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Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, one of the greatest Umayyad caliphs. Reunified the empire after the Second Fitna, defeated Ibn al-Zubayr at Mecca (692), introduced the Arab dinar (replacement of the Byzantine solidus), Arabized the administration, built the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem (691).
Birthin 646 in Medina
Deathin 705 in Damas