{"slug": "hisham-ibn-abd-al-malik", "label": "Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisham_ibn_Abd_al-Malik", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128332", "qid": "Q128332", "description": "tenth Umayyad caliph", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [691, 743], "span_label": ["691 CE", "743 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "anatolia", "label": "Anatolia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leo-iii-the-isaurian", "label": "Leo III the Isaurian", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-africa", "label": "North Africa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ifriqiya", "label": "Ifriqiya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wali-administrative-title", "label": "Wali (administrative title)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "asia-minor", "label": "Asia Minor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nicaea", "label": "Nicaea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 691, "year_label": "691 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Muslim caliph (d. 743)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806265#Births", "title": "691", "revid": 1340806265, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 724, "year_label": "724 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – (24 Sha'ban 105 AH) Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, becomes the new Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, which covers most of the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, after his brother Yazid II dies of tuberculosis following a 4-year reign. Hisham reigns for 19 years, during which he appoints Khalid al-Qasri as of Governor of Iraq", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808653#By_date", "title": "724", "revid": 1340808653, "section": "Events › By date"}}, {"year": 727, "year_label": "727 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Nicaea: Muslim forces under Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (son of Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik) penetrate deep into Asia Minor, and sack the fortress city of Gangra, but unsuccessfully lay siege to Nicaea (northwestern Anatolia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372352645#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "AD 727", "revid": 1372352645, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 740, "year_label": "740 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Akroinon: Following the disastrous Battle of Sebastopolis (see 692), Emperor Leo III has largely confined himself to a defensive strategy, while the Umayyad armies regularly launch raids into Byzantine-held Anatolia. Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik assembles an expeditionary force (90,000 men) under his son Sulayman ibn Hisham. One of these armies, 20,000 men strong under Abdallah al-Battal, is defeated at Akroinon (modern-day Afyon) by the Byzantines, led by Leo and his son, the future emperor Constantine V. About 6,800 Muslim Arabs, however, resist and manage to conduct an orderly retreat to Synnada (Phrygia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352534655#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "740", "revid": 1352534655, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 741, "year_label": "741 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Great Berber Revolt: Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik appoints Kulthum ibn Iyad al-Qasi as governor (wali) of Ifriqiya (North Africa). A fourth expedition is sent from Syria by the Umayyad Caliphate to crush the rebellion in the Atlas region, but is defeated at the Battle of Bagdoura, in the plain of the Ghrab (modern Morocco). The counter-attack of the Kharijite rebels to the East is successful, but fails to conquer Kairouan from the loyalists. A more radical branch of the Tunisian Kharijites, (the Sufrists) however, manages to take the city soon after.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322653390#Africa", "title": "741", "revid": 1322653390, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 742, "year_label": "742 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "After a 40-year vacancy, Stephen IV becomes Orthodox patriarch of Antioch, at the suggestion of caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809740#Religion", "title": "742", "revid": 1340809740, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 743, "year_label": "743 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik dies after a 19-year reign, in which the Arab expansion in Europe has been stopped and the Umayyad Caliphate has come under pressure from the Turks in Central Asia and Berbers in North Africa. He is succeeded by his nephew Al-Walid II, who has Khalid al-Qasri, former governor of Iraq, imprisoned and tortured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906425#Arabian_Empire", "title": "743", "revid": 1364906425, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 743, "year_label": "743 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Muslim caliph (b. 691)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906425#Deaths", "title": "743", "revid": 1364906425, "section": "Deaths"}}]}