Umayyad dynasty overthrown after Abbasids kill 80 members of family

Category
Religion
Place
Islamic Empire
Date
750
Reference
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"The Abbasid general Abdullah ibn-Ali invited eighty members of the Umayyad family to a banquet at abu-Futrus near Jaffa on June 25, 750, and during the course of the feast had them all slaughtered." The new Abbasid dynasty would do more to spread Islam and less to advance Arab interests. Abd ar-Rahman, a member of the Umayyad family, escaped to Spain, where he founded a new empire. [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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Category
Abbasid Caliphate
750
1258
Caliphate