Caliph · c. 682 to 720
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Ruled for only two and a half years but is remembered for justice, simple living and fair treatment of non-Arab converts. Many call him the fifth rightly guided caliph.
At a glance
- Lived
- c. 682 to 720
- Role
- Caliph
- Dynasty
- Umayyad Caliphs
- Era
- The Umayyads of Damascus
- Chapter
- 2. The Umayyads
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz'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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