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  1. Arabian dynasty of the Islamic empire who
  2. reigned as caliphs (civic and religious
  3. leaders of Islam) 661-750. They were
  4. overthrown by Abbasids, but a member of the
  5. family escaped to Spain and in 756 assumed
  6. the title of emir of Cordoba. His dynasty,
  7. which took the title of caliph in 929, ruled
  8. in Cordoba until the early 11th century.
  9.