4 October 744 (aged 43) Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate
Names
Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
House
Marwanid
Dynasty
Umayyad
Father
Al-Walid I
Mother
Shah-i-Afrid
Religion
Islam
Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: يزيد بن الوليد بن عبد الملك, romanized: Yazīd ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 701 – 3/4 October 744), commonly known as Yazid III, was the twelfth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 744 until his death months later.
October 744), commonly known as YazidIII, was the twelfth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 744 until his death months later. Yazid was the member of the influential...
Instead, YazidIII appointed him governor to Upper Mesopotamia and he took up residence in the Qays-dominated city of Harran. Following YazidIII's death...
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...
When YazidIII persisted in overthrowing al-Walid II, Marwan at first opposed him, then rendered allegiance to him. On Yazid's early death (Yazid named...
Muawiya, Yazid, Marwan, Abd al-Malik, Walid, Sulayman, Umar, Hisham, and Ibrahim. Some names were re-used, as in the case of Yazid II and YazidIII, which...
during the reigns of Yazid II and Walid II. As a result, the Yaman revolted against and killed Walid II, who was then replaced by YazidIII, who entirely depended...
al-Jarrah, died in 639, he appointed Yazid governor of the Damascus, Palestine and Jordan districts of Syria. Yazid died shortly after and Umar installed...
Assassination of Al-Walid II, Succession of YazidIII to the Caliphal throne on 17 April 744. 744 Death of YazidIII and his succession by his brother and nominated...
Atika bint Yazid (Arabic: عاتكة بنت يزيد, romanized: ʿĀtika bint Yazīd) was an Umayyad princess. She was the daughter of Yazid I, and wife of Abd al-Malik...
Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra al-Fazari (Arabic: يَزِيد بن عُمَر بن هُبَيْرَة الْفَزارِيّ, romanized: Yazīd ibn ʿUmar ibn Hubayra al-Fazārī; died 750) was...
Press. ISBN 978-0-306814808. Lammens, H. & Blankinship, Kh. Y. (2002). "Yazīd (II) b. ʿAbd al-Malik". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E...
Yazid ibn Ahmad or Yazid II (Arabic: یزید) was the tenth Shirvanshah. Yazid was second son of Shirvanshah Ahmad. He followed his brother Muhammad IV on...
succeeded by his cousin YazidIII, who dies shortly after of a brain tumor. December – Marwan ibn Muhammad rebels against Yazid's designated successor Ibrahim...
Persians to Shi'ism. Noting that the mother of the YazidIII is believed to be a daughter of Peroz III, Motahhari added that the Persians had no equivalent...
Muawiya, Yazid, Marwan, Abd al-Malik, Walid, Sulayman, Umar, Hisham, and Ibrahim. Some names were re-used, as in the case of Yazid II and YazidIII and the...
Hisham died in 743. Al-Walid II saw political intrigue during his reign. YazidIII spoke out against his cousin Walid's "immorality" which included discrimination...
marched on Damascus to help install his successor, the Yamani-backed YazidIII (r. 744–744). The toppling of the Umayyads and the advent of the Iraq-based...
was absent from the capital. He was killed soon after and replaced with YazidIII. The Arabs of Homs were still loyal to Walid and marched on Damascus with...
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