Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Umayyad
member of a Muslim dynasty which ruled the Caliphate 661-750 C.E. and in 756 C.E. founded an emirate in Spain, 1758, from Arabic, from Umayya, proper name of an ancestor of Muhammad from whom the dynasty claimed descent.
Usage examples of "umayyad".
Because the Sunni caliphs were cognizant of this hope, the Imams generally were persecuted during the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties.
Persecution of Shia Imams during the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates reinforced the need for taqiyah .
The Great Mosque Ez-Zitouna, begun by the Umayyad rulers in 732 and finished by the Aghlabites in 864.
Islamic societies were by no means unknown, even portraiture, even portraits of Umayyad caliphs.