Umayyad

While the Umayyads fought among themselves in distant Syria, dangerous developments were underway in Khurasan. The umma’s divisions in the […]

Yazid III’s successful coup against Walid II blew up the tribal feud. Syrian unity had long undergirded Umayyad power in […]

It took Hisham two decades to undo the damage his half-brothers had wrought upon the umma with their careless administration. […]

The capable Hisham protected his caliphate from the many enemies who lined its borders. These were not the only ones […]

Khurasan and the East remained as volatile as ever, and Hisham had to contend with the new threat of the […]

Hisham’s armies faced many different opponents during his long and formidable reign. The mismanagement of the half-brothers who preceded him […]

In the nine years between al Walid’s death in 715 and Hisham’s ascension in 724 the umma went through three […]

Yazid came to power following the transformative reign of the pious Omar II. The new caliph faced some immediate resistance, […]

Sulayman’s underwhelming time in charge ended with a twist, and Omar ibn Abdulaziz proved to be a real surprise. The […]