What is Umayyad Caliphate?
{{Infobox former country | native_name = {{native name|ar|ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة}}<br>{{nowrap|{{transliteration|ar|Al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya}}}} | conventional_long_name = Umayyad Caliphate | status = [[Empire]] | government_type = [[Hereditary monarchy|Hereditary]] [[caliphate]] | year_start = 661 | life_span = 661–750 | year_end = 750 | year_exile_start = | year_exile_end = | image_flag = <!-- No flag is included here in accordance with a consensus on the talk page. Do not add a flag without further discussion. --> | p1 = Rashidun Caliphate | p2 = Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty | p3 = Visigothic Kingdom | p4 = Exarchate of Africa | p5 = Kingdom of the Aurès | p6 = Kingdom of Altava | p7 = Brahman dynasty of Sindh | p8 = Hephthalite Empire | s1 = Abbasid Caliphate | s2 = Emirate of Córdoba | s3 = Barghawata | s4 = Emirate of Nekor | s5 = Emirate of Tlemcen | s6 = Bavand dynasty | image_map = Umayyad Caliphate 750 AD (orthographic projection).svg | image_map_caption = The Umayyad Caliphate at its greatest extent, under Caliph [[Umar II]], {{circa|720}} | capital = {{plainlist| * [[Damascus]] (661–744) * [[Harran]] (744–750)}} | official_languages = [[Arabic language|Arabic]] | religion = [[Islam]] | common_languages = {{Hlist|[[Middle Persian]]|[[Coptic language|Coptic]]|[[Medieval Greek]]|[[Latin language|Latin]]}} (official in certain regions until 700)<br />various regional languages | GDP_PPP = | currency = *[[Gold dinar|Dinar]] (gold coin) * [[Dirham]] (silver coin) * [[Fals]] (copper coin) | title_leader = [[List of Caliphs