Vol. 78, August 2006

Subjects:

Flags--Design and construction, Flags--History, Yemen--History, Yemen--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...during prayer meetings. The white flag, the colour of the Umayyad Dynasty, was inscribed with the motto--"There is no god but God (Allah) and Mohammed is the Prophet of God." The Abbasid Dynasty, ruling from Baghdad, took black as a symbol of mourning...
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Illustrious Arab Poets through the Centuries

Magazine article by Habeeb Salloum; Contemporary Review, Vol. 285, August 2004

Subjects:

Arabic poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Arabic poetry--Works, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...poet in the court of the Umayyads and an ardent propagandist of this dynasty. Along with his contemporaries...the poet laureate of the Umayyads, he still believed that...At the twilight of the Umayyad dynasty and the beginning of the...
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Muslim Martyrdom: Examining a Theology for Every Epoch

Magazine article by Roger Kershaw; Contemporary Review, Vol. 289, Winter 2007

Subjects:

A Review Article of Martyrdom in Islam (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Egypt (the aggrieved Umayyad dynasty continued to preach revenge...hands of the Abbasid dynasty for rejecting the arcane...deliberate policy of the Umayyad governor. The fundamental...hearer--why were the Umayyads allowed to do it? But...
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What Would Jefferson Do? an Essay on Faith, Reason, Terror, and Democracy

Magazine article by Robert Kuttner; The American Prospect, Vol. 15, November 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism (Book)--Book reviews, Never Again? The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism (Book)--Book reviews, One Electorate Under God? A Dialogue on Religion and Politics (Book)--Book reviews, Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Christians and Jews created a culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain (Book)--Book reviews, The Pity of it All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933 (Book)--Book reviews, The Plot Against America: A Novel (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...visions of amp;#91;Muslim and Christian amp;#93; cultures converged." Ousted by more fundamentalist Muslims, the Umayyad dynasty collapsed against a backdrop of Christian "Reconquest," and, beginning in 1095, the Crusades. The clash of two fundamentalisms...

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Newspaper Articles on: Umayyad Dynasty

3 results

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How Moorish; London Escape: After the Romans, Visigoths, Moors and Christians, Cordoba's Latest Invader Is Gavanndra Hodge, Lured by the Culture and the Cava-

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 27, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Andalus in the eighth century, and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty, who built a mosque so beautiful it became famous the...DO The Mezquita has to be the first port of call: the Umayyad mosque, first constructed by Abed Al-Rahman I in 784AD...
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Hybrid Artistry of Islamic Spain

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 15, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...exhibit is the gift box "Pyxis" (circa 966) from the Umayyad dynasty. The Umayyads, the first to conquer the Iberian Peninsula, came from Syria and ruled from 711 to 1010. Umayyad artists decorated the box with exquisitely chased...
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Saudis, Iranians Seek to Heal Rift; Ahmadinejad Meets King, Takes Swipe at U.S. 'Conspiracy Moves'

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 7, 2007

Subjects:

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...seventh-century battle of Karbala, when Hussein the grandson of the prophet Muhammad was killed by the army of the Umayyad dynasty of Muslim rulers. More recently, Iranians remember the economic support that Arab countries of the Persian Gulf region...

Encyclopedia Articles on: Umayyad Dynasty

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Umayyad

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

UMAYYAD ooma yad, the first Islamic dynasty (661 750). Their reign witnessed...reach Cordoba and to reestablish Umayyad rule (780 1031) in Muslim Spain. See G. R. Hawting, The First Dynasty of Islam (1986...
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CÓrdoba , City, Spain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Visigoths (572) and the Moors (711). Under the Umayyad dynasty it became the seat (756 1031) of an independent emirate...discovered in 1911. Cordoba declined after the fall of the Umayyads and became subject to Seville in 1078. Ferdinand III...
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Caliphate

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...became caliph and founded the Umayyad dynasty (661 750), chiefly by force...that defeated (749 50) the Umayyad family. The Abbasid dynasty (749 1258) is sometimes called the caliphate of Baghdad. One Umayyad, Abd ar-Rahman I , escaped...
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Moors

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...France, where they were turned back at Tours by Charles Martel (732). In 756, Abd ar-Rahman I established the Umayyad dynasty at Cordoba. This emirate became under Abd ar-Rahman III the caliphate of Cordoba. The court there grew in wealth...
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Medina , City, Saudi Arabia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...from Mecca, and used it as the base for converting and conquering Arabia. Medina grew rapidly until 661, when the Umayyad dynasty transferred the capital of the caliphate to Damascus. Thereafter Medina was reduced to the rank of a provincial town...

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