An online exhibition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, explores the achievements of this formative period of Hispano-Islamic art and architecture.
Translation of an address to his soldiers in 711 CE by Tarik, the Muslim leader who led the conquest of Spain.
A translation of an anonymous Arab chronicle about the Battle of Poitiers (or Tours) in 732.
An account of the Caliphate in the wider context of the Muslim world; includes a list of the Caliphs.
A time line.
An illustrated account, focussing on their intellectual and cultural achievements.
Short profiles of the Umayyad Caliphs of Andalusia, from The Islamic Dictionary. [English and Arabic]
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