Marwan al-Himar

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Caliph Historical figure Monarch Umayyad caliph

Marwan al-Himar, better known as Marwan II, was the last Umayyad caliph who ruled from 744 to 750 CE before the dynasty was overthrown by the Abbasid Revolution.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Marwan al-Himar canonical	1
Marwan bin Muhammad	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caliph ⓘ Historical figure ⓘ Monarch ⓘ Umayyad caliph ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Marwan II ⓘ Marwan II ⓘ surface form: Marwan II ibn Muhammad Marwan al-Himar ⓘ surface form: Marwan bin Muhammad Marwan II ⓘ surface form: Marwan ibn Muhammad
capitalDuringReign	Damascus ⓘ
conflict	Abbasid Revolution ⓘ Third Fitna ⓘ
countryRuled	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
deathCause	Killed while fleeing from Abbasid forces ⓘ
deathDate	750 ⓘ
deathPlace	Near the Nile Delta, Egypt ⓘ
dynasty	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Umayyad dynasty
epithet	al-Himar ⓘ
era	8th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Arab
father	Muhammad ibn Marwan ⓘ
governorOf	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ
grandfather	Marwan I ⓘ
historicalRegionRuled	Egypt ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Parts of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Parts of the Caucasus ⓘ Syria ⓘ
house	Banu Umayyah ⓘ surface form: House of Umayya
laterSeatOfPower	Harran ⓘ
notableEvent	Abbasid Revolution ⓘ surface form: Fall of the Umayyad dynasty in the East
notableFor	Being the last Umayyad caliph in the East ⓘ Losing the caliphate to the Abbasids ⓘ
overthrownBy	Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
positionHeld	Caliph ⓘ surface form: Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate Umayyad caliph ⓘ
predecessor	al-Walid II ⓘ
reignEnd	750 ⓘ
reignStart	744 ⓘ
relative	Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ⓘ Ibrahim ibn al-Walid ⓘ Yazid III ⓘ al-Walid II ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
successor	as caliph, succeeded de facto by the Abbasid caliphs ⓘ
successorState	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
title	Imam ⓘ surface form: Commander of the Faithful
tribe	Banu Umayyah ⓘ surface form: Banu Umayya
wasLastHolderOf	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Umayyad caliphate in the East

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marwan II → alsoKnownAs → Marwan al-Himar ⓘ

Marwan al-Himar → alsoKnownAs → Marwan al-Himar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marwan bin Muhammad