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Yazid I

Also known as Yazīd ibn Mu‘awiya ibn Abī Sufyān, Yazid

second 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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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Umayyad Caliphate
Place of birth: Damascus
Place of death: Damascus
Spouse: Fakhitah bint Abi Hashim, Umme Muhammad binte Abdullah
Child: Abd Allah ibn Yazid
Father: Mu'awiya I
Mother: Maisun bint Bahdal
Occupation: caliph
Languages spoken: Arabic
Religion: Islam
Family: Umayyad dynasty
Image: Arab-Sasanian coin issued by Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya in the year of the Battle of Karbala.jpg

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date of birth: 0646-00-00
date of death: 0683-11-11
Commons category: Yazid I
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

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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.

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