WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Both Sunnis and Shias supported efforts to overthrow the Umayyads, as did non-Muslim subjects of the empire who resented religious discrimination.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abu Bakr was viewed as acceptable by the Ansar and the Qurayshite elite and was acknowledged as caliph (leader of the Muslim community). He showed favor to the Umayyads by awarding them command roles in the Muslim conquest of Syria.

Detailed explanation-3: -Umayyad Muslims are referred to as Sunni Muslims while Abbasid Muslims are called the Shiites. Abbasid had been content with inherited empire while Umayyad’s were aggressive and espoused expansion militarily.

Detailed explanation-4: -656–61)-in 661, Mu’awiya, the governor of Syria under the Rightly Guided Caliphs, seized power and established the Umayyad caliphate, the first Islamic dynasty (661–750).