Umayyad Caliphate
second Islamic caliphate (661–750 CE)
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Summary
Umayyad Caliphate is a transcontinental country[1]. It draws 30,524 Wikipedia views per month (transcontinental country category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Islam[3]
- Continent: Africa[4], Europe[5], Asia[6]
- Instance of: caliphate[7], historical country[8], sovereign state[9], Islamic state[10], sultanate[11]
- Capital: Damascus[12], Harran[13]
- Official language: Arabic[14]
- Currency: Umayyad dinar[15], Umayyad dirham (currency unit)[16], Umayyad fals (currency unit)[17]
- Main regulatory text: Qur’an[18], Sunnah[19]
- Founder: Mu'awiya I[20]
- Basic form of government: monarchy[21]
- Named after: Umayyad dynasty[22]
- Follows: Rashidun Caliphate[23], Byzantine Empire[24], Kingdom of Toledo[25], Exarchate of Africa[26]
- Followed by: Abbasid Caliphate[27], emirate of Córdoba[28]
- Commons category: Umayyad Caliphate[29]
- Has part(s): Wilaya of al-Andalus[30], Wilayah of Iraq[31]
- Inception: 661[32]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: July 750[33]
- Coordinate location: 33.31527777777778, 44.36611111111111[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Umayyad Caliphate[35]
- Population: 70,000,000[36]
- Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[37], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[38]
- Replaces: Rashidun Caliphate[39], Exarchate of Africa[40], Kingdom of the Nemencha[41]
- Native label: الدَّوْلَةُ الأُمَوِيَّةُ[42]
- Different from: Caliphate of Córdoba[43]
- Office held by head of state: Umayyad Caliph[44]
- Area: 15,000,000[45]
Why It Matters
Umayyad Caliphate has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]