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Key facts
- Reign
- 17 April 744 – 4 October 744
- Predecessor
- Walid ibn Yazid
- Successor
- Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
- Born
- 701, Damascus , Bilad al-Sham , Umayyad Caliphate
- Died
- 4 October 744 (aged 43), Damascus , Umayyad Caliphate
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Damascus
- Place of death
- Damascus
- Father
- Al-Walid I
- Sibling
- Masrur ibn al-Walid
- Occupation
- caliph
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Umayyad dynasty
- Image
- Dihrem of Yazid III ibn al-Walid, AH 126.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0701-01-01
- date of death
- 0744-09-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Yazid III
- name in native language
- يزيد ابن الوليد ابن عبد الملك
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseMarwanid DynastyUmayyad FatherAl-Walid I MotherShah-i-Afrid ReligionIslam
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yazid III” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.