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Umar II

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Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (Arabic: عمر بن عبد العزيز, romanized: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; 2 November 682 – c. 5 February 720), commonly known as Umar II (عمر الثاني), was the eighth Umayyad caliph. He made various significant contributions and reforms to the society, and he has been described as "the most pious and devout" of the Umayyad rulers and was often called the first Mujaddid and sixth righteous caliph of Islam.He was also a cousin of the former caliph, being the son of Abd al-Malik's younger brother, Abd al-Aziz. He was also a matrilineal great-grandson of the second caliph, Umar ibn Al-Khattab. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Umar II has received more than 942,542 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Umar II is the 625th most popular politician (down from 522nd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 20th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Politician.

Umar II was the second caliph of the Umayyad dynasty. He is most famous for his expansion of the Islamic empire into North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.

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Among politicians, Umar II ranks 625 out of 15,577. Before him are Amenhotep I, Chandragupta Maurya, Catiline, Nurhaci, Elena Ceaușescu, and George I of Greece. After him are Gustaf V of Sweden, Sennacherib, Sargon II, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Grigory Potemkin, and Licinius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 682, Umar II ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 720, Umar II ranks 2. Before him is Tariq ibn Ziyad. After him are Odile of Alsace and Fujiwara no Fuhito.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Umar II ranks 24 out of 251. Before him are Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Ibn Saud (1875), Ja'far al-Sadiq (702), Malik ibn Anas (711), Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646), and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703). After him are Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Abd al-Muttalib (497), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Marwan I (623), and Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Umar II ranks 8. Before him are Uthman (574), Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935), Muawiyah I (603), Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), Ibn Saud (1875), and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646). After him are Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Marwan I (623), Abū Lahab (549), Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), and Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921).

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