Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
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association with Yazīd ibn al-Muhallab
- In Yazīd ibn al-Muhallab
…fleeing to the protection of Sulaymān, al-Walīd’s brother. When in 715 Sulaymān himself became caliph, Yazīd was named governor of Iraq and embarked on a persecution of the followers of al-Ḥajjāj, who had died in 714. Later he was also named governor of Khorāsān, while retaining supreme command in Iraq.…
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founding of Ramla
- In Ramla
…in 716 by the caliph Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (reigned 715–717), who made it the administrative capital of Palestine, replacing nearby Lod (Lydda). He built marketplaces, fortifications, and, above all, the White Mosque (Al-Jāmiʿ al-Abyaḍ). Only ruins of these remain, but the minaret of the White Mosque, the so-called White…
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