OverviewAn Umayyad caliph remembered for reforms and care over public responsibility.CategoryHistorical FigurePeriodc. 682 – 720 CE
His workHe ruled from 717 to 720 and is remembered for efforts to improve administration and address unfair treatment.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
A lasting changeHe supported gathering hadith into written collections. That helped preserve teaching while people from the earliest generations were passing away.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
SourcesOriginal summaries of the cited sources. Qur’anic accounts, later traditions and historical estimates are distinguished; brief profiles do not settle scholarly disagreements.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
