Al-Walid I

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Caliph
gptkbp:administrativeDivision Standardization of coinage
Development of postal system
Expansion of the bureaucracy
gptkbp:birthYear 668
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Jabir_ibn_Hayyan_Mosque
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:contribution Cultural_flourishing_in_the_Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkbp:culturalImpact Patronage of arts and architecture
Promotion of Arabic language
Support for scholars and poets
gptkbp:deathYear 715
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Hisham_ibn_Abd_al-Malik
gptkb:Ibrahim_ibn_Al-Walid
gptkb:Sulayman_ibn_Abd_al-Malik
gptkb:Al-Walid_II
Yazid II
gptkbp:dynasty Umayyad
gptkbp:father gptkb:Abdul_Malik_ibn_Marwan
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Establishment of a centralized administration
Strengthening of Umayyad rule
Cultural_exchange_between_East_and_West
Influence_on_later_Islamic_empires
Expansion_of_Islamic_influence
Legacy_in_Islamic_architecture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Al-Walid I
gptkbp:knownFor expansion_of_the_Umayyad_Caliphate
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Conquest_of_Hispania
Conquest_of_North_Africa
Conquest_of_the_Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Amina_bint_Abd_al-Malik
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Al-Walid_the_Great
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Cordoba
gptkb:Al-Aqsa_Mosque
gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Damascus
gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Kufa
Great Mosque of Aleppo
Great Mosque of Jerusalem
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Abdul_Malik_ibn_Marwan
gptkbp:reign 705
715
gptkbp:religion Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sulayman_ibn_Abd_al-Malik
gptkbp:title gptkb:Caliph_of_the_Umayyad_Caliphate