Talk:Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik

Some tidbits of info
There's some information found on page 34 of this source about Maslama's governorship of Jund Qinnasrin: 

The basic tidbits are the following:
 * According to Jere L. Bacharach, Maslama was the likely founder of the Great Mosque of Aleppo.
 * He was governor of Qinnasrin sometime before 710 during al-Walid's reign and continued in this role during Caliph Sulayman'd rule. This explains why many historians claim the Great Mosque's construction was started by al-Walid and finished by al-Sulayman.
 * Maslama likely used Aleppo as a major base during his campaigns against the Byzantines, for which the mosque's construction would have been appropriate.
 * He was possibly responsible for a number of unspecified construction works in the ancient town of Qinnasrin.
 * Maslama's role as commander against the Byzantines, and his governorship of Jazira, Iraq, Azerbaijan and Armenia are all better known than his governorship of Jund Qinnasrin.

I would add at least some of this information, but I'm not sure how best to integrate it into the article. --Al Ameer son (talk) 17:09, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Improvements
Continuing the discussion from my talk page. Added the bulk of the material on his land reclamation schemes and (possible) building works. Few things to clear up before proceeding with nomination:
 * Should we elaborate a bit more that Maslama's nephew and successor, Marwan ibn Muhammad, developed a power base among the Syro-Jaziran frontier troops and, with them, seized power as the last Umayyad caliph?
 * Some kind of map (interactive or otherwise) of his estates in northern Syria (Balis area), the Jazira (Hisn Maslama-Bajadda), and southern Iraq? Or alternatively, just a map showing Jund Qinnasrin/Jazira, since these regions are not shown in the article?
 * I think this map, File:Al-Jazira.svg, would work best if you would be able to 'plug' the towns of Balis and Qinnasrin; perhaps change 'Halab' to 'Aleppo' and delete 'al-Raqqah'; and note the districts of Qinnasrin and Hims. --Al Ameer (talk) 18:07, 13 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Should the present structure/order of the sections remain, following the recent additions, or do you have a better configuration?
 * Will expand lead to reflect recent changes. Al Ameer (talk) 21:52, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Lead done, please feel free to copyedit. Al Ameer (talk) 05:33, 13 April 2022 (UTC)