text:  in 1009 are without a parallel it any other Moslem dynasty with the single exception of the Ottoman line; and though on pursuing the comparison the Umeyyan princes cannot vie with the last-named race in extent of conquest and splendour of martial achievement they far surpass not only the Ottomans but almost every sovereign family in the annals of Islam in the cultivation of kingly virtues and arts of peace and the refinement and love of literature which they introduced and fostered in their dominions