Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik

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Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: مسلمة بن عبد الملك ) was a son of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. In 709 he was appointed military governor of Armenia, a post he held until 715. As a general of the Caliphate's armies, he led the siege of Constantinople in 717 CE. He was governor of Khurasan in 720. In the same year he defeated and killed the rebel Yazid ibn al-Muhallab. He was again appointed governor of Armenia in 731, following the disastrous defeat of al-Djarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami. He may have been the Arab commander at the Battle of Mosul in that year.

Maslamah was instrumental in the fortification and expansion of the town of Derbent during his tenure in the Caucasus. He led campaigns against the Khazar Khaganate in the early 730's, during which he penetrated the Gate of the Alans and sacked Balanjar. He fell out of favor again and was replaced by Marwan ibn Muhammad. He died in 738.