1 – Tracing the scattered information from historical sources and studying it analytically in an attempt to reach the resasons that led ad-Dakhil to favor Hisham as a successor over his eldest son Sulayman.

2 – The paper then follows personal differences as registered about the brothers (Sulayman and Hisham) with respect to personal inclinations and abilities. Simultaneously, the paper follow signs of changes registered, as time went by, in ad-Dakhil’s state. By this, attempts are put forward to find signs of conformity between personal orientation and the general condition of the state, and conclude that Hisham’s earning the designation from his father came only by virtue of personal abilities.

3 – Lastly, the paper evaluates Hisham’s rule with respect to the hope and expectations regarding him. It affirms his success by exhibiting evidence indicative of his virtues. and concludes that Hisham possessed the ability to move on with his father’s state to its desired path, and was indeed successfully able to set the foundation of future Umayyad rule in al-Andalus.