Marwan ibn Abd al-Malik

Marwan ibn Abd al-Malik
مروان بن عبد الملك
Heir presumptive of the Umayyad Caliphate
Tenure705–715
BornMedina, Umayyad Caliphate
Died716 or 717
al-Sham, Umayyad Caliphate
Burial
al-Sham
RelativesAl-Walid I (brother)
Sulayman (brother)
Names
Marwan ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
DynastyUmayyad
FatherAbd al-Malik
MotherWallada bint al-Abbas ibn al-Jaz al-Absiyya
ReligionIslam

Marwān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (Arabic: مروان بن عبد الملك بن مروان) (d. 715/16 or 716/17), referred to as Marwān al-Akbar (Arabic: مروان الأكبر, lit.'Marwan the Elder') to distinguish him from his younger half-brother with the same name, was an Umayyad prince, son of Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, (r. 685–705) and one-time heir to the caliphate.