ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam (Arabic: عبيد الله بن مروان بن الحكم) was an Umayyad prince and commander. He was the son of the Umayyad caliph Marwan I (r. 684–685) and the latter's wife Umm Aban al-Kubra, a daughter of Caliph Uthman (r. 644–656).[1]
Ubayd Allah ibn Marwan | |
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| Governor of the Balqa | |
| Monarch | Abd al-Malik |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Umayyad Caliphate |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles / wars | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| Relations | Abd al-Malik (brother) Al-Walid I (nephew) Aban (brother) |
Ubayd Allah's half-brother Caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705) appointed him as one of the commanders of the near-annual raids against the Byzantine frontier with the Umayyad Caliphate.[1] Abd al-Malik also appointed Ubayd Allah, for an unclear period, the governor of the Balqa, a subdistrict of the Damascus district spanning the area between Syria and Wadi al-Qura (in northwestern Arabia).[1] Ubayd Allah's full brothers Aban and Uthman also held command roles under Abd al-Malik.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Ahmed 2010, p. 114.
- ^ Donner 2014, p. 110.
Bibliography
edit- Ahmed, Asad Q. (2010). The Religious Elite of the Early Islamic Ḥijāz: Five Prosopographical Case Studies. Oxford: University of Oxford Linacre College Unit for Prosopographical Research. ISBN 978-1-900934-13-8.
- Donner, Fred M. (2014). "Was Marwan ibn al-Hakam the First 'Real' Muslim". In Savant, Sarah Bowen; de Felipe, Helena (eds.). Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies: Understanding the Past. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 105–114. ISBN 978-0-7486-4497-1.