ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān
historical figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Abū Zabbān · ابا زبان · عبد الملك ابن مروان · عبد الملك بن مروان · عبدالملك بن مروان
in the texts
Adab al-wazīr
The Umayyad caliph, quoted as an authority on the hidden hours of fate.
beware the two renewing ones (al-jadīdān), for the decrees of fate have their hours at which eyes are lowered before them.
And ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān said to Rawḥ ibn Zinbāʻ:
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
The Umayyad caliph given two mocking by-names, one for his breath and one for his avarice, each with its cause expressly reported.
and their calling ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān “Abū Zabbān” for the foulness of his breath, and “the fat of the stone” for his avarice (3);