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705 Deaths: Abd Al-Malik, Wu Zetian, Yao Shu, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, Su Weidao, Leontios, Bosa of York, Pope John VI

705 Deaths: Abd Al-Malik, Wu Zetian, Yao Shu, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, Su Weidao, Leontios, Bosa of York, Pope John VI


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Abd Al-Malik, Wu Zetian, Yao Shu, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, Su Weidao, Leontios, Bosa of York, Pope John Vi, Cellach Mac Rogallaig, Tiberios Iii, H]dde, Fang Rong, Saint Bertulf, Ferdulf of Friuli, Prince Osakabe. Excerpt: Abd al-Malik Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646-705) (Arabic: ) was the 5th Umayyad Caliph . He was born in Mecca and grew up in Medinah ( both are cities in modern day Saudi Arabia ). Abd al-Malik was a well-educated man and capable ruler, despite the many political problems that impeded his rule. Ibn Khaldun states: "Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan is one of the greatest Arab and Muslim Caliphs. He followed in the footsteps of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the Commander of the Believers, in regulating state affairs." In his reign, all important records were translated into Arabic, and for the first time a special currency for the Muslim world was minted, which led to war with the Byzantine Empire under Justinian II . The Byzantines were led by Leontios at the Battle of Sebastopolis in 692 in Asia Minor and were decisively defeated by the Caliph after the defection of a large contingent of Slavs. The Islamic currency was then made the only currency exchange in the Muslim world. Also, many reforms happened in his time as regards agriculture and commerce. Abd al-malik was a capable ruler, who consolidated Muslim rule and extended it, made Arabic the state language, and organized a regular postal service . Campaigns in Iraq and Hejaz Abd al-Malik became caliph after the death of his father Marwan I in 685. Within a few years, he dispatched armies, on a campaign to reassert Umayyad control over the Islamic empire . He first defeated the governor of Basra Mosaab Ibn al-Zubair. Abd al-Malik then appointed one of his most able generals and administrators who would later change the ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155312286
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 92
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Weight: 145 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155312287
  • Publisher Date: 03 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Abd Al-Malik, Wu Zetian, Yao Shu, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, Su Weidao, Leontios, Bosa of York, Pope John VI
  • Width: 229 mm


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