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Also Known As ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān
Born 646 or 647 • Medina • Saudi Arabia
Died October 705 • Damascus • Syria
House / Dynasty Umayyad dynasty
Notable Family Members father Marwān I ibn al-Hakam • son Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik • son al-Walīd

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