Al-Walid I

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Caliph Muslim ruler Umayyad caliph

Al-Walid I was an Umayyad caliph (r. 705–715) known for major expansions of the Islamic empire and for sponsoring monumental architectural projects, including significant works at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Great Mosque of Damascus.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caliph → Muslim ruler → Umayyad caliph →
architecturalPatronage	Al-Aqsa Mosque → Great Mosque of Damascus → Roads and way-stations for pilgrims → Umayyad Mosque in Medina (expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque) →
birthPlace	Hejaz → Medina → Umayyad Caliphate →
branchOfIslam	Sunni Islam →
caliphalNumber	6th Umayyad caliph →
capitalDuringReign	Damascus →
deathPlace	Bilad al-Sham → Damascus → Umayyad Caliphate →
dynasty	Umayyad dynasty →
era	Early Islamic period →
father	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan →
fullName	Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik →
givenName	Al-Walid →
house	Banu Umayya →
knownForPolicy	Support for public works and welfare institutions → Use of state revenues for large-scale building projects →
militaryCampaignsDirected	Conquest of Sind under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim → Conquests in Transoxiana under Qutayba ibn Muslim → Early Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula →
mother	Wallada bint al-Abbas ibn al-Jaz →
notableFor	Administrative consolidation of the early Islamic empire → Construction of the Great Mosque of Damascus → Expansion and embellishment of the Al-Aqsa Mosque → Major territorial expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate → Patronage of monumental Islamic architecture →
positionHeld	Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate →
predecessor	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan →
regionRuled	Arabia → Iraq → Parts of Central Asia → Parts of North Africa → Parts of the Iberian Peninsula → Parts of the Indian subcontinent → Syria →
reignEnd	715 →
reignStart	705 →
religion	Islam →
successor	Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik →
territorialExpansion	Hispania → Iberian Peninsula → Sind → Transoxiana →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al-Aqsa Mosque →	associatedCaliph
Great Mosque of Damascus →	builtUnder
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan →	child
Al-Walid I ("Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik") →	fullName
Al-Walid I ("Al-Walid") →	givenName
The Farthest Mosque ("Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I") →	linkedFigure
Arab–Byzantine wars ("al-Walid I") →	opponent
Umayyad conquest of Hispania →	primaryCaliph
Muhammad bin Qasim ("Caliph al-Walid I") →	servedUnder
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan →	successor