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After the death of Mu’awiya II, the power shifted to another branch of the Umayyah clan. First, Marwan bin Hakam ruled briefly (684 – 685 CE). He was succeeded by his son, Abdul Malik bin Marwan (‘Abd al Malik عَبدالمَلِك) (685 – 705 CE).
Sep 29, 2012 · After the second fitna and the restoration of the unity of the Muslim community under ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, the situation was similar to the beginning of Mu’awiya’s reign, in his ‘am al-jama’a.
[6] The deaths of Yazid and his successor, his son Mu'awiya II, in relatively quick succession in 683–684 precipitated a leadership vacuum in Damascus and the consequent collapse of Umayyad authority across the Caliphate. [16] . Most provinces declared their allegiance to the rival Mecca -based caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. [17] .
The last Umayyad, Marwān II (reigned 744–750), was defeated at the Battle of the Great Zāb River (750). Members of the Umayyad house were hunted down and killed, but one of the survivors, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, escaped and established himself as a Muslim ruler in Spain (756), founding the dynasty of the Umayyads in Córdoba.
Sep 22, 2012 · In the following lecture, we will further examine in detail the important khilafa of ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and the khulafa succeeding him – including four of his sons and ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-’Aziz among others – until the collapse of Umayyad rule at the time of the last khalifa, Marwan ibn Muhammad, the grandson of Marwan ibn al-Hakam.
Marwan took Hassan bin Malik in confidence. One day he came to the pulpit of the grand mosque of Damascus and announced that Marwan’s first born, Abdul Malik, will take over the reins of the government after the death of Marwan and after the death of Abdul Malik, and Marwan’s second born Abdul Aziz will govern the country.
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Sep 27, 2024 · ʿAbd al-Malik (born 646/647, Medina, Arabia—died October 705, Damascus) was the fifth caliph (685–705 ce) of the Umayyad Arab dynasty centred in Damascus. He reorganized and strengthened governmental administration and, throughout the empire, adopted Arabic as the language of administration.
