marwan had named abd al-aziz his second heir after abd al-malik. the latter, however, wanted his son al-walid i () to succeed him, and abd al-aziz was persuaded not to object to this change. in the event, abd al-aziz died on 13 jumada i ah 86/12 may 705 ce, four months before abd al-malik. abd al-aziz was succeeded as governor by abd al-malik's son abdallah, whose aim was to restore caliphal control over the province and, in the words of the historian hugh n. kennedy, "remove all traces of abd al-aziz's administration".