Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan/archive1

TFA blurb review
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646–705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 until his death. At his accession, Umayyad authority in the Caliphate had been restricted to Syria and Egypt as a result of the Second Muslim Civil War. Abd al-Malik reunited the Caliphate after defeating the Zubayrids at the Battle of Maskin in Iraq and the Siege of Mecca in 692. The wars with Byzantium recommenced, resulting in Umayyad advances into Anatolia and Armenia and the recapture of Kairouan, which led to the conquests of western North Africa and most of the Iberian Peninsula during the reign of his son and successor, al-Walid I. Abd al-Malik founded the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the earliest archaeologically attested religious monument built by a Muslim ruler. He introduced a single Islamic currency and established Arabic as the language of the bureaucracy, replacing Greek in Syria and Persian in Iraq. His centralized government became the prototype of later medieval Muslim states.

Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 23:28, 29 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tweaks, Al Ameer, but that took us over the limit. I removed part of it, and it's at 1012 characters now, close to the upper limit. - Dank (push to talk) 02:43, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I revised it again. How’s it looking now? —Al Ameer (talk) 03:05, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The length is good. "Second Muslim Civil War" will get reverted for sure, because it's a redirect; I've bypassed the redirect. - Dank (push to talk) 03:10, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't understand "which gave way", can you rephrase? - Dank (push to talk) 03:14, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks . Replaced “gave way” with “led” as you previously had it. —Al Ameer (talk) 03:42, 30 June 2019 (UTC)