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Omar II ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz

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Omar II ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz

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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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Article · Italiano

ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (in arabo: عمر بن عبد العزيز‎; Medina o forse in Egitto, 682 circa – Aleppo, 720) è stato un politico e condottiero arabo fu l'ottavo califfo della dinastia omayyade-marwanide di Siria dal 717 al 720. Diversamente dagli altri califfi omayyadi, ascese a tale carica per nomina, anziché per via ereditaria come i suoi predecessori. Era comunque bis-nipote del successore del Profeta secondo califfo ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, cugino del califfo Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik e figlio di ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Marwān, governatore dell'Egitto, al quale il fratello, il califfo al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik aveva in un primo tempo promesso la successione. Gli succederà il cugino, figlio di al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, Yazīd II.

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