Gareth Bryant Writes

Khulafā’-Ranking Order

S: Spectacular

A: Accomplished

B: Better

C: Competent

D: Derelict

E: Embarrassing

F: Failure

Umayyī-Period
(Khulafā’ from Banī-Umayyah: Familial-Clan of Qabīlah-Quraysh)

S-Tier:

(1)Mu`āwiyah ibn-Sakhr/Mu`āwiyah I(*)

(5)`Abd-ul-Malik ibn-Marwān

A-Tier:

(4)Marwān ibn-ul-Hakam ibn Abil-`Ās/Marwān I(*)

(5)al-Walīd ibn `Abd-il-Malik/al-Walīd I

B-Tier:

(7)`Umar ibn `Abd-il`Azīz/`Umar II(?)

C-Tier:

(9)Hishām ibn `Abd-il-Malik

D-Tier:

(2)Yazīd ibn-`Mu`āwiyah/Yazīd I

E-Tier:

(3)Mu`āwiyah ibn-Yazīd/Mu`āwiyah II

(6)Sulāymān ibn `Abd-il-Malik

F-Tier:

(8)Yazīd ibn `Abd-il-Malik/Yazīd II

(10)al-Walīd ibn `Abd-il-Malik/al-Walīd II(×)

(11)Yazīd ibn-ul-Walīd/Yazīd III

(12)Ibrāhīm ibn-ul-Walīd(×)

(13)Marwān ibn-Muhammad/Marwān II(×)

Important Historical-Highlights of the Umayyī-Period:

https://gbwrites.com/2024/05/26/aqidahofkhalifahs/

https://gbwrites.com/2012/11/19/alhusaynthemassacreofkarbala/

https://gbwrites.com/2012/02/15/alhajjajibnyusufbasharalassad/

https://gbwrites.com/2022/12/16/muslimpolitics/

https://www.worldhistory.org/Umayyad_Dynasty/

(*)Khulafā’ whom were Ashāb/Companions (May Allah be pleased with them) of Muhammad (Peace be upon them)

(×)Khulafā’ whom were Packed-Up (betrayed, overthrown, assassinated, etc.)

(?)Khulafā’ whom died under Suspicious/Contested-Circumstances

Gareth Bryant