Original: This territory , under the Arab name Al-Andalus , became first an Emirate and then an independent Umayyad Caliphate , the Caliphate of CÃ rdoba , after the overthrowing of the dynasty in Damascus by the Abbasids .
Simplified: This territory , under the Arab name Al-Andalus , became first an Emirate and then an independent Umayyad Caliphate after the overthrowing of the dynasty in Damascus by the Abbasids .