Person
- Born
- 0668-01-01
- Died
- 0715-02-23
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Key facts
- Reign
- 9 October 705 – 23 February 715
- Predecessor
- Abd al-Malik
- Successor
- Sulayman
- Born
- c. 674 , Medina , Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate
- Died
- 23 February 715 (aged c. 41 ), Dayr Murran , Syria, Umayyad Caliphate
- Burial
- Bab al-Saghir or Bab al-Faradis , Damascus
- Spouses
- Umm al-Banin bint Abd al-Aziz Umm ʿAbdallāh bint ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ʿIzza bint ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿUthman Nafīsa bint Zayd ibn al-Ḥaṣan Zaynab bint al-Ḥaṣan ibn al-Ḥaṣan Āmīna bint Sāʾīd ibn al-ʿĀs Shah-i-Afrid bint Peroz III ( concubine ) Budayra (concubine)
- Issue
- al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ʿUmar al-Faḥl Bishr Masrūr Yazid Ibrahim ʿAnbāsa Marwān Muḥammad ʿĀʾisha (daughter) Rawḥ Khālid Maslama Mansūr Tammām Mubashshir Jazʾ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Yaḥyā Abū ʿUbayda Ṣadaqā
Article
HouseMarwanid DynastyUmayyad FatherʿAbd al-Malīk MotherWallāda bint al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Jazʾ ReligionIslam
Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (c. 674 – 23 February 715), commonly known as al-Walid I, was the sixth Umayyad caliph, ruling from October 705 until his death in 715. He was the eldest son of his predecessor, Caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705). As a prince, he led annual raids against the Byzantines from 695 to 698 and built or restored fortifications along the Syrian Desert route to Mecca. He became heir apparent in c. 705, after the death of the designated successor, Abd al-Malik's brother Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan.