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Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Umayyad_Caliph_Abd_al-Malik
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Imam
Person
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:Medina
gptkbp:birthYear
646
gptkbp:burialPlace
gptkb:Bab_al-Saghir_Cemetery,_Damascus
gptkbp:child
gptkb:Yazid_II
gptkb:Aban_ibn_Abd_al-Malik
gptkb:Marwan_al-Akbar
gptkb:Muhammad_ibn_Abd_al-Malik
gptkb:Al-Walid_I
gptkb:Hisham_ibn_Abd_al-Malik
gptkb:Sulayman_ibn_Abd_al-Malik
gptkbp:deathPlace
gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:deathYear
705
gptkbp:dynasty
gptkb:Umayyad
gptkbp:era
gptkb:Umayyad_Caliphate
gptkbp:father
gptkb:Marwan_I
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Abd_al-Malik_ibn_Marwan
gptkbp:house
gptkb:Umayyad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik
gptkbp:languageReform
Arabic replaced Greek and Persian in official documents
gptkbp:legacy
Consolidated Umayyad rule after civil war
Laid foundations for later Islamic administration
gptkbp:mother
gptkb:A'isha_bint_Mu'awiya
gptkbp:notableAchievement
Commissioned the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
Reformed the administration and currency of the Umayyad Caliphate
Introduced Arabic as the official language of administration
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Abd_Allah_ibn_al-Zubayr
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Dome_of_the_Rock
gptkb:Al-Aqsa_Mosque_(initial_construction)
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Musa_ibn_Nusayr
gptkb:Tariq_ibn_Ziyad
gptkb:Al-Hajjaj_ibn_Yusuf
gptkb:Muhammad_ibn_Marwan
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Battle_of_Maskin
gptkb:Second_Fitna
gptkbp:notablePolicy
Centralized tax collection
Standardized Islamic coinage
Strengthened the postal system
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Marwan_I
gptkbp:reignEnd
705
gptkbp:reignStart
685
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:replacedBy
Introduced the gold dinar and silver dirham
gptkbp:spouse
gptkb:A'isha_bint_Musa
gptkb:Atika_bint_Yazid
gptkb:Wallada_bint_al-Abbas
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Al-Walid_I
gptkbp:title
gptkb:Amir_al-Mu'minin
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Dome_of_the_Rock
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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