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Al-Walid II

706 - 744

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Al-Walid ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: الْوَلِيد بْنِ يَزِيد بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِك, romanized: Al-Walīd ibn Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 709 – 17 April 744), commonly known as al-Walid II, was the eleventh Umayyad caliph, ruling from 743 until his assassination in 744. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Walid II has received more than 289,852 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Al-Walid II is the 2,896th most popular politician (down from 2,867th in 2019).

Al-Walid II was most famous for his military conquests. He expanded the empire of the Umayyads in North Africa, Spain, and the Middle East.

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  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Walid II ranks 2,896 out of 15,577. Before him are Isma'il ibn Ahmad, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Basarab I of Wallachia, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Ildibad, and Prokopis Pavlopoulos. After him are Arsinoe IV of Egypt, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, Thaksin Shinawatra, Laura Bush, Syphax, and Mahmud I of Great Seljuq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 706, Al-Walid II ranks 1. After him are Han Gan and Telerig of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 744, Al-Walid II ranks 1. After him are Yazid III, Liutprand, King of the Lombards, Hildeprand, and He Zhizhang.

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