Ibrahim ibn al-Walid

Ibrāhīm ibn al - Waleed (Arabic ابراهيم بن الوليد died January 25 750 ) was the thirteenth of the Umayyad caliph ( 744).

Ibrahim ibn al - Walid ibn Abd al -Malik was after the fall of his cousin al - Walid II ( 744) by his brother Yazid III. appointed to succeed when he died after a short reign.

However, it was recognized only in northern Syria. Especially the Umayyade Marwan II occurred as the avenger of the slain al - Walid. As governor of Armenia and Mesopotamia he advanced into Syria and defeated Ibrahim's troops. This made ​​him after al -Ya ʿ Qubis report on 26 November 744 in Damascus allegiance. Ibrāhīm spent the next years at the court of Marwan and fielt on the day of the Battle of the Zab along with other members of the Umayyadenfamilie.