When the Abbassids (a rival noble Arab Muslim clan) assumed power, they took it upon themselves to eradicate the Umayyads to prevent the Umayyads from ever mounting an effective resistance against them in the future. Only one Umayyad prince, Abd el-Rahman I, was able to escape and founded the Caliphate of Cordoba in southern Spain.
Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Dynasty.
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The umayyad were overthrown by the Abbasid
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.
Damascus became the capital of the Muslim world under the leadership of the Umayyad dynasty. The Umayyad dynasty ruled the Muslim world from 661 through 750.
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It was overthrown by the Abbasid
The Abbasid dynasty
The Umayyad dynasty was a great Muslin dynasty that ruled the empire of the Caliphate.
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 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.