Proper noun
Umayya
The progenitor of the Umayyad dynasty.
Al-Andalus was a safe haven for the house of Umayya that managed to evade the Abbasids. Source: Internet
The Abbasids claimed to be the true successors of Prophet Muhammad in replacing the Umayyad descendants of Banu Umayya by virtue of their closer bloodline to Muhammad. Source: Internet
In the meantime, a call went out through the Muslim world that al-Andalus was a safe haven for friends of the house of Umayya, if not for Abd al-Rahman's scattered family that managed to evade the Abbasids. Source: Internet