Bakkār ibn ʿAbd al-Malik بكار بن عبد الملك | |||||
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Born | Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Died | 750 NearNahr Abi Futrus,Palestine, Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Spouse | Izza bint Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amr ibn Uthman ibn Affan | ||||
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Dynasty | Umayyad | ||||
Father | Abd al-Malik | ||||
Mother | A'isha bint Musa ibn Talha ibn Ubaydallah | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Abū Bakr Bakkār ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (died 750) was anUmayyad prince, a son of caliphAbd al-Malik (r. 685–705).
Bakkar, also known as Abu Bakr,[1] was the son of theUmayyad caliphAbd al-Malik (r. 685–705) and his wife A'isha bint Musa, a granddaughter ofTalha, a prominent companion ofMuhammad.[2] Bakkar was married to a former wife of his half-brother Caliphal-Walid I (r. 705–715), Izza bint Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amr, a great-great-granddaughter of CaliphUthman (r. 644–656).[3] Bakkar and his half-brothersSa'id al-Khayr andMuhammad were among those of the Umayyad family gathered by their cousin, CaliphMarwan II (r. 744–750), atDayr Ayyub to giveoaths of allegiance to Marwan's sons Ubaydallah and Abdallah as heirs apparent.[4] He was among the Umayyads who were executed by theAbbasids atNahr Abi Futrus in 750, after the dynasty was toppled.[1]