Umayyads

By Abubakr Hashmi
  • 750 BCE

    The Battle of the Great Zab leads to the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate

  • 718 BCE

    Failed siege of Constantinople by the Umayyads

  • 714 BCE

    Conquest of Spain by Umayyad forces, marking the expansion into Europe

  • 692 BCE

    Completion of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, an architectural marvel

  • 680 BCE

    Yazid I becomes caliph, and the Battle of Karbala occurs, leading to the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali

  • 661 BCE

    Muʿāwiyah emerges victorious over ʿAlī at the end of the civil war and establishes himself as the first Umayyad caliph

  • 656 BCE

    Uthmān ibn ʿAffān, the third caliph to rule after the death of Muhammad, is murdered by Egyptian rebels

  • 627 BCE

    The Umayyads, headed by Abū Sufyān, convert to Islam after initial resistance