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Al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (circa 674 – 25 January or 11 March 715) was the sixth Umayyad caliph, ruling between 705 and his death. The eldest son of his predecessor, Caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 705–715), al-Walid largely continued his father's policies of centralization and expansion, though he was heavily dependent on al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, his father's powerful viceroy of the eastern half of the caliphate. During his reign, the Umayyad armies conquered Spain, Sindh and Transoxiana. War spoils from the conquest allowed al-Walid to finance public works of great magnitude, including the Great Mosque of Damascus, the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. He was the first caliph to institute programs for social welfare, aiding the poor and handicapped. Though it is difficult to ascertain al-Walid's direct role in the affairs of his caliphate, his reign was marked by domestic peace and prosperity and represented the peak of the Umayyads' territorial extent.
Al-Walid I | |||||
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Khalīfat Allāh | |||||
Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate | |||||
Reign | 9 October 705 – 25 January or 11 March 715 | ||||
Predecessor | Abd al-Malik | ||||
Successor | Sulayman | ||||
Born | 674 Medina, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Died | 25 January or 11 March 715 Dayr Murran, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Burial | Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Consort | Umm al-Banin bint Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan Umm ʿAbdallāh bint ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ʿIzza bint ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn ʿAmr Shah-i Afrid bint Peroz III | ||||
Issue | ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Al-ʿAbbās Yazīd III Ibrāhīm Muḥammad ʿUmar Bishr Rawḥ Khālid Tammām Mubashshir Jurayy ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Yaḥyā Abū ʿUbayda Masrūr Ṣadaqa | ||||
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House | Marwanid | ||||
Dynasty | Umayyad | ||||
Father | ʿAbd al-Malik | ||||
Mother | Wallāda bint al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Jazʾ al-ʿAbsīyya |