Al-Walid I

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Al-Walid I was an Umayyad caliph (r. 705–715) known for major expansions of the Islamic empire and for sponsoring monumental architectural projects, including significant works at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Great Mosque of Damascus.

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Generate an image of Al-Walid I (Al-Walid I was an Umayyad caliph (r. 705–715) known for major expansions of the Islamic empire and for sponsoring monumental architectural projects, including significant works at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Great Mosque of Damascus.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Caliph ⓘ
Muslim ruler ⓘ
Umayyad caliph ⓘ
architecturalPatronage Al-Aqsa Mosque ⓘ
Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
Roads and way-stations for pilgrims ⓘ
Umayyad Mosque in Medina (expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque) ⓘ
linked to: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
birthPlace Hejaz ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
branchOfIslam Sunni Islam ⓘ
caliphalNumber 6th Umayyad caliph ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Damascus ⓘ
deathPlace Bilad al-Sham ⓘ
linked to: Bilad al-Sham@ar

Damascus ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
dynasty Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
era Early Islamic period ⓘ
father Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
fullName Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
givenName Al-Walid ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
house Banu Umayya ⓘ
linked to: Banu Umayyah
knownForPolicy Support for public works and welfare institutions ⓘ
Use of state revenues for large-scale building projects ⓘ
militaryCampaignsDirected Conquest of Sind under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim ⓘ
Conquests in Transoxiana under Qutayba ibn Muslim ⓘ
Early Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
mother Wallada bint al-Abbas ibn al-Jaz ⓘ
notableFor Administrative consolidation of the early Islamic empire ⓘ
Construction of the Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
Expansion and embellishment of the Al-Aqsa Mosque ⓘ
Major territorial expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Patronage of monumental Islamic architecture ⓘ
positionHeld Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Caliph
predecessor Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ
regionRuled Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Peninsula

Iraq ⓘ
Parts of Central Asia ⓘ
Parts of North Africa ⓘ
Parts of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
reignEnd 715 ⓘ
reignStart 705 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
successor Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik ⓘ
territorialExpansion Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Iberian Peninsula

Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Sind ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ

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Al-Aqsa Mosque → associatedCaliph → Al-Walid I ⓘ
Muhammad bin Qasim → servedUnder → Caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan → child → Al-Walid I ⓘ
The Farthest Mosque → linkedFigure → Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Arab–Byzantine wars → opponent → al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Al-Walid I → fullName → Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Al-Walid I → givenName → Al-Walid ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Great Mosque of Sanaʽa → builtDuringReignOf → Caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Umayyad relatives → hasNotableMember → al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Umayyad relatives → hasNotableMember → al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ⓘ
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Quseir Amra → builtDuringReignOf → al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
siege of Debal → overlord → Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I ⓘ
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Banu Umayyah → hasNotableMember → al-Walid I ⓘ
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House of Marwan → hasPart → Al-Walid I ⓘ
Yazid III → father → Al-Walid I ⓘ
al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf → servedUnder → Caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Jami al-Umawi → builder → Al-Walid I ⓘ
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid → father → Al-Walid I ⓘ
Great Mosque of Aleppo → builder → al-Walīd I (attributed) ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Anjar → builtDuringReignOf → Caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
subject linked to: Anjar (Umayyad city in Lebanon)
linked to: Al-Walid I
Yazid II → sibling → al-Walid I ⓘ
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Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik → predecessor → al-Walid I ⓘ
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Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik → brother → al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik → brother → Al-Walid I ⓘ
Musa ibn Nusayr → servedUnder → Caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik → caliphServed → al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik → sibling → al-Walid I ⓘ
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al-Walid II → relative → al-Walid I ⓘ
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Fatimah bint Abd al-Malik → sibling → al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Muhammad ibn Marwan → relative → al-Walid I ⓘ
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Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Malik → relative → al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri → servedUnder → Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Umayyad province of Sindh → establishedBy → Caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Umayyad army → notableCommander → Al-Walid I ⓘ
Syrian Arab tribes → alliedWith → Umayyad caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik → father → al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo → associatedWith → Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I ⓘ
linked to: Al-Walid I
Al-Walid II → givenName → Al-Walid ⓘ
subject linked to: Caliph al-Walid II
linked to: Al-Walid I