The Umayyad Caliphate once ruled a vast Islamic empire, but internal divisions, social unrest, and rising opposition led to ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday ahead of Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite ...

The Spanish Reconquista of Islamic Andalusia was advancing, and Córdoba, capital of the Umayyad caliphate in the 10th century, was the latest to fall. It had once been the brightest and most ...

PLATTSBURGH — Three caliphates emerged in early Islam after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 C.E. The first four caliphs or successors — Abu Bakr ibn Qhuafah, Umar ibn al-Khattab ...

Throughout human history, we have seen the rise and fall of many empires which have shaped civilizations, ... Considered among the largest empires, the Umayyad Caliphate was founded in 632 CE.

Facing the Umayyad army was an army of possibly 30,000 Franks led by Charles Martel, who confronted the invaders near Tours. The Frankish way of war was the antithesis of their opponents.

From the expansion of the Umayyad Empire in the seventh century until the fall of the Ottomans in the early 20th century, Muslim artists produced a stream of masterpieces that circulated across ...

The 6th century gold dinar dates from when the Umayyad Caliphate ruled from the year 660 to 750. Coins from the period are common but the Arabic phrase inscribed on the dinar is said to be rare.