Sa'id ibn Abd al-Malik (al-Khayr)

سعيد بن عبد الملك (سعيد الخير)

Sa'id ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, called Sa'id al-Khayr, who displayed piety; in al-Baladhuri: the site of his river was a beast-haunted thicket which al-Walid granted him — some say the grantor was Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz — and he dug the river named for him and settled the land.

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عبد الملك بن مروان
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Banu Umayya ibn Abd Shams

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Abdullah ibn Abd al-Malik

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan the Umayyad; in al-Baladhuri: he led the summer raid of year 84, entering by the Antioch pass and coming to Masisa where he built the fortress on its ancient foundation, settling garrison troops among them three hundred picked men of known valour and building a mosque on the fortress hill, then marched on to take the fortress of Sinan and sent Yazid ibn Hunayn al-Ta'i al-Antaki raiding before returning.