Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik, Prince · Umayyad prince and general

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Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malikمسلمة بن عبد الملك

Approximate dateConstantinople

The Umayyad prince who led the great siege of Constantinople in 717–718.

A son of Abd al-Malik, he spent his life on the Byzantine and Caucasus fronts. His army besieged Constantinople for a year until hunger, cold and Greek fire forced Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz to call it home.

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