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Mu‘awiya ibn
Abi Sufyan
660-750 Umayyad
caliphate.
Umayyads
660-80 Caliphate of
Mu‘awiya.
Marw/Merv
706-9 Bukhara taken.
711-12 Samarqand taken.
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Berbers
711-16 Most of Spain
taken.
Visigoths
Jabal Tariq
(Gibralter)
Charles Martel
716-17 Last attack on
Constantinople.
732 or 733 Franks defeat
Muslims at Tours/
Poitiers.
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‘Abd al-Malik
685-705 Caliphate of
‘Abd al-Malik.
qadi (judge)
jizya (poll tax)
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mawali (non-Arab
converts)
hadith
680 Death of al-Husayn
at Karbala’.
‘ilm (knowledge/divine guidance)
imam (prayer/spiritual leader)
kharijis
shi‘is
‘Ali ibn Abi Talib
al-Husayn
Karbala’
Ja‘far al-Sadiq
Ibn al-Hanafiyya
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Sunni Islam
c. 745 ‘Abbasids send
(“mainstream” Islam) Abu Muslim east to raise
revolt.
Marwan II
747 Abu Muslim raises
‘Abbasids
revolt in Khurasan.
Hashim
Abu Muslim
‘Abd Allah ibn al-‘Abbas
Khurasan
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749 Battle of the Lower Zab. Abu’l-‘Abbas
al-Saffah acclaimed caliph in Kufa.
750 Battle of the Upper Zab. Marwan II
and other Umayyads killed. ‘Abd al-Rahman
escapes to Spain.
Object List
Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, from the air. (Sacred Sites:
<http://www.sacredsites.com/>.)
Plan of Prophet’s Mosque, Medina. (F)
The Great Mosque at Damascus: ‘Umayya Mosque’. 8th c AD. Plan. (F)
Courtyard, Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. (A)
The Great Mosque at Damascus, exterior view: colonnade. 8th c AD. (F)
Prayer Hall, Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. (Al Mashriq:
<http://almashriq.hiof.no/>.)
Mihrab, Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. (A)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet
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Mihrab and minbar, Great Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. (Al Mashriq:
<http://almashriq.hiof.no/>.)
The Great Mosque at Damascus, interior view: Mihrab niche and part of
Minbar. 8th c AD. (F)
Mosaics from the Great Mosque of Damascus; 8th c AD. Architecture
and decorative band. (F)
Mosaics from the Great Mosque of Damascus; detail of mosaics, river
landscape. 8th c AD. (F)
Mosaics from the Great Mosque of Damascus; 8th c AD. Architecture.(F)
Mosaics from the Great Mosque of Damascus; 8th c AD. Buildings and
tree. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet
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Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; exterior view; front view. 7th c AD. (F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; exterior view; aerial view of Mount
Moriah. 7th c AD. (F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; interior view; The Double Ambulatory.
7th c AD. (F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; cutaway plan. Mosaics on the interior.
7th c AD. (F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; interior view; The Sacred Rock surrounded
by a portico. 7th c AD. (F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; interior view of decoration and inscription.
(F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet
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Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; exterior view; close aerial view. 7th c AD.
(F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; interior view; Detail. 7th c AD. (F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; ornamental detail. 7th c AD. (F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; ornamental detail; Vase with acanthus
scroll. 7th c AD. (F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; ornamental detail; Jar with floral motif,
mosaic and glass, 7th c AD. (F)
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; ornamental detail; mosaic and glass floral
motif. 7th c AD. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet
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Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem. 7th c AD. (F)
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem. Interior. 7th c AD. (F)
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, Mosaic detail. 7th c AD. (F)
Plan of Mshatta, Syria c. 750 AD. (F)
Mshatta Palace, Syria; detail of stone façade wall, Mshatta, probably 740s
(Syrian) outer wall of palace. (F)
‘Anjar, Lebanon; plan. 8th c AD. (F)
‘Anjar, Lebanon; view of ruins. 8th c AD. (F)
‘Anjar, Lebanon; ruins. 8th c AD. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet
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‘Anjar, Lebanon; detail of columns. 8th c AD. (F)
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi. Exterior view. 8th c AD. (F)
Gaia and Marine Centaur from Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi. 8th c AD. (F)
Detail from Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi. 8th c AD. (F)
Qusayr ‘Amra; exterior of the baths, ca. 715. (F)
Qusayr ‘Amra; cupola of bath. 8th c AD. (F)
Mural paintings from bath of Quasayr ‘Amra. 8th c AD. (F)
Detail of stucco from Khirbat al-Mafjar, Jordan. 8th c AD. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet
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Mosaic pavement from the audience room of Khirbat al-Mafjar.
Jericho. C. 740 AD. Al-Walid II? (F)
Coin of Mu‘awiya. (Bernard Lewis, The Middle East (London:
Phoenix, 1996), betw. pp. 82-83.)
Semissis of Heraclius, 610-613. (Byzantine Coins Home Page:
<http://www.byzantinecoins.com/>.)
Persian Coin altered by Muslims. (Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic Art and
Architecture (London: Thames and Hudson, 1999), p. 19.)
Umayyad Coin, 8th c. AD. (F [with three figures])
Solidus of Heraclius, 641. (Byzantine Coins Home Page:
<http://www.byzantinecoins.com/>.)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet
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Umayyad Coin, 8th c. AD. (F [with caliph and armless cross])
Umayyad Coin, 8th c. AD. (F [with Arabic script])
King on a hunt; gilt silver, 19 cm diameter. Iran. 7-8th c AD. (F)
Earthenware unglazed ewer with incised décor. Iraq: early 8th c. (F)
Brass ewer cast and engraved: Fayyum, Egypt. Mid-8th c? 41cm.
Museum of Islamic Arts, Cairo. (F)
Two pieces of red woven silk (Caliph Marwan II): Syria: mid-7th c AD.
(F)
Woven hanging of wool and undyed linen. Egypt or Palestine (detail).
8th c AD. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet
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Woven tapestry of the “Victorious Emperor”. 8th c AD. Egypt. Wool
and linen. 25.4 x 22.9cm. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
(F)
Carpet (mystery object!): Cairo (?). 8th c AD. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet