Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Umayyad dynasty () kana Umayyads () vaive mhuri inotonga yeMuslim caliphate pakati pa661 na750 uye gare gare yeIslam Spain pakati pa756 na1031. Munguva isati yasvika chiIslam, vaive mhuri yakakurumbira yedzinza reMeccan reQuraysh, vakabva kuna Umayya ibn Abd Shams. Pasinei zvapo nokushora kwakasimba muporofita wechiIslam Muhammad, vaUmayyad vakagamuchira chiIslam pamberi porufu rwokupedzisira muna 632. Nhengo yedzinza iri, Uthman, akaenderera mberi nekuva mutongi wechitatu weRashidun muna 644<unk>656, nepo dzimwe nhengo dzakabata magweta akasiyana siyana. Mumwe wavatongi ava, Mu'awiya I, akarwa ne
Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga yevaMuslim muna 661 uye yakatanga Umayyad Caliphate ine guta rayo guru muDhamasiko, Syria. Ikoku kwakaratidzira mavambo ohumambo hwavaUmayyad, umambo hwokutanga hwokuzvarwa nahwo munhau yeIslam, uye ihwo bedzi hwaitonga nyika yose yechiIslam yenguva yahwo.