Ommiad
Britishnoun
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Under the Ommiad Caliphs, Syria, so long a pawn, became the heart of an empire that stretched from the Pyrenees to the Punjab.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arabian civilization, for about four centuries under the Ommiad and Abbasid caliphs, far surpassed anything to be found in western Europe.
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
We know that the Ommiad dynasty formed the gigantic library at Cordova, and that there were at least seventy others in the colleges that were scattered through the kingdom of Granada.
From The Great Book-Collectors by Elton, Charles Isaac
The Ommiad dynasty, founded by Mawiyeh, reigned at Damascus eighty-five years, and was then succeeded on a new appeal to the sword in a.d.
From The Future of Islam by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen
The Ommiad dynasty at Cordova had disappeared under the assaults of Christians, and of the Moors of Africa.
From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park
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