Umar ibn al-Walid
| Umar ibn al-Walid عمر بن الوليد | |||||
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| Governor of Jund al-Urdunn | |||||
| In office | 706–710s | ||||
| Amir al-hajj | |||||
| In office | c. 707 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Umayyad (Marwanid) | ||||
| Father | Al-Walid I | ||||
| Mother | unnamed woman from the Kinda tribe | ||||
| Occupation | Military governor | ||||
| Military career | |||||
| Allegiance | Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
| Branch | Umayyad army | ||||
| Service years | c. 705–744 | ||||
| Rank | Commander | ||||
| Conflicts | Arab–Byzantine wars | ||||
| Relations | Sulayman (uncle) Yazid II (uncle) Hisham (uncle) Maslama (uncle) Habib ibn Abd al-Malik al-Marwani (grandson) | ||||
ʿUmar ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (Arabic: عمر بن الوليد بن عبد الملك) (fl. 705 – c. 744), nicknamed al-Faḥl (Arabic: الفحلlit. 'the Stallion') and Faḥl Banī Marwān (Arabic: فحل بني مروانlit. 'the Stallion of the Marwanids') for his numerous sons (up to sixty), was an Umayyad prince, commander in the Arab–Byzantine wars and the governor of Jund al-Urdunn (military district of the Jordan, centered in Tiberias) during the reign of his father al-Walid I (r. 705–715). He may have patronized the Umayyad desert palaces of Khirbat al-Minya in modern Israel and Qasr Kharana in modern Jordan.