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Death of al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik

وفاة الوليد بن عبد الملك

96 AH

In the year 96, in the middle of Jumada II, al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik died. Al-Tabari gives differing accounts of the length of his caliphate and of his age 1. In al-Suyuti he died in the middle of Jumada II of the year 96, aged fifty-one; al-Dhahabi said that jihad lived in his days and great conquests were opened in them, as in the days of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) 2. The book relates that al-Walid wanted to depose Sulayman and install his son Abd al-Aziz, but Sulayman refused; no one pledged allegiance except al-Hajjaj, Qutayba and a select few, and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz refused to pledge allegiance to Abd al-Aziz. Al-Walid died on a Saturday in the middle of Jumada II of the year 96 AH 3.

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The Umayyad caliph al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik died in the middle of Jumada al-Akhira 96 AH, on Saturday, according to al-Sallabi. 3

The length of his caliphate and his age

al-Tabari gives different accounts of the length of his caliphate and his age. 1 al-Suyuti says that he died aged fifty-one. He quotes al-Dhahabi that jihad lived in his days, and that great conquests were made in them as in the days of Umar ibn al-Khattab. 4

The question of succession

al-Sallabi says that al-Walid wanted to depose his brother Sulayman and appoint his son Abd al-Aziz, but Sulayman refused. Only al-Hajjaj, Qutayba and close associates gave the oath to Abd al-Aziz, and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz refused to give it. 3

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.6 p.495
  2. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 369
  3. The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.140-141
  4. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.369
  • The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
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