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	5