The Umayyad dynasty (Arabic,بنو أمية ) (Banu Umayyah), whose name derives from Umayya ibn Abd Shams, the great-grandfather of Muawiyah I, was the first dynasty of the Muslim Caliphate, 660-750.Their capital was Damascus.
Abd al-Malik Umar ibn AbdulAziz Damascus Umayya ibn Abd Shams Muawiya II Marwan I Caliphate Banu Hashim Yazid I Muawiyah I Hisham II of Córdoba Ibrahim ibn al-Walid Yazid III Abd Manaf ibn Qusai Suleiman II of Córdoba Mawali Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik Yazid II Battle of the Zab Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik Marwan II Umayyad Mosque Abd ar-Rahman I Caliphate of Córdoba Al-Walid I Abd-ar-Rahman III Abu Sufyan ibn Harb Harran Jerusalem Dome of the Rock Syria Rashidun Samarkand Arabic language Sahaba Abbasid Ali Wa'il ibn Umayyah Khirbat al-Mafjar Imam Al-Suyuti
