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Yes. During the Caliphate of Umayyad. It was the capital of AN Arab Empire, not THE Arab Empire. By the time that the Umayyads established their rule in Spain, they lost control of the Middle East and North Africa to the Abbassids.
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When the Abbaside were in power the greatest Arab empire was the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258). It was the second largest Muslim (not just Arab) empire in history, second only to the Umayyad Caliphate (661--750) which preceded it.
The Arab Empire spread to all of Southwest Asia, Damascus, North Africa, Spain, and then eastward into the lands beyond Persia.
The answer you are looking for the UMAYYAD DYNASTY, but the question is operating backwards. The Umayyad dynasty was founded and the capital subsequently moved to Damascus, not the other way around.
The Muslim empire spread under the leadership of the Umayyad dynasty through the power of the Syrian army, which was the dynasty's foundation; this allowed the Umayyads to assume greater control of conquered provinces and and of Arab tribal rivalries.
The Muslim empire spread under the leadership of the Umayyad dynasty through the power of the Syrian army, which was the dynasty's foundation; this allowed the Umayyads to assume greater control of conquered provinces and and of Arab tribal rivalries.
From 623 CE until 656 CE, the capital of the Arab Empire (Mohammed's Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate) was in Medina, Saudi Arabia. In 656 CE, Caliph 'Ali moved it to Kufa, Iraq. The Umayyad Caliphate, which ruled from 661 until 750 shifted the capital to Damascus, Syria. They were overthrown by the Abbasids in 750 when they revolted in the east. The capital was then moved to Baghdad in 762. However, in 750, the Arab Empire broke apart. Córdoba, Spain was the capital of the new Umayyad Caliphate in Spain and Fez, Morocco was the capital of the Idrissid Caliphate.
The Umayyad Dynasty was founded when the Arab capital was moved.
Damascus was the capital of Umayyad empire.