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Yazid II
Sign in to saveAlso known as Yazid bin Abd al-Malik, Abū Khālid Yazīd II b. ʿAbd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
Key facts
- Reign
- 9 February 720 – 26 January 724
- Predecessor
- Umar
- Successor
- Hisham
- Born
- c. 690/91 , Damascus , Umayyad Caliphate
- Died
- 26 January 724 (aged c. 33–34) (24 Sha'ban 105 AH), Irbid , Umayyad Caliphate
- Spouse
- Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Thaqafiyya Su'da bint Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Uthman
- Issue
- Al-Hajjaj Al-Walid Umar Al-Nu'man Abd al-Jabbar Muhammad Yahya Abu Sulayman Hashim Al-Awwam Abd Allah A'isha (daughter)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Damascus
- Place of death
- Irbid
- Child
- Al-Ghamr ibn Yazid
- Father
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
- Mother
- Atikah bint Yazid
- Sibling
- Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Family
- Umayyad dynasty
- Image
- Pashiz of Yazid II, 722-723 AD.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 0687-01-01
- date of death
- 0724-01-28
- Commons category
- Yazid II
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- unmarried partner
- Hababah
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseMarwanid DynastyUmayyad FatherʿAbd al-Malik MotherʿĀtika bint Yazīd ReligionIslam
Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (Arabic: يَزِيد ٱبْن عَبْد الْمَلِك ٱبْن مَرْوَان, romanized: Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; c. 690/91 — 26 January 724), commonly known as Yazid II, was the ninth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 720 until his death in 724. Although he lacked administrative or military experience, he derived prestige from his lineage, being a descendant of both ruling branches of the Umayyad dynasty, the Sufyanids who founded the Umayyad Caliphate in 661 and the Marwanids who succeeded them in 684. He was designated by his half-brother, Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 715–717), as second-in-line to the succession after their cousin Umar (r. 717–720), as a compromise with the sons of Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705).
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