Person
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
b. 691 CE – d. 743 CE
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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691 – 6 February 743) is the 10th Umayyad caliph, who rules from 723 until his death in 743.
When he was born in 691 his mother named him after her father.
People
- Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri
- Abu l-Hattar al Husam ibn Darar al-Kalbi
- Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani
- Alfonso I of Asturias
Groups
- Iranian peoples
- Georgians
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
Cite this entry
Moran, J. (2017). Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. History Atlas. Retrieved 30 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/hisham-ibn-abd-al-malik/
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