Marwan II (mär`wän), 684–750, last of the Umayyad Umayyad (
mä`yäd), the first Islamic dynasty (661–750).
..... Click the link for more information. caliphs. He served as governor of Armenia Armenia (ärmē`nēə), Armenian Hayastan, officially Republic of Armenia, republic (2005 est. pop.
..... Click the link for more information. before his short-lived rule as caliph (744–50). Marwan reorganized his army, taking Syria by 746. Soon afterward, the Umayyad army was defeated (750) by a combined force of Iraqi, Persian, Shiite Shiites (shē`ītz) [Arab.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Abbasid Abbasid (əbă`sĭd, ă`bəsĭd) or Abbaside
..... Click the link for more information. soldiers. Marwan fled, only to be killed by troops under the first caliph of the subsequent Abbasids.
mä`yäd), the first Islamic dynasty (661–750)...... Click the link for more information. caliphs. He served as governor of Armenia Armenia (ärmē`nēə), Armenian Hayastan, officially Republic of Armenia, republic (2005 est. pop.
..... Click the link for more information. before his short-lived rule as caliph (744–50). Marwan reorganized his army, taking Syria by 746. Soon afterward, the Umayyad army was defeated (750) by a combined force of Iraqi, Persian, Shiite Shiites (shē`ītz) [Arab.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Abbasid Abbasid (əbă`sĭd, ă`bəsĭd) or Abbaside
..... Click the link for more information. soldiers. Marwan fled, only to be killed by troops under the first caliph of the subsequent Abbasids.
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