Original: When the Caliphate was seized by the Abbasids , Al-Andalus ( the Arab name for Hispania ) split from the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad to form their own caliphate .
Simplified: Later the caliphate was won by the Abbasids and Al-Andalus ( or Hispania ) split from the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad to form their own caliphate .