THE MARWANID CALIPHATE ‘ABD AL-MALIK ( ) and AL-WALID ( )
The Empire of the Marwanids
‘ABD AL-MALIK and his successors Abd al-Malik ( ) Al-Walid ( ): son of Abd al-Malik Sulayman ( ): son of Abd al-Malik ‘Umar II ( ): nephew of Abd al-Malik Yazid II ( ): son of Abd al-Malik Hisham ( ): son of Abd al-Malik Al-Walid II ( ): nephew of Hisham Yazid III and Ibrahim (744): sons of al-Walid I Marwan II ( ): nephew of Abd al-Malik
Monetary Reform of Abd al-Malik Byzantine solidus or nomisma: gold coin, 4.5 grams Constans II ( )
A Byzantine challenge Solidi of Justinian II ( )
Abd al-Malik: a failed reform A Muslim figural coinage: The cross uncrossed The three figures: counterparts to Christ?
A second reform effort: imperial iconography The standing caliph and uncrossed cross
At last, an Islamic coinage Abd al-Malik’s reform dinar, Gold, 4.25 grams NO images, just Muslim statements of faith
Silver: from Sasanian iconography to Islam The image of the King of Kings “In the name of God”
A new silver coin: the dirham 2.97 grams Formal exchange rate with the gold dinar: 14:1
Islam supreme: the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
The Dome of the Rock in modern dress
A sacred space-- but in just what sense?
Islamic mosque or Byzantine martyrium?
How is the Dome of the Rock organized?
Islam as an imperial religion: the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
From temple to church to mosque
The prayer hall
The shape of the Umayyad Mosque
Mosque or Palace?
The Palace of Theoderic (ca. 500): St Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna
Grandeur
A vision of Paradise?