Caliph · 646 to 705
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Won the second civil war, made Arabic the language of government and issued the first purely Islamic coins. He built the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
At a glance
- Lived
- 646 to 705
- Role
- Caliph
- Dynasty
- Umayyad Caliphs
- Era
- The Umayyads of Damascus
- Chapter
- 2. The Umayyads
Battles
- 683, 692Sieges of Makkah
Umayyad victory. Ibn al-Zubayr had ruled as caliph from Makkah since 683.
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan's world
750: The Umayyads of Damascus
Muawiya ruled from Damascus and named his son Yazid as heir, the first time the caliphate passed from father to son. Karbala followed in 680. Then came the largest expansion in Islamic history: Spain in 711, Sindh in 712 and Central Asia up to the Syr Darya.
People of the same era
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