Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph (b. 691)

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: هشام بن عبد الملك, romanized: Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 691 – 6 February 743), usually known simply as Hisham, was the tenth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 724 until his death in 743.