abd al-aziz intended that al-asbagh—for whom he also nurtured hopes in the caliphal succession—would succeed him as governor of egypt, making the province into a hereditary appendage for his household, but al-asbagh died a few months before abd al-aziz. twelve years after abd al-aziz's death, his son umar ii was appointed caliph and ruled until 720. abd al-aziz's descendants remained influential in egyptian affairs until the early abbasid period. abd al-aziz's grandsons muhammad and amr, both sons of sahl, are mentioned several times in the traditional islamic sources, and amr was counted among the supporters of the alid rebel abdallah ibn muawiya when he fled merv for egypt in 747. another descendant of abd al-aziz, his great-grandson al-asbagh ibn sufyan ibn asim, upheld support for the abbasid caliph al-mansur () in egypt.