Muhammad ibn Marwan

Muhammad ibn Marwan
Governor of Mesopotamia,
Armenia and Adharbayjan
In office
Unknown–709/10
Succeeded byMaslama ibn Abd al-Malik
Personal details
Died719 or 720
Spouses
  • Umm Jumayl bint Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab
  • Bint Yazid ibn Abd Allah ibn Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah
  • Mother of Marwan II
ChildrenMarwan II
Parents
Military service
AllegianceUmayyad Caliphate
Years of service690–710
Battles/wars

Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān[1] Muḥammad ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam (Arabic: محمد بن مروان) (died 719/720) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most important generals of the Umayyad Caliphate in the period 690–710, and the one who completed the Arab conquest of Armenia. He defeated the Byzantines and conquered their Armenian territories, crushed an Armenian rebellion in 704–705 and made the country into an Umayyad province. His son Marwan II (r. 744–750) was the last Umayyad caliph.

  1. ^ Zetterstéen 1993, p. 408.