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Also Known As Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān • al-Walīd I
Born 668?
Died 715 • Damascus • Syria
House / Dynasty Umayyad dynasty
Notable Family Members father ʿAbd al-Malik

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Muʿāwiyah I
Umayyad caliph
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ʿAbd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
Hārūn al-Rashīd
ʿAbbāsid caliph
al-Manṣūr
ʿAbbāsid caliph
ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān
Muslim caliph
Abū Bakr
Muslim caliph
ʿUmar I
Muslim caliph
Ibn al-Ashʿath
Arab general
Qutaybah ibn Muslim
Arab general
ʿUmar II
Umayyad caliph
Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
Mosque of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
Arab general
Homs: mosque of Khālid ibn al-Walīd
Khālid ibn al-Walīd
Arab Muslim general
Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād
Muslim general
Yazīd I
Umayyad caliph
al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufrā
Arabian general
al-Mutawakkil
ʿAbbāsid caliph
al-Balādhurī
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