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Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan

عبد العزيز بن مروان

Ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam, brother of Abd al-Malik. His father appointed him governor of Egypt in 65 AH, and he remained there for some twenty years, until 85 AH; he was one of the pillars of his brother's state 12. The book mentions his dispute with Hassan ibn al-Nu'man over the governorships of Barqa and Tripoli; then Hassan removed him from Ifriqiya and appointed Musa ibn Nusayr in his place. 3 The book also says that he was amir of Egypt for more than twenty years, was the most generous of the Umayyad princes, and had a thousand jafna (large serving dishes) set out around his house every day. 4

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Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam, brother of Abd al-Malik. His father appointed him governor of Egypt in 65 AH, and he remained there for about twenty years until 85 AH. He was one of the pillars of his brother's state. 5 6

Al-Salabi describes his dispute with Hassan ibn al-Nu'man over the governorship of Barqa and Tripoli, and then how Hassan was removed from Ifriqiya and Musa ibn Nusayr was appointed in his place. 3 He also notes that Abd al-Aziz was the most generous of the Umayyad princes, and that a thousand bowls were set around his house every day. 4

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The Conquest of Tangier· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina· The Martyrdom of Zuhayr ibn Qays at Barqa

People and things also explored

Barqa (Cyrenaica)· Al-Kahina, Queen of the Berbers· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man al-Ghassani· موسى بن نصير· Zuhayr ibn Qays al-Balawi· Ifriqiya· Sus al-Adna· Tangier

Sources

  1. Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 31
  2. Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 41
  3. The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.62-63
  4. The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.159-160
  5. Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p.31
  6. Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p.41
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Barqa (Cyrenaica)

Barqa (Cyrenaica), the nearer Maghreb between Egypt and Ifriqiya, its city Antabulus; Amr ibn al-As compounded with it after Alexandria's fall for a thirteen-thousand-dinar jizya in which they might sell whom they wished of their children; its people sent their kharaj to Egypt's governor unpressed — the most prosperous folk of the Maghreb, untouched by fitna — and among it the covenant-holding Berber village of Lawata, and Zawila whence Uqba ibn Nafi's first charge began.