Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te whanau Umayyad () ko Umayyads () te whanau rangatira o te caliphate Muslim i waenga i te 661 me te 750 me muri mai o Islamic Spain i waenga i te 756 me te 1031. I te wa o mua o te Ihirama, he hapu rongonui ratou no te iwi Meccan o Quraysh, i ahu mai i Umayya ibn Abd Shams. Ahakoa te kaha o te whakahe ki te poropiti Islamic a Muhammad, i awhi nga Umayyads i te Ihirama i mua i te matenga o te whakamutunga i te 632. Ko te mema o te whanau, ko Uthman, i noho hei tuatoru o te Rashidun caliph i te 644 <unk> 656, i te wa e mau ana etahi atu mema ki nga kawanatanga rereke. Ko tētahi o ēnei kāwana, ko Mu'awiya I, i whawhai ki te
Ko te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Muslim i te tau 661 ka whakapumautia te Umayyad Caliphate me tona taone nui i Ramahiku, Hiria. I tohu tēnei i te tīmatanga o te rangatiratanga o Umayyad, te rangatiratanga tuatahi i roto i te hītori o Ihirama, me te kotahi anake ki te whakahaere i te ao Islamic katoa o tona wa.