Omayyad

[ oh-mahy-ad ]

/ oʊˈmaɪ æd /

a member of the dynasty that ruled at Damascus a.d. 661–750, claiming descent from Omayya, cousin of the grandfather of Muhammad the Prophet.

a member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled in southern Spain, a.d. 756–1031: related to the Damascus dynasty.

Example sentences from the Web for omayyad

The ruin of the Omayyad empire and the rise of the new dynasty did not take place without mighty convulsions.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 |Various
By a trick ‛Ali was deposed , and the Omayyad dynasty was established with its capital at Damascus.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 |Various
In 749 they accomplished a carefully prepared revolution, and the last of the Omayyad Caliphs was hunted down and slain in Egypt.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George Wells
For a time, after the death of Ali, the Omayyad family was in the ascendant, and for nearly a century they gave rulers to Islam.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George Wells

So the grievances of Ali were avenged at last, and the Omayyad line passed out of history.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George Wells

Omayyad

/ (əʊˈmaɪæd) /

a caliph of the dynasty ruling (661–750 ad) from its capital at Damascus

an emir (756–929 ad) or caliph (929–1031 ad) of the Omayyad dynasty in Spain