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 According to historical reports, Umm Khalid suffocated him with a pillow when he was sleeping.<ref>Ibn al-ʿImrānī, ''al-Inbāʾ'', p. 49.</ref> According to another report, Marwan was struck by plague and it killed him.<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 7, p. 207.</ref>
-Marwan's caliphate lasted nine or ten months. He died at the beginning of the [[month of Ramadan]], 65/685 at the age of 64.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1389.</ref> Before his death, he had made his son, 'Abd al-Malik, as the crown prince and appointed his other son, 'Abd al-'Aziz, as the second crown prince; so, after the death of Marwan, 'Abd al-Malik became the caliph and people of [[Syria]] gave allegiance to him.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 2, p. 23.</ref>
+Marwan's caliphate lasted nine or ten months. He died at the beginning of the [[month of Ramadan]], 65/April 685 at the age of 64.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1389.</ref> Before his death, he had made his son, 'Abd al-Malik, as the crown prince and appointed his other son, 'Abd al-'Aziz, as the second crown prince; so, after the death of Marwan, 'Abd al-Malik became the caliph and people of [[Syria]] gave allegiance to him.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, ''al-Imāma wa l-sīyāsa'', vol. 2, p. 23.</ref>
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