Umayyad Caliphate

Umayyad Caliphate

Islamic Caliphate (661-750)

Location: Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, Iberia

Capital City: Damascus (661-744), Harran (744-750)

Government type: Theocratic Monarchy

Main languages: Arabic, Aramaic, Persian, Coptic, Latin

Main religions: Sunni Islam, Shia Islam

Chronology

661: Umayyad dynasty comes to power at the end of the First Fitna

680-692: Second Fitna civil war

744-750: Third Fitna civil war

750: Abbasids overthrow Umayyads

Currency

Dinar (661-750)

1 Dinar = 60 Fals • 1 Dinar = 7/10 Dinar

Coins from Umayyad Caliphate in the collection

•1 Falus, 731-750 (copper, Tabariyya mint)