10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OMMIAD»
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Ommiad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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United States Exploring Expedition: During the year 1838, ...
In "A. D. 705," the accession of Walid, the sixth Ommiad khalif, took place. During
his reign, the mosque El-Djame el-Atyk was commenced near Cairo : he also
issued coins (see Marcel, p. 34). The BEAiAEr of Zosimus Panopolitanus, Mesue,
...
Charles Wilkes, United States. Congress, 1854
2
The Geographical Distribution of Animals and Plants
In “A. D. 705,” the accession of Walid, the sixth Ommiad khalif, took place. During
his reign, the mosque El-Djame el-Atyk was commenced near Cairo: he also
issued coins (see Marcel, p. 34). The Bsamsr of Zosimus Panopolitanus, Mesue,
...
3
Illustrated Encylopedia of World History
The Arabs themselves were never in accord in their submission to the Ommiads ;
and Islam now included vast populations positively hostile to the Ommiad title.
Hisham, the khalif who was reigning in 732, had the skill to play off the discordant
...
4
Eighteen Centuries of the Orthodox Greek Church
... Othman, Ali — The Shiites and Sonnites — The Ommiad dynasty — Fall of
Persia — Fall of Bozra, Damascus, Heliopolis, Emesa — Capitulation of
Jerusalem — The Mosque of Omar — Death of the Patriarch Sophronius — Syria
conquered ...
5
Charlemagne in Spain: The Cultural Legacy of Roncesvalles
... the Short to wrest Septimania from the combined forces of Goths and Arabs (
752- 759). e° His task was lightened by the Abbassids' overthrow of the Ommiad
dynasty whose last surviving member, Abdur Rahman, ruled Spain from Cordova
.
6
Encyclopedia of world art
Khirbat al-Mafjar is the most spectacular of the excavated Ommiad foundations.
Its exact date is unknown, but it was certainly built before 744. Its mosaics
covered a huge area of some 100 X 1 17 ft. They were divided into 37 separate
panels, ...
Bernard Samuel Myers, 1959
7
The mainstream of civilization
Finally, the office of caliph ceased to be elective and was made hereditary in the
Ommiad family. The policy of the Ommiads toward conquered peoples was also
based on purely political considerations. The Arabs, like most tribal peoples, had
...
Joseph Reese Strayer, Hans Wilhelm Gatzke, 1979
8
Travels Through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776... by ...
Henry Swinburne. time of its being a Roman colony *, though i it boasts of having
given birth to Seneca and Lucan ; nor in the ages during which v it acknowledged
the dominion of the Goths. To the Saracen Caliphs of the Ommiad family ...
9
The West of England Journal of Science and Literature
Yet now deserted must his son resign The sacred title to the Ommiad line, First
the faith's bitter foes in hour of need, But since keen champions of the conquering
creed. PROGRESS OF CONQUEST UNDER THE OMMIAD CALIPHS.
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Travels Through Spain in the Years 1775 and 1776: In which ...
The revenues of the Ommiad caliphs in the time of Abdoulrahman the third,
amounted annually to twelve million nine hundred and forty-five thousand dinars,
or about five millions five hundred and twenty thousand six hundred twenty-five ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OMMIAD»
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Ommiad is used in the context of the following news items.
We will all lose if Christians flee the Middle East
We Christians must also find answers to the questions of Muslims as our fathers did during the Ommiad and Abbasid periods. We must find a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 13»
Guestview: What we will all lose if Christians flee the Middle East
We Christians must also find answers to the questions of Muslims as our fathers did during the Ommiad and Abbasid periods. We must find a ... «Reuters Blogs, Dec 13»
Synod of Middle East Churches: mission and a return to dialogue
... achieved over the course of history especially during the periods known as the Ommiad (7th - 8th century) and Abbasids (8th - 13th century). «AsiaNews.it, Jan 10»
