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Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik

685 - 738

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Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: مسلمة بن عبد الملك, romanized: Maslama ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, in Greek sources Μασαλμᾶς, Masalmas; fl. 705 – 24 December 738) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most prominent Arab generals of the early decades of the 8th century, leading several campaigns against the Byzantine Empire and the Khazar Khaganate. He achieved great fame especially for leading the second and last Arab siege of the Byzantine capital Constantinople. He launched his military career leading the annual summer raids against the Byzantines in Anatolia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik has received more than 129,163 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik is the 7,885th most popular politician (up from 8,018th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Syria (down from 91st in 2019) and the 47th most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 7,885 out of 19,576. Before him are Octar, Hrólfr Kraki, Alexander of Tralles, Theobald I, Count of Blois, Ce Acatl Topiltzin, and Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria. After him are Bertha of Sulzbach, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Man Chong, Shoshenq III, Myeongjong of Goryeo, and Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 685, Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 6. Before him are Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Pelagius of Asturias, Kul Tigin, Chlothar IV, and Shantideva. After him is Theodbert of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 738, Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 2. Before him is Wahb ibn Munabbih. After him are Gurak, and Swæfberht of Essex.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 94 out of 210. Before him are Adib Shishakli (1909), Numenius of Apamea (200), Cassius Longinus (213), Alciphron (200), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), and Salih Muslim (1951). After him are Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), John Moschus (550), Husni al-Za'im (1897), Ahmad al-Khatib (1933), Gaius Julius Priscus (250), and Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 47. Before him are Sergius I of Constantinople (565), Vaballathus (266), Hussein Arnous (1953), Salah Jadid (1926), Adib Shishakli (1909), and Salih Muslim (1951). After him are Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), Husni al-Za'im (1897), Ahmad al-Khatib (1933), Gaius Julius Priscus (250), Soraya Tarzi (1899), and Hashim al-Atassi (1875).

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