October 744), commonly known as Yazid III, was the twelfth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 744 until his death months later. Yazid was the member of the influential...

Instead, Yazid III appointed him governor to Upper Mesopotamia and he took up residence in the Qays-dominated city of Harran. Following Yazid III's death...

father Muawiyah Yazid II (687–724), Umayyad caliph Yazid III (701–744), Umayyad caliph Yazeed Abulaila (born 1993), Jordanian footballer Yazid Kaïssi (born...

was a slave concubine named Su'ar or Budayra. Yazid III named his brother Ibrahim as his successor. Yazid fell ill of a brain tumour and died on October...

Al-Walid ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: الْوَلِيد بْنِ يَزِيد بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِك, romanized: Al-Walīd ibn Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 709 – 17 April...

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 Yazid III, which...

(715–717) Umar II, Caliph (717–720) Yazid II, Caliph (720–724) Hisham, Caliph (724–743) Al-Walid II, Caliph (743–744) Yazid III, Caliph (744) Ibrahim, Caliph...

When Yazid III persisted in overthrowing al-Walid II, Marwan at first opposed him, then rendered allegiance to him. On Yazid's early death (Yazid named...

Yazid III to topple their cousin Caliph al-Walid II (r. 743–744). His assassination in April 744 sparked the Third Muslim Civil War (744–750). Yazid III...

with slave maternal origins and reached its peak in 744 with the rise of Yazid III as the first Umayyad caliph with a slave mother. Subsequently, the last...

Assassination of Al-Walid II, Succession of Yazid III to the Caliphal throne on 17 April 744. 744 Death of Yazid III and his succession by his brother and nominated...

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...

son of caliph Umar II (r. 717–720), and briefly governor of Iraq under Yazid III in 744–745. In this capacity he quelled the pro-Alid rebellion of Abd...

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...

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...

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...

Caliph al-Walid II against Yazid III during the Third Muslim Civil War in 744. Despite his family's alignment against Yazid III, Nu'man's grandson, Abd al-Samad...

marched on Damascus to help install his successor, the Yamani-backed Yazid III (r. 744–744). The toppling of the Umayyads and the advent of the Iraq-based...

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 Yazid III, who entirely depended...

reign of his brother, Caliph Yazid III (r. 744–744). He played a role in the Third Muslim Civil War as a commander for Yazid III against rebels from Homs...

succeeded by his cousin Yazid III, who dies shortly after of a brain tumor. December – Marwan ibn Muhammad rebels against Yazid's designated successor Ibrahim...

Hisham died in 743. Al-Walid II saw political intrigue during his reign. Yazid III spoke out against his cousin Walid's "immorality" which included discrimination...

revolt in Khurasan under Yahya ibn Zayd. 744: Deposition of Walid II. Yazid III becomes Umayyad Caliph and dies the same year. Ibrahim becomes Umayyad...

during the Third Fitna he sided with Yazid III, apparently serving as his sahib al-shurta. Following Yazid III's death, he is reported as the executioner...

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 Yazid III and the...

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...

Persians to Shi'ism. Noting that the mother of the Yazid III is believed to be a daughter of Peroz III, Motahhari added that the Persians had no equivalent...

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...

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an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 743 until his death in the year 744. Yazid III was the twelfth Umayyad caliph. He reigned for six months, from 15 April...