The Umayyad Caliphate once ruled a vast Islamic empire, but internal divisions, social unrest, and rising opposition led to its dramatic fall. This video explores the key political, religious, and ...

Reason for Designation: A remote desert palace with remarkably preserved frescoes opens a window into the short-lived Umayyad caliphate, revealing the artistic blend of Byzantine and Islamic ...

The self-proclaimed Islamic State has just named its new leader. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qorashi takes the place of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man who declared the so-called Islamic State ...

The Umayyad trail is a bold concept for a tourism initiative at a time when relations between East and West are strained.

The Caliphate city of Medina Azahara is an archaeological site of a city built in the mid-10th century CE by the Umayyad dynasty as the seat of the Caliphate of Cordoba. After prospering for several ...

Rare Islamic gold coin could fetch more than £1m at auction The 6th century gold dinar dates from when the Umayyad Caliphate ruled from the year 660 to 750.

As such, Quseir Amra is an outstanding example of a particular type of architectural ensemble which relates specifically to the administrative strategy of the first Islamic caliphate. Criterion (i): ...

She says ‘there was so much oppression and corruption that I don’t think they deserved victory’ of the caliphate’s reported fall. But what is a caliphate, and why is it related to ISIS?

The first Islamic Caliphate, established following the death of Prophet Muhammad in 632 AD, the Umayyad dynasty spanned over a massive 4 million square miles, making the empire one of the largest ...