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Answer 1Damascus was at border of western countries and many worldly enjoys and sins like wine and sex,... were easy and ready for Kings. but in an Islamic society it was difficult. there was the place of living Christian people and wine was not restricted. Yazid the Umayyad King has a poem: if the wine is prohibited so drink it in Christianity religion. he has pool of wine.
Answer 2
The Umayyads had previously been the governors of Damascus and could expect a strong power base if they remained there. Medina was isolated and would have reacted with contempt that the man who overthrew a Rightly-Guided Caliph ('Ali) would have the gall to rule from Mohammed's city. It was primarily a political decision.
muawiya, the governor of Syria wanted to move the capital to Damascus where he was from. This gave him more power
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∙ 11y agoThe Umayyads moved the capital of the Islamic Empire to Damascus, Syria.
'Ali, the previous Caliph had ruled from Kufa, Iraq and the Caliphs before him had all ruled from Medina, Saudi Arabia.
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∙ 7y agoThere were two Umayyad Caliphates.
The larger Umayyad Caliphate was based in Damascus from 660 C.E. to 750 C.E. and was overthrown by a coup d'état led by the Abbassid Family.
The Umayyad Caliphate in Spain from 711 C.E. to 1038 C.E. was based in Córdoba and ended when the final Caliph, Hisham III, died without any successors.
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∙ 14y agofor power. and also because more of their supporters were closer to them.
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∙ 8y agoThe Umayyad capital city was in DAMASCUS, SYRIA.
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∙ 13y agoDamascus
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∙ 10y agoDamascus.
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Did the Umayyads rule from the capital city of Baghdad?
no the umayyads ruled damascus as there capital the abbasids took Baghdad as there capital...
Why did the Abbasids move the capital?
Arabs
When did the umayyad dynasty move to capital to damascus?
Yes. The Umayyads moved the capital of the first Islamic Caliphate from Medina, Saudi Arabia to Damascus, Syria in 661 CE.
Who were the Muslim rulers who moved the capital from Mecca to Damascus?
The Umayyads, specifically the first Umayyad ruler, Mu'awiya I.
Why did Muslim rulers move their capital from Mecca to damascus?
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.
Were the umayyads Christian or you Islamic?
Umayyads are Muslims, they represented an important Islamic age in which they ruled the Islamic country & their capital was Damascus.at first they were good rulers but then they stopped behaving like proper Muslims and started drinking wine.
What impact did umayyads have on the Islamic empire?
Umayyads are Muslims, they represented an important Islamic age in which they ruled the Islamic country & their capital was Damascus.at first they were good rulers but then they stopped behaving like proper Muslims and started drinking wine.
Was Córdova the capital of the Arab Empire?
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.
What did the Shiite Muslims believe about the Umayyads?
Umayyads always controlled shia Muslims and kept Imams of shia in prison or killed them. shia Muslims hated Umayyads and always hided their beliefs to be safe from Umayyads security officers.They don't consider them right.
Why did Brazil move the capital to highlands?
The country of Brazil moved its capital to the highlands as a defensive of move. When the capital was on the coastline it was thought to be involved voluble to a sea attack.
Who followed the umayyads?
the quaranians
Where did the Umayyads come from?
The Umayyads are an Arabian tribe that moved from central Arabia to Damascus during the rule of the Caliph Omar to be the leaders of the Damascus Governate. Their authority expanded under Caliph Othman, who was a cousin of the Umayyads.
