The Umayyads, specifically the first Umayyad ruler, Mu'awiya I.
While Muhammad was alive, the first capital of the Islamic Nation was declared in Medina, Saudi Arabia in 622 C.E. with the Constitution of Medina. Once Muhammad conquered Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 630 C.E., the capital was transferred to Mecca.
The capital of Japan was moved from Nara to Heian-kyo in the year 794 AD. The current capital of Japan is Tokyo.
Tsar Peter the Great moved the Russian capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
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 Umayyads, specifically the first Umayyad ruler, Mu'awiya I.
More easy to govern. The Umayyads moved their capital from Mecca to Damascus since they had previously been the governors of Syria. The city of Damascus was much more loyal to them than Mecca and a city with which they were intimately familiar.
Mecca (or Makkah) was never a capital of any Islamic caliphate or an Islamic country. Medina (or AlMadinah) was the capital of the Islamic Caliphate until 'Ali shifted it to Kufa, Iraq and his rival Mu'awiya shifted it to Damascus, Syria then the Abbasid shifted it to Baghdad. Today, Mecca is a holy city in Saudi Arabia, but never a national capital.
Sanna, Yemen lies 495 miles southeast of Mecca.
The Roman capital was moved to Bizantium and renamed it Constantinople.
While Muhammad was alive, the first capital of the Islamic Nation was declared in Medina, Saudi Arabia in 622 C.E. with the Constitution of Medina. Once Muhammad conquered Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 630 C.E., the capital was transferred to Mecca.
Makka Mukarma is the most sacred city for the Muslims. Madina Munawara remained the capital of First three Rightful Caliphs. The fourth Rightful caliph Hazrat Ali RAU moved the capital from Madina Munawara to Koofah. The Amuyyads had their capital Damacuss. THe Abbasids - Baghdad. Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair RAU declared his caliphate and ruled from Makka Mukarma for some time.
He moved it to Istanbul the modern day capital of Turkey.
His family and those few that believed and trusted in him
The Umayyad Dynasty was founded when the Arab capital was moved.
Montgomery, Alabama was the initial confederate capital city. The confederate capital moved to Richmond, Virginia. The last Confederate capital was Danville, Virginia.
Sanna, Yemen lies 495 miles southeast of Mecca.