Yazid I
Sign in to savesecond caliph of the Umayyad caliphate (646-683)
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Yazid I was the second leader of the Umayyad caliphate, a major Islamic empire that ruled from the mid-600s to early 700s. His reign is historically significant because it marked a formative period in early Islamic governance and territorial expansion during the caliphate's rise to power.
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HouseSufyanid DynastyUmayyad FatherMu'awiya I MotherMaysun bint Bahdal ReligionIslam
Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (c. 646 – 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from April 680 until his death in November 683. His appointment by his father Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680) was the first hereditary succession to the caliphate in Islamic history. His caliphate was marked by the death of Muhammad's grandson Husayn ibn Ali and the start of the crisis known as the Second Fitna.