QMI-INS-009d · c. before 65 AH
Inscriptions of ʿAbd al-Malik and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān, al-ʿUlā
نقشا عبد الملك وعبد العزيز ابني مروان، العلا
al-ʿUlā region, Saudi Arabia
- يمين:
- أنا عبد الملك بن مروان
- اسل (أسأل) ربي الشكر والهدى
- يسار:
- اللهم اغفر لعبد ا
- لعزيز بن مرون (مروان) ذنبه
Right: I am ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān. I ask my Lord for gratitude and guidance. Left: O God, forgive ʿAbd al- ʿAzīz ibn Marwān his sin.
Two texts stand side by side on the same rock face. On the right, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān writes in the first person and asks his Lord for gratitude and guidance; asl is written for asʾal. On the left, a prayer asks forgiveness for ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān, his name written Mrwn without the long ā, and the name ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz divided across the two lines.
Photograph: Saʿd al-Tuwayjirī, published 3 August 2021. On the Umayyads at Wādī al-Qurā in 63 AH: al-Ṭabarī, Taʾrīkh, events of 63 AH.