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The 108 pages that link to Umayyad Caliphate, each with the reason it gives.

• Battle of KarbalaNarrower topic: The forces that fought Husayn served the dynasty’s government under Yazid.

• Husayn ibn AliNarrower topic: Its transfer of power to Yazid set the political conditions for Husayn’s revolt.

• Early Muslim conquestsNarrower topic: Umayyad rule extended the campaigns into North Africa, Iberia, and Central Asia.

• Mu'awiya INarrower topic: Mu'awiya founded the dynasty and established the institutions that sustained its rule.

• Battle of SiffinNarrower topic: Muawiya’s eventual victory established this dynasty after the civil war.

• AishaNarrower topic: Its establishment followed the conflicts over succession in which Aisha had participated.

• Umayyad conquest of HispaniaNarrower topic: The conquest extended this empire’s western frontier into Iberia.

• Ja'far al-SadiqNarrower topic: Ja'far grew up under Umayyad rule before the Abbasids took power.

• Abd al-Malik ibn MarwanNarrower topic: His consolidation turned a fractured dynasty into a durable imperial government.

• Battle of ToursNarrower topic: The force in the campaign belonged to its western province of al-Andalus.

• Abd al-Rahman INarrower topic: Abd al-Rahman belonged to its ruling family before the Abbasid revolution drove him west.

• Emirate of CórdobaNarrower topic: The emirate's founder belonged to this dynasty, overthrown in the Abbasid Revolution.

• Yazid INarrower topic: Yazid inherited its institutions and became its second caliph.

• Early Islamic historiographyNarrower topic: Many formative events and later memories examined by historians arose under Umayyad rule.

• Siege of Constantinople (717–718)Narrower topic: It organized the expedition intended to capture the Byzantine capital.

• Umayyad Caliphate of CórdobaNarrower topic: Córdoba’s rulers claimed continuity with the dynasty’s earlier caliphal tradition.

• Al-Walid INarrower topic: Al-Walid governed this empire during its greatest period of territorial expansion.

• Battle of GuadaleteNarrower topic: Its western expansion supplied the authority and forces behind the Iberian campaign.

• John of DamascusNarrower topic: John lived and worked under Umayyad rule in the Near East.

• Tariq ibn ZiyadNarrower topic: The expedition that Tariq led was part of this empire’s westward expansion.

• Al-Hajjaj ibn YusufNarrower topic: Al-Hajjaj’s provincial authority served the dynasty’s wider project of centralized rule.

• Second FitnaNarrower topic: The dynasty survived the civil war and emerged with stronger centralized rule under Abd al-Malik.

• Marwan IINarrower topic: Marwan’s reign was the final phase of this dynasty’s caliphate.

• Musa ibn NusayrNarrower topic: Musa exercised provincial power as an official of this expanding empire.

• Marwan INarrower topic: Marwan’s reign restored the caliphate’s Syrian-centered Umayyad government.

• Early Islamic conquestsNarrower topic: Its campaigns extended early Muslim rule into North Africa, Iberia, and Central Asia.

• Hisham ibn Abd al-MalikNarrower topic: Hisham ruled its Syrian-centered empire during its final decades.

• Muslim conquest of the Iberian PeninsulaNarrower topic: The invasion began under its authority, through its North African provincial administration.

• Siege of Constantinople (674–678)Narrower topic: The caliphate supplied the forces and political direction for the attack.

• Battle of NahrawanNarrower topic: Nahrawan preceded the transfer of power that established Umayyad rule.

• Hasan al-BasriNarrower topic: Hasan lived through its rule, civil conflicts, and debates over legitimate authority.

• Arab–Khazar warsNarrower topic: Most major Arab–Khazar campaigns occurred during its rule.

• Muslim conquest of TransoxianaNarrower topic: Its governors and armies directed the campaigns from the imperial frontier.

• Umayyad MosqueNarrower topic: The caliphate's rulers commissioned the mosque as a major monument in their capital.

• Al-FarazdaqNarrower topic: Its court and political culture provided the setting for his praise poetry and rivalries.

• Jahm ibn SafwanNarrower topic: Jahm lived during the final decades of Umayyad rule.

• KaysanitesNarrower topic: Kaysanite activism developed in opposition to Umayyad political authority.

• Muhammad al-BaqirNarrower topic: Al-Baqir lived under Umayyad rule, amid political change after the early conquests.

• Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-GhafiqiNarrower topic: Al-Ghafiqi served within its provincial administration and military structure.

• Abu al-DardaNarrower topic: Abu al-Darda’s final years in Damascus preceded the Umayyad dynasty’s formal establishment.

• Al-Akhtal al-TaghlibiNarrower topic: Its rulers and court culture provided the political setting for his career.

• Ali al-SajjadNarrower topic: Ali al-Sajjad lived under Umayyad rule after Karbala.

• History of Shia IslamNarrower topic: Umayyad rule framed the political conflicts that culminated in Karbala.

• Jarir ibn AtiyahNarrower topic: Its courts and tribal politics supplied the setting and patrons for Jarir’s career.

• Umayyad campaigns in IndiaNarrower topic: These expeditions were eastern frontier campaigns of the caliphate.