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Écija

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City and municipality in the province of Seville, Spain.

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Battle of Écija (1039)· Capture of Ecija (713)

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al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik· Battle of Écija (1039)· Capture of Ecija (713)

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islam.museum contributors. “Écija”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/cija/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik

Umayyad caliph who ruled 86 to 96 AH/705 to 715 CE and succeeded his father Abd al-Malik without opposition after the death of his uncle Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan. The Encyclopaedia of Islam describes his reign as a time of internal peace and outward expansion into al-Andalus, Transoxania and Sind, and him as a great patron of architecture, with the Great Mosque of Damascus given its present form and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina rebuilt. The article asks how far he contributed personally, and suggests his main achievement was preserving balance among the factions of the ruling family.