Crossword-Solution: OMAYYAD 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 16

The new town speedily became a place of importance, and was the residence of the náibs, or lieutenants, appointed by the orthodox and Omayyad caliphs.

The Fatimide and Omayyad dynasties employed Jewish representatives and ministers, Samuel ibn Nagdela, for instance, being grand vizir of the caliph of Granada.

During the period that elapsed between the Moslem conquest and the end of the Omayyad dynasty the nature of the Arab occupation had changed from what had originally been intended, the establishment of garrisons, to systematic colonization.

Other revolts of the Copts are recorded for the year 739 and 750, the last year of Omayyad domination.

According to a tradition falsely ascribed to Mahomet, there can be but one caliph at a time; should a second be set up, he must be killed, for he "is a rebel." (See MAHOMMEDAN INSTITUTIONS.) CALIPHATE.[1] The history of the Mahommedan rulers in the East who bore the title of caliph (q.v.) falls naturally into three main divisions:--(_a_) The first four caliphs, the immediate successors of Mahomet; (_b_) The Omayyad caliphs; (_c_) The Abbasid caliphs.