Abdul `aziz 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VII/E VIII |
Dates | 685 (taq) / 705 (taq) |
Variant Names | `Abd al-`Aziz; `bd l`zyz |
Religion | Muslim |
Ethnicity | Arab |
Locations | Egypt |
Textual Sources | Chronicon Anonymi ad annum 1234 pertinens, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, I = CSCO 81-82 (Paris, 1916-20), II = CSCO 109 (Louvain, 1937) (chronicle) |
Young brother of the caliph `Abd al-Malik (Abdulmalik 1) and of Muhammad 2; he was appointed emir of Egypt by Abdulmalik but the actual government was entrusted to Athanasios of Edessa (Athanasios 4); he died in Egypt during his brother's caliphate (685-705): Chron. 1234, §149 (pp. 294- 295)(
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