Family tree of the Umayyad dynasty during the reign of Abd al-Malik, whose reliance on his family was unprecedented in the Caliphate's history.
English: Genealogical diagram of the Umayyad dynasty during the caliphate of Abd al-Malik. The diagram indicates those members of the Umayyad clan who served as governors and/or commanders in Abd al-Malik's government (see list below) and their common ancestors with Abd al-Malik. Diagram also indicates the sons and grandsons of Abd al-Malik who succeeded him as caliphs. List of Umayyads who served as Abd al-Malik's governors or commanders: Yahya ibn al-Hakam (uncle), governor of Palestine (ca. 685–694), governor of Medina (694–695), commander on Byzantine front (697–698) Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan (half-brother), governor/viceroy of Egypt and its western dependencies (685–704) Bishr ibn Marwan (half-brother), governor of Kufa (691–694), governor of Basra (693–694) Muhammad ibn Marwan (half-brother), governor of Upper Mesopotamia and later Armenia and Azerbaijan (685–710) Aban ibn Marwan (half-brother), governor of Palestine and/or Jordan (694?–pre-705) Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (son), governor of Palestine (pre-705–715) Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (son), commander on Byzantine front (705–738) Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Malik (son), commander on Byzantine front (701–703), governor of Egypt (704–709) Sa'id ibn Abd al-Malik (son), governor of Mosul (undetermined period between 691–705) Yazid II (son), governor of al-Balqa subdistrict of Damascus (undetermined period between 685–705) Aban ibn Uthman ibn Affan (second cousin), governor of Medina (695–702) Amr al-Ashdaq ibn Sa'id ibn al-As (third cousin, once removed), commander or courtier in Damascus (685–689) Khalid ibn Abd Allah ibn Khalid ibn Asid (third cousin, once removed), commander on Basran front (690), governor of Basra (691–693) Umayya ibn Abd Allah ibn Khalid ibn Asid (third cousin, once removed), governor of Khurasan (ca. 693–698) Aban ibn al-Walid ibn Uqba (third cousin, once removed), governor of Homs (ca. 685–691 or beyond) Khalid ibn Yazid I (third cousin, once removed), commander on Iraqi front (691) Abd Allah ibn Yazid I (third cousin, once removed), commander on Iraqi front (691) Yusuf ibn Yahya ibn al-Hakam (second cousin), governor of Mosul (undetermined period between 691–705) Sources: Crone, Patricia (1980). Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press Della Vida, Giorgio Levi (2000). "Umayya b. ʿAbd Shams". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume X: T–U. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 837–838. ISBN 90-04-11211-1. Fishbein, Michael, ed. (1990). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume 21: The Victory of the Marwānids, A.D. 685–693/A.H. 66–73. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press Gibb, H. A. R. (1960). "ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān". In Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 76–77. Hinds, Martin, ed. (1990). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume 23: The Zenith of the Marwānid House: The Last Years of ʿAbd al-Malik and the Caliphate of al-Walīd, A.D. 700–715/A.H. 81–95. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-721-1. Robinson, Chase F. (2004). Empire and Elites after the Muslim Conquest: The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia. Cambridge University Press Sharon, Moshe (June 1966). "An Arabic Inscription From The Time Of The Caliph 'Abd Al-Malik". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 29 (2): 367–372