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Umayyads
Umayyads [CP].First dynasty of Arab leaders, the descendants of a Meccan merchant who submitted to Muhammad. They seized power in AD 661 and maintained a system based on that of the nomadic desert tribes until split by internal feuds and the rise of the Persian ABBASIDS in AD 750.
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