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Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz

Umar II is remembered as an unusually pious Umayyad caliph and reform-minded ruler.

BORN 682 CE · Medina, HijazDIED 720 CE · Dair Sim'an, SyriaERA Umayyad
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Pursued reforms associated with justice, fiscal restraint, and religious accountability.

THE RECORD
  • His reign was short but became morally significant in later Muslim memory.
  • He is associated with fairer treatment of non-Arab converts.
  • Some traditions link his era with early official support for hadith recording.
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