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Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Umayyad caliph

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Ibrahim ibn al-Walid

13th and penultimate Umayyad caliph in 744

Ibrahim ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad caliph, and a son of Caliph al-Walid I. He ruled from 4 October 744 to 4 December 744. He was the penultimate Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.
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Caliphate

Islamic form of government

A caliphate is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph, a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire Muslim world (ummah). Historically, the caliphates…
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