At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period
- Identifiers
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Overview
Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya, of the Banu Umayya. He took power after the death of Mu'awiya ibn Yazid and the strife of Ibn al-Zubayr. 1
In the army of Ifriqiya
He was in the army that Uthman sent to Ifriqiya under the command of Abdallah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh, together with his brother al-Harith ibn al-Hakam. This connects to the account of the first raid on Ifriqiya. 2
The day of the Camel
Al-Mas'udi relates that on the day of the Camel, when al-Zubayr and Talha withdrew, he said that he did not mind from which direction he shot. He shot Talha in his elbow, and killed him. 3
His succession and death
Al-Mas'udi says that he turned the oath of allegiance from Khalid ibn Yazid to his son Abd al-Malik. There are two reports of his death: it is said that his wife Fakhita, the mother of Khalid, placed a cushion over his face until he died, and it is said that she gave him poisoned milk to drink. His days were nine months, and he died aged sixty-three. 1
Connections
- Participated in
- The First Raid on Ifriqiya and the Killing of Its Patrikios· Death of al-Hasan ibn Ali· The Caliphate of Marwan ibn al-Hakam
- Member of
- Banu Umayya ibn Abd Shams
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 100· Muwatta 1430· Muwatta 1549· Muwatta 1584· Muwatta 1594· Muwatta 1603· Muwatta 1693· Muwatta 1867· Muwatta 2130· Muwatta 2323· Muwatta 2432· Muwatta 2434· Muwatta 2463· Muwatta 2513· Muwatta 2517· Muwatta 2559· Muwatta 2677· Muwatta 2697· Muwatta 795· Muwatta 1048
People and things also explored
Malik ibn Anas· Muwatta, Book of Divorce (talaq)· Muwatta, Book of blood-money (uqul)· Zayd ibn Thabit· Divorce (talaq)· Abu Hurayra· Muhammad ibn Shihab al-Zuhri· Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.84-85
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.658
- Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006)
- Lectures on the History of the Islamic Peoples: The Umayyad State — al-Khudari
- 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. “Marwan ibn al-Hakam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/marwan-ibn-al-hakam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.