Ibrāhīm ibn al-Walīd
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Walīd ( Arabic ابراهيم بن الوليد; d. 25 January 750) was the thirteenth Caliph of the Umayyad (744).
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik was after the overthrow of his cousin al-Walid II (744) by his brother Yazid III. appointed as his successor when he died after a short reign.
However, it was only recognized in northern Syria . Above all, the Umayyad Marwan II appeared as the avenger of the slain al-Walid. As governor of Armenia and Mesopotamia, he entered Syria and defeated Ibrahim's troops. According to the report of al-Yaʿqūbīs, he took the oath of allegiance on November 26, 744 in Damascus . Ibrāhīm spent the following years at the court of Marwān and fell on the day of the Battle of the Zab along with other members of the Umayyad family.
literature
- Claude Cahen : Islam I. From the origin to the beginnings of the Ottoman Empire (= Fischer Weltgeschichte . Volume 14). Fischer paperback, Frankfurt am Main 1968.
- V. Cremonesi: Ibrāhīm b. al-Walīd. In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition . Vol. III, pp. 990b-991a.
- JJ Saunders: A history of Medieval Islam. Routledge & Paul, London 1965, ISBN 0-7100-2077-5 (Reprint, Routledge, London et al. 1990, ISBN 0-415-05914-3 ).
- Julius Wellhausen : The Arab Empire and its fall . Reimer, Berlin 1902 (reprint: de Gruyter, Berlin 1960).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Yazid III. | Umayyad Caliph 744 |
Marwan II |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ibrāhīm ibn al-Walīd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ibrahim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Umayyad Caliph |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century or 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 750 |