Bakkar ibn Abd al-Malik

Abū Bakr Bakkār ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (died 750) was an Umayyad prince, a son of caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705).

Bakkār ibn ʿAbd al-Malik بكار بن عبد الملك
Born	Umayyad Caliphate
Died	750 Near Nahr Abi Futrus, Palestine, Umayyad Caliphate
Spouse	Izza bint Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amr ibn Uthman ibn Affan
Names Abū Bakr Bakkār ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān
Dynasty	Umayyad
Father	Abd al-Malik
Mother	A'isha bint Musa ibn Talha ibn Ubaydallah
Religion	Islam

Life

Bakkar, also known as Abu Bakr,^[1] was the son of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705) and his wife A'isha bint Musa, a granddaughter of Talha, a prominent companion of Muhammad.^[2] Bakkar was married to a former wife of his half-brother Caliph al-Walid I (r. 705–715), Izza bint Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Amr, a great-great-granddaughter of Caliph Uthman (r. 644–656).^[3] Bakkar and his half-brothers Sa'id al-Khayr and Muhammad were among those of the Umayyad family gathered by their cousin, Caliph Marwan II (r. 744–750), at Dayr Ayyub to give oaths of allegiance to Marwan's sons Ubaydallah and Abdallah as heirs apparent.^[4] He was among the Umayyads who were executed by the Abbasids at Nahr Abi Futrus in 750, after the dynasty was toppled.^[1]