Non-Muslims actually had very minimal participation in the Umayyad and Abbassid Caliphates. Many former non-Muslims were asked to convert so that they could be part of the government. This was done because the Arabs had no experience in managing a bureaucracy and needed Persians and Byzantines who were skilled in running affairs of state. Jews were also believed to be good financiers and were allowed to join the financial ministries without converting.
The umayyad were overthrown by the Abbasid
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Abbasid Caliphate.
It was overthrown by the Abbasid
The Abbasid dynasty
Some of the lasting accomplishments of the Umayyad and Abbasid empires were religious freedom, lower taxes, and the geographical growth of the caliphate.
The Abbasids moved their capital to Baghdad because they wanted to move it closer to Damascus during the time when Umayyad's capital was Damascus. In which means that the Abbasid empire wants to overthrow the Umayyad empire.
there were sunni and extremely anti shia and killed shia Imams.
The Abbassids allowed the Mawali (Non-Arab Muslims) to actively participate in governance and exempted them from taxation (like other Muslims). These changes from Umayyad policy paved the way for equality between Arab Muslims and Mawali.
The Abbassids allowed the Mawali (Non-Arab Muslims) to actively participate in governance and exempted them from taxation (like other Muslims). These changes from Umayyad policy paved the way for equality between Arab Muslims and Mawali.
Abbasids is the Muslim group overthrew the Umayyad dynasty and set up a new caliphate.
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