إبراهيم بن الوليد بن عبد الملك

132 AH

Abu Ishaq, sworn in after his brother Yazid al-Naqis died — some say designated, others not; per Burd ibn Sinan, Qatan forged a deed of succession on Yazid's lips and had men witness it though Yazid had designated nothing. He held the caliphate seventy nights, then was deposed Monday 14 Safar 127 when Marwan ibn Muhammad marched on him; al-Mada'ini says his authority never settled — some greeted him as caliph, some as amir, some refused the bay'a. His seal read 'Ibrahim trusts in God'. He lived until 132, then was killed among the Banu Umayya in al-Saffah's massacre {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 410-411}.

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The Sibayn Reclamation and Maslama's Estates

In al-Baladhuri: when breaches burst in al-Hajjaj's days he wrote al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik that he had costed their damming at three million dirhams; al-Walid found it excessive. Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik said 'I will pay, if you grant me the lowlands that still hold water after the three million is spent by your trusted adviser al-Hajjaj.' Granted, Maslama acquired adjoining tasasij lands, dug al-Sibayn, drew peasants and cultivators, brought the lands under tillage and annexed many estates to fortify himself. When the blessed dawla came and Umayyad wealth was seized, all al-Sibayn was granted to Dawud ibn Ali ibn Abdallah ibn al-Abbas, then bought from his heirs with its rights and bounds — becoming caliphal estates.

إبراهيم بن الوليد بن عبد الملك

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