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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik

691 - 743

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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (Arabic: هِشَام ابْن عَبْد الْمَلِك ٱبْن مَرْوَان, romanized: Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; c. 691 – 6 February 743) was the tenth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 724 until his death in 743. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik has received more than 476,988 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik is the 1,900th most popular politician (up from 1,950th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Syria (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Syrian Politician.

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik is most famous for being the last of the Umayyad caliphs, and the first of the Abbasid caliphs.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 1,900 out of 19,576. Before him are Jeconiah, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Eric VI of Denmark, John V of Portugal, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and Agathocles of Syracuse. After him are Abdurrahman Wahid, Alexander Jagiellon, Al-Adil I, Alfonso VIII of Castile, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, and Zhengde Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 691, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 743, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 1. After him is Artabasdos.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 24 out of 210. Before him are Al-Maʿarri (973), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882), John Climacus (579), Iamblichus (245), and Aemilius Papinianus (142). After him are Al-Adil I (1145), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Antiochus II Theos (-286), Romanos the Melodist (490), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), and Yazid II (687).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 11. Before him are Abd al-Rahman I (731), Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Muawiya II (661), and Marwan II (688). After him are Al-Adil I (1145), Antiochus II Theos (-286), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), Yazid II (687), Al-Walid II (706), and Yazid III (701).

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