The Umayyad dynasty (Arabic: بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, romanized: Banū Umayya, lit. 'Sons of Umayya'), or the Umayyads (Arabic: الأمويون, romanized: al-Umawiyyūn), were an Arab clan within the Quraysh tribe who were the ruling family of the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 750 and the Emirate and later Caliphate of Córdoba from 756 to 1031. They were the first hereditary dynasty in the history of Islam.
The Umayyad dynasty (Arabic: بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, romanized: Banū Umayya, lit. 'Sons of Umayya'), or the Umayyads (Arabic: الأمويون, romanized: al-Umawiyyūn), were an Arab clan within the Quraysh tribe who were the ruling family of the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 750 and the Emirate and later Caliphate of Córdoba from 756 to 1031. They were the first hereditary dynasty in the history of Islam.
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