Umayyad
Americannoun
noun
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“We’re happy, of course, but we’re afraid of what’s coming,” said Muna Maidani, a 28-year-old who was walking near Umayyad Square — one of the Syrian capital’s most famous landmarks — with her two children.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024
He described celebrations in the streets and in Umayyad Square, a landmark in the heart of Damascus, and home to key government agencies, including the Ministry of Defence and the Syrian Armed Forces.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024
People had gathered in the central Umayyad Square, overcome by the extraordinary end to more than five decades of authoritarian rule by the Assad regime – father and son.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024
It moved westward to the Middle East about 1200 years ago, a date that coincides with the expansion of trade and warfare by two Islamic caliphates, the Umayyad and the Abbasid.
From Science Magazine • May 19, 2024
One stripling, named ‘Abdu ’l-Raḥmán, fled to North Africa, and after meeting with many perilous adventures founded a new Umayyad dynasty in Spain.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold
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