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Umar b. Abd al-Aziz was born in 62 AH.<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 5, p. 255.</ref> During the caliphate of [[Walid ibn Abd al-Malik]] (caliphate: 86 to 96 AH), he was appointed governor of Medina in 87 AH at the age of 25;<ref>Tarikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk, vol. 6, p. 427; Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 5, p. 255.</ref> but in 93 AH, he was dismissed | Umar b. Abd al-Aziz was born in 62 AH.<ref>Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 5, p. 255.</ref> During the caliphate of [[Walid ibn Abd al-Malik]] (caliphate: 86 to 96 AH), he was appointed governor of Medina in 87, AH at the age of 25;<ref>Tarikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk, vol. 6, p. 427; Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 5, p. 255.</ref> but in 93 AH, he was dismissed as governor of [[Medina]] at the request of [[Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]].<ref>Sirat wa Manaqib Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, p. 41; Tarikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk, Tabari, vol. 6, p. 481; Tarikh al-Khulafa, p. 271.</ref> | ||
Umar b. Abd al-Aziz, who had been appointed as successor by [[Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik]],<ref>Tarikh Tahlili Islam, p. 230.</ref> became caliph in 99 AH.<ref>Tarikh Khulafa az Rehlat Payambar ta Zawal Umayyan, p. 653.</ref> He is remembered favorably<ref>Tarikh al-Khulafa, p. 270 and p. 274.</ref> and described as a righteous, anti-oppression, and just individual who sought to revive the methods of the [[Rashidun Caliphs]] in his caliphate.<ref>Sirat wa Manaqib Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, p. 87; Bamdad Islam, p. 149.</ref><ref>"Islahat Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wa Ta'thir an bar Vaz'iyat Shi'ian", p. 237.</ref><ref>Tarikh Khulafa az Rehlat Payambar ta Zawal Umayyan, p. 654, p. 658.</ref> After two years and five months of caliphate, he died in 101 AH and was buried in the city of Homs, [[Syria]].<ref>Tarikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk, vol. 6, p. 565 and p. 566.</ref> | Umar b. Abd al-Aziz, who had been appointed as successor by [[Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik]],<ref>Tarikh Tahlili Islam, p. 230.</ref> became caliph in 99 AH.<ref>Tarikh Khulafa az Rehlat Payambar ta Zawal Umayyan, p. 653.</ref> He is remembered favorably<ref>Tarikh al-Khulafa, p. 270 and p. 274.</ref> and described as a righteous, anti-oppression, and just individual who sought to revive the methods of the [[Rashidun Caliphs]] in his caliphate.<ref>Sirat wa Manaqib Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, p. 87; Bamdad Islam, p. 149.</ref><ref>"Islahat Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wa Ta'thir an bar Vaz'iyat Shi'ian", p. 237.</ref><ref>Tarikh Khulafa az Rehlat Payambar ta Zawal Umayyan, p. 654, p. 658.</ref> After two years and five months of caliphate, he died in 101 AH and was buried in the city of Homs, [[Syria]].<ref>Tarikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk, vol. 6, p. 565 and p. 566.</ref> | ||