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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Al-Walid I canonical	11
al-Walid I	7
Caliph al-Walid I	5
Al-Walid	1
Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik	1
Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I	1
Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I	1
al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik	1
al-Walīd I (attributed)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caliph ⓘ Muslim ruler ⓘ Umayyad caliph ⓘ
architecturalPatronage	Al-Aqsa Mosque ⓘ Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ Roads and way-stations for pilgrims ⓘ Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ surface form: 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@ar ⓘ surface form: Bilad al-Sham Damascus ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
dynasty	Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Umayyad dynasty
era	Early Islamic period ⓘ
father	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
fullName	Al-Walid I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
givenName	Al-Walid I self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Al-Walid
house	Banu Umayyah ⓘ surface form: Banu Umayya
knownForPolicy	Support for public works and welfare institutions ⓘ Use of state revenues for large-scale building projects ⓘ
militaryCampaignsDirected	Umayyad conquest of Sindh ⓘ surface form: Conquest of Sind under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim Conquests in Transoxiana under Qutayba ibn Muslim ⓘ Umayyad conquest of Hispania ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate
predecessor	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
regionRuled	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ surface form: 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	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Hispania Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Sind ⓘ Transoxiana ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Al-Aqsa Mosque → associatedCaliph → Al-Walid I ⓘ

Muhammad bin Qasim → servedUnder → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caliph al-Walid I

Great Mosque of Damascus → builtUnder → Al-Walid I ⓘ

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan → successor → Al-Walid I ⓘ

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan → child → Al-Walid I ⓘ

The Farthest Mosque → linkedFigure → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I

Umayyad conquest of Hispania → primaryCaliph → Al-Walid I ⓘ

Arab–Byzantine wars → opponent → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Walid I

Al-Walid I → fullName → Al-Walid I self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik

Al-Walid I → givenName → Al-Walid I self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Walid

Great Mosque of Sanaʽa → builtDuringReignOf → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caliph al-Walid I

Umayyad relatives → hasNotableMember → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Walid I

Umayyad relatives → hasNotableMember → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik

Quseir Amra → builtDuringReignOf → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Walid I

Umayyad conquest of Sindh → caliphDuringConflict → Al-Walid I ⓘ

siege of Debal → overlord → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I

Banu Umayyah → hasNotableMember → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Walid I

House of Marwan → hasPart → Al-Walid I ⓘ

Yazid III → father → Al-Walid I ⓘ

al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf → servedUnder → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caliph al-Walid I

Jami al-Umawi → builder → Al-Walid I ⓘ

Ibrahim ibn al-Walid → father → Al-Walid I ⓘ

Great Mosque of Aleppo → builder → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Walīd I (attributed)

Anjar (Umayyad city in Lebanon) → builtDuringReignOf → Al-Walid I ⓘ

subject surface form: Anjar

this entity surface form: Caliph al-Walid I

Yazid II → sibling → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Walid I

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik → predecessor → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Walid I

Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik → brother → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Walid I

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik → brother → Al-Walid I ⓘ

Musa ibn Nusayr → servedUnder → Al-Walid I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caliph al-Walid I