Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Caliph · Last strong Umayyad

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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malikهشام بن عبد الملك

Rusafa

A careful, long-reigning caliph whose rule marked the furthest reach of the Umayyad state.

From his palace at Rusafa he ruled for nineteen years. His armies were checked at Tours in 732, and a great Berber revolt broke out in North Africa in 740. He was known as frugal and hard-working.

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