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Umayyad prince and Commander
Maslama ibn Hisham مسلمة بن هشام
Died
c. 750
Wife
Umm Salama bint Ya'qub ibn Salama
Children
Sa'id ibn Maslama
Names
Abu Shakir Maslama ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
House
Marwanid
Dynasty
Umayyad
Father
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
Mother
Umm Hakim bint Yahya
Religion
Islam
Occupation
Umayyad commander and confidant of Caliph al-Walid II
Military career
Allegiance
Umayyad Caliphate
Rank
Commander
Battles/wars
Arab–Byzantine wars,
Capture of the Cappadocia,
Capture of Ancyra fortress in 739
Relations
Al-Walid II (cousin) Yazid III (cousin) Mu'awiya (brother) Sulayman (brother) Yazid al-Afqam (brother)
Maslama ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: مسلمة بن هشام بن عبد الملك, romanized: Maslama ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; died c. 750), also known by his kunyaAbu Shakir, was an Umayyad prince and commander.
His capture of the southern caverns of Cappadocia and the fortress of Ancyra in 739 marked the last Umayyad military gains in the wars with Byzantium. Despite the abortive attempts by his father Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 724–743) to install Maslama as his chosen successor in place of al-Walid ibn Yazid, Maslama became a close companion of al-Walid and defended him from his father's machinations. As a result, he was spared the fate of his brothers who were imprisoned upon al-Walid's accession in 743. Nothing is heard of Maslama afterward and he may have been killed in a massacre of the Umayyad family by the Abbasids following their takeover of the Caliphate in 750.
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