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Umar II

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Also known as Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, umayyad saint, second umar

Umayyad caliph from 717 to 720

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Umar II was a caliph who lived from 2 November 0681 to 5 February 0720. He is associated with the work *Musnad Amīr al-Muʼminīn ʻUmar ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz*. Records indicate he has one listed work in one database and five in another.

A separate entry for an artist named Umar II is identified as a heavy metal group from Japan. This musical entity is distinct from the historical caliph. The subject is referenced by 468 other encyclopedia articles.

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Encyclopedic overview

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan (Arabic: عُمَر بْن عَبْد الْعَزِيز بْن مَرْوَان, romanized: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān; c. 680 – February 720) was the eighth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 717 until his death in 720. He is credited with instituting significant reforms to the Umayyad central government, by making it much more efficient and egalitarian. His rulership is marked by the first official collection of hadiths and the mandated universal education to the populace.

He dispatched emissaries to China and Tibet, inviting their rulers to accept Islam. It was during his three-year reign that Islam was accepted by huge segments of the populations of Persia and Egypt. He also ordered the withdrawal of the Muslim forces in various fronts such as in Constantinople, Central Asia and Septimania. Despite this, his reign witnessed the Umayyads gaining many new territories in the Iberian Peninsula.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Umar II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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