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Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik

674 - 717

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Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (Arabic: سُلَيْمَان ٱبْن عَبْد الْمَلِك ٱبْن مَرْوَان, romanized: Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān, c. 675 – 24 September 717) was the seventh Umayyad caliph, ruling from 715 until his death. He was the son of Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (r. 685–705) and Wallada bint al-Abbas. He began his career as governor of Palestine, while his father Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705) and brother al-Walid I (r. 705–715) reigned as caliphs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik has received more than 444,553 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik is the 1,649th most popular politician (down from 1,413th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 54th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik is most famous for being the fifth Umayyad caliph and the first of three caliphs to be assassinated. He ruled from 715-717.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 1,649 out of 15,577Before him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Charles II of Naples, Kitbuqa, Emperor Jing of Han, Emperor Wen of Han, and Kilij Arslan I. After him are Cemal Gürsel, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Otto of Bavaria, Danjong of Joseon, Porfirio Díaz, and Giulio Andreotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 674, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 1After him is Bubo, Duke of the Frisians. Among people deceased in 717, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 1After him are Paolo Lucio Anafesto and Plectrude.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 65 out of 251Before him are Ibn Ishaq (704), Sawda bint Zamʿa (589), Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661), Zainab bint Muhammad (600), Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), and Amr ibn al-As (580). After him are Abdullah ibn Umar (610), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), Anas ibn Malik (612), Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (622), Sumayyah bint Khabbat (550), and Abdullah ibn Masud (600).

Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ranks 24Before him are Al-Walid I (668), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), Amr ibn Hishām (570), Musaylimah (600), and Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661). After him are Talal of Jordan (1909), Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), Muhammad bin Saud (1710), Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928), Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (1933), and Idris I of Morocco (743).