The Caliphate of Banu Umayyah

This book is the abridged English translation of the classic work: Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, which covers the Caliphate of Bani Umayyah. It begins from the rule of Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan in the 41st year of Hijrah upto the rule of Caliph Marwan Al-Himar in year 132 of the Hijrah. The Umayyad Caliphate (c. 661-750 CE/41-132 AH) was the 2nd of the four major Islamic caliphates established after the death of Rasulallah. Even though the Umayyad family originally came from the city of Makkah, their capital was Damascus. At its greatest, it covered more than five million square miles making it one of the largest empires the world had yet seen, and the seventh largest contiguous empire ever to exist.

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