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Why did the Umayyads move the capital of the Muslim empire to Damascus?

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The two sides clashed at the Battle of the Camel in 656, where Ali won a decisive victory. When Ali was assassinated in 661, Muawiyah marched to Kufa. There he persuaded a number of Ali's supporters to accept him as caliph instead of Ali's son, Hasan. Then he moved the capital of the caliphate to Damascus.

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