At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
After the death of Mu'awiya ibn Yazid, Marwan ibn al-Hakam prevailed over Syria and then Egypt, and he remained until his death in 65 AH. He designated his son Abd al-Malik as his successor. 1
Al-Dhahabi's judgement
Al-Suyuti quotes al-Dhahabi as saying that the sounder view is that Marwan is not counted among the commanders of the faithful, that he rebelled against Ibn al-Zubayr, and that his designation of his son is not valid. He says that Abd al-Malik's caliphate was valid from the time Ibn al-Zubayr was killed. 1
The opposing view needs an additional source.
Connections
- Had participant
- Marwan ibn al-Hakam· Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
People and things also explored
Muwatta 1549· Abd al-Malik's Coinage Reform· The Transfer of Syria's Diwan from Greek· Battle of Dayr al-Jathaliq· The Building of the Fortress of Masisa· Death of al-Hasan ibn Ali· Killing of Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr· Construction of the Dome of the Rock under Abd al-Malik
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 349
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Caliphate of Marwan ibn al-Hakam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/marwan-caliphate/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.