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Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

Fifth caliph of the Umayyad line, reigning 65-86/685-705. He restored the unity of the state after the defeat of Musab ibn al-Zubayr and the killing of Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr at Mecca, relied on al-Hajjaj to govern Iraq, made Arabic the language of the financial offices, issued an Islamic gold dinar, and, according to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, built the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem. He died in Shawwal 86/October 705 and was succeeded by his son al-Walid.

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