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Taken by Khalid in AH13, during the reign of Khalifah Umar (AS)
Became the capital of Umayyad Khalifate under Mu'awiyah in AH41, and remained the chief city of Islam until the fall of the Umayyad dynasty in AH132, when the Abassides moved their capital to al-Kufah and then to Baghdad
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