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Abdallah was born c. 677 or c. 680 and grew up in the Caliphate's capital, Damascus. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was a son of Caliph Abd al-Malik and one of the Caliph's umm walads (concubines). [ 4 ] During his youth he accompanied his father on several campaigns. [ 2 ]
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam (Arabic: عَبْد الْمَلِك ٱبْن مَرْوَان ٱبْن الْحَكَم, romanized: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam; July/August 644 or June/July 647 – 9 October 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 until his death in October 705.
Abd al-Malik: Died in office 10 Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam: 1 July 703 30 January 709 Abd al-Malik Al-Walid I: Unseated 11 Qurra ibn Sharik al-Absi: 30 January 709 14 November 714 Al-Walid I: Died in office 12 Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi: 14 November 714 November 717 Al-Walid I Sulayman Umar II: Unseated 13 Ayyub ibn ...
Abdallah's father, Malik ibn al-Haytham al-Khuza'i, was one of the earliest and most important leaders of the Abbasid movement in Khurasan, and of the Abbasid Revolution that overthrew the Umayyads. As senior members of the privileged Khurasaniyya , the Khurasani army that formed the main pillar of the new regime, Malik's family enjoyed access ...
The siege of Mecca (Arabic: حصار مكة) occurred at the end of the Second Fitna in 692 when the forces of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan besieged and defeated his rival, the caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr in his center of power, the Islamic holy city of Mecca.
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (Arabic: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ٱبْن الزُّبَيْرِ ٱبْن الْعَوَّامِ, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām; May 624 – October/November 692) was the leader of a caliphate based in Mecca that rivaled the Umayyads from 683 until his death.
Abd al-Malik's grandson al-Abbas ibn Abd Allah served as the governor of Beja under Hisham I. [14] [19] Another descendant, Ahmad ibn al-Bara ibn Malik ibn Abd Allah, was appointed governor of Zaragoza by Emir al-Mundhir (r. 886–888), but was suspected of disloyalty and assassinated by order of al-Mundhir's successor Abd Allah (r. 888–912).
Abd al-Malik was a grandson of Musa ibn Nusayr, the Muslim general responsible for the conquest of parts of North Africa and Hispania.He first appears in c. 749 as the finance director for Egypt during the governorship of al-Mughirah ibn Ubaydallah al-Fazari.