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== Caliphate == | == Caliphate == | ||
After [[Mu'awiya b. Yazid]] withdrew from caliphate ([[64]]/683), Umayyads gave [[allegiance]] to Marwan for caliphate.<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 7, p. 207.</ref> To strengthen his government, Marwan first went to Jabiya (north of Hawran) and called people to himself and in 64/683-684, people of [[Jordan]] gave allegiance to him. He then went to Syria and tried to correct affairs. In Syria, [[Dahhak b. Qays al-Fihri]] was calling people to give allegiance to [['Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr]] and this led to his battle with Marwan when Dahhak was defeated and killed.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 6, p. 204.</ref> | After [[Mu'awiya b. Yazid]] withdrew from caliphate ([[64]]/683-4), Umayyads gave [[allegiance]] to Marwan for caliphate.<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 7, p. 207.</ref> To strengthen his government, Marwan first went to Jabiya (north of Hawran) and called people to himself and in 64/683-684, people of [[Jordan]] gave allegiance to him. He then went to Syria and tried to correct affairs. In Syria, [[Dahhak b. Qays al-Fihri]] was calling people to give allegiance to [['Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr]] and this led to his battle with Marwan when Dahhak was defeated and killed.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 6, p. 204.</ref> | ||
To expand his rule, Marwan sent an army to [[Egypt]] and brought the people there who wanted to give allegiance to 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr under his own control. He then appointed his son, [['Abd al-Malik b. Marwan|'Abd al-Malik]] to the government there. Then, he returned to Syria and died soon.<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 7, p. 207.</ref> | To expand his rule, Marwan sent an army to [[Egypt]] and brought the people there who wanted to give allegiance to 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr under his own control. He then appointed his son, [['Abd al-Malik b. Marwan|'Abd al-Malik]] to the government there. Then, he returned to Syria and died soon.<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 7, p. 207.</ref> | ||
One of the important actions he did during his short rule was minting Dinar coins of Syria, on which the first verse of the [[Qur'an 112]] (Sura al-Ikhlas) was inscribed.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 4, p. 204.</ref> | One of the important actions he did during his short rule was minting Dinar coins of Syria, on which the first verse of the [[Qur'an 112]] (Sura al-Ikhlas) was inscribed.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 4, p. 204.</ref> | ||
==Death == | ==Death == | ||