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Abdullah ibn Abd al-Malik

عبد الله بن عبد الملك

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan the Umayyad; in al-Baladhuri: he led the summer raid of year 84, entering by the Antioch pass and coming to Masisa where he built the fortress on its ancient foundation, settling garrison troops among them three hundred picked men of known valour and building a mosque on the fortress hill, then marched on to take the fortress of Sinan and sent Yazid ibn Hunayn al-Ta'i al-Antaki raiding before returning.

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Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan al-Umawi, son of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, of the Banu Umayya. Al-Baladhuri relates that he raided in the summer campaign in 84 AH, entered by the pass of Antioch and came to al-Massisa, rebuilt its fortress on its old foundation, which is linked to the building of Massisa. He placed there a garrison of three hundred men selected from the valiant, and built a mosque on the hill of the fortress. 1

He then marched and raided and took the fortress of Sinan, and sent Yazid ibn Hunayn al-Ta'i al-Antaki, who raided. 1

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Child of
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
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Banu Umayya ibn Abd Shams
Participated in
The Building of the Fortress of Masisa

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Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik· Sa'id ibn Abd al-Malik (al-Khayr)· The Building of the Fortress of Masisa· Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan· The Thughur (Frontier Marches)· Abd al-Malik's Coinage Reform· The Transfer of Syria's Diwan from Greek· Battle of Dayr al-Jathaliq

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.225
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Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan the Umayyad; in al-Baladhuri: the Baghras lands were his and he endowed them in the way of good, as were Ayn al-Salur and its pond; he granted companies of Rabi'a estates that were later seized and passed to al-Ma'mun; marching against the Byzantines from the Jaziran marches he camped at Balis, whose people with those of Nuwaylis, Qasirin, Ayidin and Siffin asked him to dig them a channel from the Euphrates to water their land in return for a third of their yield after the sultan's tithe — he did, digging the river named Nahr Maslama, and they kept the bargain while he repaired and strengthened the city's wall; Balis and its villages passed to his heirs until the blessed dynasty came, when Abu al-Abbas granted them to Sulayman ibn Ali.