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Marwan I

623 - 685

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Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya (Arabic: مروان بن الحكم بن أبي العاص بن أمية, romanized: Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya; 623 or 626 – April/May 685), commonly known as Marwan I, was the fourth Umayyad caliph, ruling for less than a year in 684–685. He founded the Marwanid ruling house of the Umayyad dynasty, which replaced the Sufyanid house after its collapse in the Second Fitna and remained in power until 750. During the reign of his cousin Uthman (r. 644–656), Marwan took part in a military campaign against the Byzantines of the Exarchate of Africa (in central North Africa), where he acquired significant war spoils. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marwan I has received more than 1,084,980 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Marwan I is the 756th most popular politician (up from 775th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 29th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Marwan I is most famous for being the second caliph of the Umayyad dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marwan I ranks 756 out of 19,576. Before him are Conrad III of Germany, Cao Pi, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Martti Ahtisaari, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, and Louis, Grand Dauphin. After him are Justin I, Cleopatra I Syra, Dmitry Medvedev, Pepi II Neferkare, Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 623, Marwan I ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 685, Marwan I ranks 1. After him are Pope Benedict II, Constantine IV, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, Anania Shirakatsi, Catald, Ecgfrith of Northumbria, and Hlothhere of Kent.

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    Marwan I

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    623 - 685

    HPI: 71.27

    Rank: 1

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Marwan I ranks 36 out of 354. Before him are Abū Lahab (549), Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Zaynab bint Jahsh (592), Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595), and Abdullah I of Jordan (1882). After him are Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624), Zainab bint Muhammad (600), Umar II (682), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Amr ibn Hishām (570), and Hafsa bint Umar (602).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Marwan I ranks 14. Before him are Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Abū Lahab (549), Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), and Abdullah I of Jordan (1882). After him are Umar II (682), Amr ibn Hishām (570), Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921), Safiyya bint Huyayy (610), Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), and Al-Walid I (668).

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