Umayyad dynasty

second Islamic caliphate (661–750 CE)

Arab Hijaz dynasty

Arab historian, writer, poet and musicologist (897–967)

Muslim historian

governor of Egypt (664–665)

7th century Umayyad governor

'''Abu Umayya Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As al-Umawi (; died 689/90), commonly known as al-Ashdaq''' (), was a member of the Umayyad dynasty, general and a contender for the caliphal throne. He served as the governor of Medina in 680, during the reign of Caliph Yazid I () and fought off attempts by the Zubayrids to conquer Syria in 684 and 685 during the reign of Caliph Marwan I (). The latter removed Yazid I's son Khalid and al-Ashdaq from the line of succession in favor of his own sons Abd al-Malik () and Abd al-Aziz. Al-Ashdaq's attempted coup against Abd al-Malik in 689 ended with his surrender

governor of Medina (682–683)

7th-century Umayyad prince and statesman

Governor of Medina (677/78–680) and (681–682)

umayyad statesman and official

Son of Uthman ibn Affan and military leader

7th-century member of the Umayyad dynasty

umayyad Governor of Qinnasrin and General

Umayyad general and military governor of Khurasan (died c.680)

Late 7th/early 8th century Umayyad prince and statesman

Umayyad prince and a pretender to the Umayyad Caliphate (died c.754)

wife of Umayyad caliph Yazid II and al-Walid II's mother

Umayyad Cordobese rebel

thumb|Arabia during al-Faddayni's lifetime '''Sa'id ibn Khalid ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Uthman ibn Affan al-Uthmani (, ), commonly known as al-Faddayni''' (), was a member of the Umayyad family who led a failed revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate in the Hauran and Balqa (Transjordan) in 813, during the Fourth Muslim Civil War, in a bid to claim the caliphate. His revolt followed two other abortive revolts by Umayyad claimants to the caliphate in Damascus, those of Abu al-Umaytir al-Sufyani and Maslama ibn Ya'qub. In effect, al-Faddayni's rebellion was the last major attempt to r

Umayyad prince and commander (died 751)

9th-century rebel during Abbasid era (811–813)