What the records say
- When
- 750
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 33.51° N, 36.29° E
- Description
- 750 massacre and purge in the Abbasid Caliphate
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Massacre of Bani Umayya
Abbasid massacre of the Umayyad dynasty in 750 CE
The Massacre of Bani Umayya was a large-scale dynastic Political purge carried out by the Abbasids against the Umayyad dynasty in 750 CE, following the collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate. The killings resulted in the near-total extermination of the Umayyad family in the central Islamic lands and marked the definitive transfer of power to the Abbasids.
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