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Umm al-Banin bint Abd al-Aziz
Wife of Umayyad caliph al-Walid I

Umm al-Banin bint Abd al-Aziz

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Wife of Umayyad caliph al-Walid I
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Umm al-Banin bint Abd al-Aziz (Arabic: أم البنين بنت عبد العزيز) was an Umayyad princess, principal wife of the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I and sister of eight Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz.

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Umm al-Banin was the daughter of Umayyad prince and powerful governor of Egypt Abd al-Aziz and his third wife, Layla bint Suhayl.

Her grandfather, Marwan had named Abd al-Aziz his second heir after Abd al-Malik. The latter, however, wanted his son al-Walid I (r. 705–715) to succeed him, and Abd al-Aziz was persuaded not to object to this change. In the event, Abd al-Aziz died on 12 May 705 CE (13 Jumada I AH 86), four months before Abd al-Malik. Abd al-Malik nominated his son as heir shortly after her father's death.

Umm al-Banin married her cousin al-Walid, Historian Marsham notes al-Walid's marriage to his first cousin, Umm al-Banin, "tied the fortunes" of Abd al-Malik and her father, Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan. From her al-Walid had his sons Abd al-Aziz, Muhammad, Marwan, and Anbasa, and a daughter, A'isha. Her elder son Abd al-Aziz was regarded by his father as "the sayyid, the most forceful personality, amongst his sons", according to the historian C. E. Bosworth.

Her husband died 715 and was succeeded by nominated heir Sulayman after her brother-in law Sulayman's death. Her brother became caliph because her brother-in-law nominated her brother as successor on his death bed.

Umm al-Banin was known as she was a relative to eleven Umayyad caliphs out of fourteen.

Caliphs related to her

Umm al-Banin related to Umayyad ruling house both paternally and maternally. She was contemporary and related to several powerful Umayyad caliphs.

No.Umayyad caliphsRelation
1Marwan IGrandfather
2Abd al-MalikUncle and Father-in-law
3al-Walid IHusband
4Sulayman ibn Abd al-MalikCousin and brother-in law
5Umar ibn Abd al-AzizBrother
6Yazid IICousin and brother-in-law
7HishamCousin and brother-in-law
8al-Walid INephew
9Yazid IIINephew
10Ibrahim ibn al-WalidNephew
11Marwan IICousin

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