Omayyad

American  

[oh-mahy-ad] / oʊˈmaɪ æd /

Also Umayyad or Ommiad

noun

Omayyads, plural Omayyades plural

1. a member of the dynasty that ruled at Damascus a.d. 661–750, claiming descent from Omayya, cousin of the grandfather of Muhammad the Prophet.

2. a member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled in southern Spain, a.d. 756–1031: related to the Damascus dynasty.

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Omayyad British  

/ əʊˈmaɪæd /

noun

1. a caliph of the dynasty ruling (661–750 _ad ) from its capital at Damascus

2. an emir (756–929 _ad ) or caliph (929–1031 _ad ) of the Omayyad dynasty in Spain

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Omayyades
  plural
• Omayyads
  plural

Example Sentences

Only those at Mount Sinai escaped, since the monastery had fallen under Omayyad rule.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the Omayyad caliphs, Moorish Spain became the strongest, richest nation in Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

In other words since the accession of the Omayyad khalîfs, the actual authority rested in the hands of dynasties, and under the Abbasids government assumed even a despotic character.

From Mohammedanism Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State by Hurgronje, C. Snouck

Although the Arabians, as a rule, were in favour of the Omayyad family, they could not affect the succession of the ‛Abbāsids.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

One other short-lived movement of the Omayyad period should be mentioned.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various