Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
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The Umayyad caliph who purged the generals who'd won an empire. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik inherited the Caliphate at its territorial peak in 715, then systematically dismissed or killed the commanders who'd delivered Central Asia, Sind, and Iberia — some out of spite for his brother's viceroy, some to install loyalists. Expansion stopped; the siege of Consta
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Sulayman grew up the son of Caliph Abd al-Malik, spent years governing Palestine while resenting al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, the powerful viceroy who ran Iraq and the east for his father and brother al-Walid I. He founded Ramla around 715, built the White Mosque, and razed Lydda to make his new city the district seat. When he became caliph that year, he swept out al-Hajjaj's network: Qutayba ibn Muslim, conqueror of Transoxiana, died in a mutiny anticipating dismissal; Muhammad ibn al-Qasim, who'd taken Sind, was executed; Musa ibn Nusayr, conqueror of Iberia, was deposed and his son assassinated. Su…
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