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his reign with well-doing, and sealed it with well-doing. He opened it well by establishing the earliest hour for prayer, and he sealed it well by appointing ʾOmar-ibn-ʾAbd-el-Azîz as his successor.
NOTE TO ABOVE.
Sulaimân-ibn-ʾAbd-el-Málik-ibn-Marwân succeeded his brother el-Walîd A.H. 96. He died at Marj-Dabek, in the district of Kinnafrîn, A.H. 99 (A.D. 718). He possessed quick parts and surprising eloquence, and endeared himself to his subjects by his mild and merciful disposition. They surnamed him Miftâh-el-Khair, The Key of Goodness, on account of his clemency and the multitude of prisoners whom he released.
