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Abd al-Malik

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About Abd al-Malik

Abdul Malik is an Arabic male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Malik. The name means "servant of the King", in the Christian instance 'King' meaning 'King of Kings' as in Jesus Christ and in Islam, Al-Malik being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Empire661 CE – 750 CE

Umayyad Caliphate

The first hereditary Islamic dynasty after the Rashidun Caliphate, the Umayyads expanded Muslim rule from the Iberian Peninsula to the borders of India and China, creating the largest empire the world had seen to that point.