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A place in the districts of the military province (jund) of Qinnasrin. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik died there on Friday, ten days before the end of Safar in the year 99 AH. 3
He had stayed in the meadow with his army, on campaign, and there he wrote his will naming Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz as his successor to the caliphate. 4
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People and things also explored
سليمان بن عبد الملك· Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz· Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik designates Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz as caliph
Sources
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p. 252
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p. 261-262
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p.252
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002) , p.261-262
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islam.museum contributors. “Marj Dabiq”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/marj-dabiq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.