UMAYYAD CALIPHATE al-Walid I (86 - 96 H. / 705 - 715), AV gold Dinar, NM (Damascus), Dated AH93 (Bernardi 43; A.127), extremely fine. Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad Caliph who ruled from 705 until his death in 715. His reign saw the greatest expansion of the Caliphate, as successful campaigns were undertaken in Transoxiana in Central Asia, Sind, Hispania in far western Europe, and against the Byzantines.