سليمان بن عبد الملك

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, one of the Umayyad caliphs. He succeeded al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik, and his caliphate lasted three years, according to the report of the shaykhs of al-Hasan ibn Hammad ¹. He made his son Ayyub his heir apparent ².

Sulayman dismissed Khalid ibn Abd Allah al-Qasri from Mecca and appointed Talha ibn Dawud over it, in the year 97 as printed at the top of the page ³.

al-Tabari reports that Sulayman equipped armies in the year 97 ³. He sent his brother Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik to Constantinople, and ordered him to remain there until he conquered it, in the year 98 as printed before the paragraph ⁴. It is said that when he reached Dabiq he vowed to God that he would not turn back until the army he had sent to Constantinople entered it, according to the report ⁵.

Sulayman pledged allegiance to his son Ayyub ibn Sulayman and made him heir apparent, in the year 98 as printed at the top of the page ². When Marwan died he pledged to Ayyub, and he held back from Yazid and lay in wait for him, according to the report ².

• Reports of the pledge and succession on page 9 have been left out of this entry, because their text is damaged in the OCR. They should be read from the scan before being added.
• The years 97 and 98 are taken from the printed marginal notes as they appear. They have not been reconciled with the dates on other pages.
• Most of the reports are "according to the report": al-Tabari transmits them from named narrators. They have not yet been checked against other sources.
• The references use the scan page number. Reports with OCR damage have been left out.