. "0660Z"^^ . . . . "Umayyad Caliphate"@en . "Al-Khil\u0101fah al-\u02BEUmawiyyah"@en . "Umad"@en . "0750Z"^^ . . . . "The Umayyad Caliphate (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u062E\u0644\u0627\u0641\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0648\u064A\u0629\u200E, trans. Al-Khil\u0101fat al-\u02BEumawiyya) was the second of the four major Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. This caliphate was centered on the Umayyad dynasty (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0648\u064A\u0648\u0646\u200E, al-\u02BEUmawiyy\u016Bn, or \u0628\u0646\u0648 \u0623\u0645\u064A\u0629, Ban\u016B \u02BEUmayya, \"Sons of Umayya\"), hailing from Mecca. The Umayyad family had first come to power under the third caliph, Uthman ibn Affan (r."@en . .