Damascus | MCQs

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The Great Mosque in Damascus, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, is the earliest surviving stone mosque built by the Umayyad Caliph Al Waleed I (Waleed bin Abdul Malik) between 705 and 715 AD.

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Pakistan International Airline (PIA) a plane landed at Damascus International Airport after a hiatus of  22 years on 18 September 2021

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The Umayyad dynasty lasted less than a century in Damascus before it was driven out in 750 by the Abbasid dynasty.

Umayyad Caliphate was the second Muslim Caliphate that emerged after Rashidun Caliphate.

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The Great Mosque of Damascus is also known as the Umayyad Mosque.

It was built by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walīd I between 705 and 715 CE.