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History · Umayyad Dynasty Tariq ibn Ziyad and Musa ibn Nusayr Conquer Hispania
...with approximately seven thousand men, predominantly Berber converts. The Visigothic king Roderic (Rodrigo) assembled his forces...
History · Umayyad Dynasty Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz Becomes Caliph
...nstructed governors throughout the empire to treat non-Arab converts (mawali) with full equality as Muslims, cutting the discrim...
History · Umayyad Dynasty Umar II's Reforms and the Revival of Justice
...his reform was enormously popular among the non-Arab Muslim converts (mawali) of Persia and Khurasan who had faced continued tax...
History · Umayyad Dynasty Abbasid Revolution Begins — Abu Muslim in Khurasan
...of Khurasan that drew its support from the mawali (non-Arab converts) of Persia and Khurasan — communities that had chafed under...
History · Umayyad Dynasty Loss of Effective Umayyad Control Over Khurasan
...-Junayd ibn Abd al-Rahman and others who reimposed taxes on converts and refused to treat mawali as equal Muslims deepened resen...