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Umayyad
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U·may·yad  (-md) or Om·mi·ad also O·may·yad (-md)
The first dynasty of Arab caliphs (661-750). Its capital was Damascus.

Umayyad [uːˈmaɪjæd]
n
(Biographies) a variant spelling of Omayyad
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Noun1.Umayyad - the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was DamascusUmayyad - the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family


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For instance, while Ali Zain Al Abidin (the son of Imam Hussein) was able to compromise and accept Ummayyad rule, Mohammad Ibn Hanafiyah (son of Ali by a Hanafi woman), rebelled against the Ummayyads in 687 AD.
Baqir continued with the accommodating approach towards the Ummayyads taken by his father, but those Shiites displeased with this approach supported Zaid Ibn Ali, the younger brother of Zain Al Abidin.
 
 
 
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