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Abd al-Malik ibn Atiyya

Also known as Ibn Atiyya al-Sa'di

Abd al-Malik ibn Atiyya was an Umayyad general sent by the caliph Marwan II with Syrian troops against the Ibadi rebels who had seized Mecca and Medina in 747. He defeated their commander Abu Hamza in the Hejaz and then advanced into Yemen, where the Ibadi imam Abd Allah ibn Yahya was killed. By 748 he had restored Umayyad rule in south-western Arabia.

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Ibadi Imamate of Hadramawt

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Abd al-Malik ibn Atiyya. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/abd-al-malik-ibn-atiyya
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