Ruler · 675 – 717

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik

Lived 675 – 717; military leader, politician. Umayyad Caliph of Umayyad Caliphate, 715 – 717.

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Lived: 675 – 717; 42 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Umayyad Caliphate
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Umayyad Caliph

Umayyad Caliphate · the 7th of 14 dated reigns · 661 – 750

3 before

Marwan I684 – 685

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan685 – 705

Al-Walid I705 – 715

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik715 – 717

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz717 – 720

Yazid II720 – 724

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik724 – 743

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officethis entry

Reigned 715 – 717 · 2 years · came to it aged 40

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 717, the year they died

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