Abd al-Aziz ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz

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Umayyad governor of Medina from 744 to 747

Abd al-Aziz ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz was the son of Umayyad caliph Umar II and governor of Medina from 744 to 747.

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Life

Abd al-Aziz was the son of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz. He was named after his grandfather Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan.

His father became caliph in 717 and ruled until his death in 720. He was succeeded by his cousin and brother-in-law Yazid II.

In 744 Abd al-Aziz was appointed as governor¹ of Medina by caliph² Yazid ibn al-Walid.³

Abd al-Aziz remained as governor of Medina until he was dismissed by Marwan II and was replaced by his cousin Abd al-Wahid ibn Sulayman in 747.⁴

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Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, pp. 370, 406. - Khalifah ibn Khayyat (1985). al-Umari, Akram Diya' (ed.). Tarikh Khalifah ibn Khayyat (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Al-Riyadh: Dar Taybah. ↩
Yarshater 1985–2007, v. 27: pp. 90-92, 113; McMillan 2011, pp. 144, 155–56; Khalifah ibn Khayyat 1985, p. 406; Al-Ya'qubi 1883, pp. 405–06. - Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. (1985–2007). The History of al-Ṭabarī (40 vols). SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7249-1. ↩