Marwan ibn al-Hakam

مروان بن الحكم

Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As ibn Umayya; he rode in Abdallah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh's reinforced army to Ifriqiya in Uthman's raid with his brother al-Harith ibn al-Hakam; his rule came later, after Mu'awiya ibn Yazid's death amid Ibn al-Zubayr's fitna.

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The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period
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Participated in
The First Raid on Ifriqiya and the Killing of Its Patrikios
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Banu Umayya ibn Abd Shams

People and things also explored

Uthman ibn Affan· Banu Abd Shams· Abdullah ibn Abd al-Malik· Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh· Abu Dhu'ayb al-Hudhali· Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· al-Walid ibn Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Uthman ibn Affan

Third caliph (644–656); the early community married him to two of the Prophet's daughters in succession. Under him the Qur'an was standardized into a single recension; he was killed by rebels in Medina, opening the first civil war.