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Marwan II

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Also known as Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan

Last Umayyad Caliph (691-750) (r. 744-750)

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Type
Group
Country
JP
Active from
1982-12
Active to
1999-12-31

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Key facts

Reign
4 December 744 – 6 August 750
Predecessor
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
Successor
Position abolished, al-Saffah (as Abbasid caliph)
Born
c. 691 , Al-Sham , Umayyad Caliphate (present-day Syria )
Died
6 August 750 CE (aged 59), Misr , Umayyad Caliphate (present-day Egypt )
Spouse
Muznah
Issue
Muhammad Ubaydallah Abd al-Malik Abdallah

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Encyclopedic overview

HouseMarwanid DynastyUmayya FatherMuhammad ibn Marwan MotherUmm Marwan (Umm walad) ReligionIslam

Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan (Arabic: مروان بن محمد بن مروان, romanized: Marwān ibn Muḥammad ibn Marwān; c. 691– 6 August 750), commonly known as Marwan II and surnamed al-Himar (Arabic: الحمار), was the fourteenth and last caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 744 until his death. His reign was dominated by a civil war, and he was the last Umayyad ruler to rule the united Caliphate before the Abbasid Revolution toppled the Umayyad dynasty.

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