Umayyad forces reached Tangier and the Atlantic Ocean.    From Wordnik.com.  [c. The Umayyad Caliphate] Reference

The Umayyad forces then set out against Nirun near present-day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 4 The First Muslim Incursion into the Indian Subcontinent] Reference

The Umayyad caliphs were Arabs coming from the Arabian Peninsula.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 7 The Rise of the Abbasids and Decline of Tang China] Reference

The Umayyad takeover of the rest of Sogdia was not a simple matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 3 The First Encounter of the Muslims and Buddhist Asia] Reference

The Fatimids temporarily secured Morocco against Umayyad influence.    From Wordnik.com.  [f. North Africa] Reference

That was at the incredible, magnificent Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2005] Reference

Hisham II al Muayyad, whose reign marked the decline of the Umayyad dynasty.    From Wordnik.com.  [2. Muslim Spain] Reference

The vestiges of Muslim rule in Sindh after the Umayyad conquest were extremely weak.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 18 The Ghaznavids and Seljuqs] Reference

Despite their loss of Bactria, the Umayyad forces continued to hold Bukhara in Sogdia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 3 The First Encounter of the Muslims and Buddhist Asia] Reference

(The first three Umayyad rulers had been descendants of the Sufyanid branch of the family.) 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [684-85] Reference

The Tang court now began a policy of supporting dissidents in the Umayyad-held cities of Sogdia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 6 Further Umayyad Expansion in West Turkistan] Reference

Moreover, as part of campaigns of military conquest for political and economic gain, Umayyad and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Background for Attending a Kalachakra Initiation for World Peace] Reference

Thus, the Umayyad era ended in 750 with the Arabs having lost and regained Bactria and Sogdia yet again.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 6 Further Umayyad Expansion in West Turkistan] Reference

When, later, areas such as Surashtra submitted peacefully, the Umayyad forces left the monasteries alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 4 The First Muslim Incursion into the Indian Subcontinent] Reference

To appease their allies, the Tibetans sent an envoy to the Umayyad court in 717 to invite a Muslim teacher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in Afghanistan] Reference

THE ARAB-MUSLIM EMPIRE 632 C.E. -750 C.E. (MAP) For a complete list of the Umayyad caliphs, see Appendix III.    From Wordnik.com.  [c. The Umayyad Caliphate] Reference

Ibn al-Zubayr demanded that the caliph be selected from among the tribe of Quraysh, not just the Umayyad clan.    From Wordnik.com.  [c. The Umayyad Caliphate] Reference

She did what most visitors do here, browse the markets and toured the magnificent 1,300-year-old Umayyad mosque.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2007] Reference

In 724, the new Umayyad caliph, Hashim (r. 724 - 743), sent General Junaid south to reassert control over Sindh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 6 Further Umayyad Expansion in West Turkistan] Reference

Umayyad destruction of Buddhist monasteries in Sindh seems to have been a rare and initial event in their occupation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 4 The First Muslim Incursion into the Indian Subcontinent] Reference

The Hindus had a warrior caste which, along with their political and religious leaders, fought the huge Umayyad force.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 4 The First Muslim Incursion into the Indian Subcontinent] Reference

Tibet now switched sides and, for political expediency, allied itself with the Umayyad forces they had just been fighting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in Afghanistan] Reference

But the Umayyad caliphs (661 – 750 CE) allowed the idolaters to live under the category of dhimmis in violation of the Quran.    From Wordnik.com.  [Osama's Tax Incentives to Americans --- Not Telling the Whole Truth] Reference

The Arab imperialist Umayyad rulers (661 – 750) were mostly anti-Muhammad and anti-Islam, except when it served their purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emerging Muslim Freethinkers and the Battle of Civilizations] Reference

Above all, one had to submit to Umayyad rule, for the main point demanded was a change of political, rather that spiritual allegiance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 3 The First Encounter of the Muslims and Buddhist Asia] Reference

In 726 CE, during the Umayyad period, the Nestorian theologian John of Damascus wrote that Muhammad was a forerunner of the Antichrist.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Full Analysis)] Reference

The Syrian governor Muawiya survived and founded the Umayyad dynasty that would one day create the glorious Moorish civilization of Spain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kamran Pasha: The Beginning of the End for The Taliban] Reference

It is unclear whether the Arabic word al-budd derives from the Persian or was coined directly at the time of the Umayyad conquest of Sindh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 18 The Ghaznavids and Seljuqs] Reference