Yazid III

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Yazid III was an 8th-century Umayyad caliph who briefly ruled the Islamic empire in 744 CE during a period of intense political instability that preceded the dynasty’s collapse.

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Label Occurrences
Yazid III canonical 6
Yazid 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 8th-century monarch
Caliph
Umayyad caliph
associatedWithEvent Civil strife in the Umayyad Caliphate
birthPlace Damascus
branchOfIslam Sunni Islam
burialPlace Damascus
caliphalCapital Damascus
cameToPowerBy Revolt against Al-Walid II
chronologicalPosition Eleventh Umayyad caliph
coinage Issued Umayyad-style Islamic coinage
deathCause Illness
deathDate October 744
deathPlace Damascus
dynasty Umayyad Caliphate
surface form: Umayyad dynasty
empireRuled Umayyad Caliphate
era 8th century
father Al-Walid I
fullName Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
givenName Yazid III self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yazid
governmentForm Hereditary monarchy
grandfather Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
historicalSignificance Ruled shortly before the collapse of the Umayyad dynasty
house Abd Shams clan of Quraysh
surface form: Marwanid branch of the Umayyads
knownFor Pious image and criticism of luxury at court
language Arabic
mother Umm al-Hajjaj bint Yusuf
notableFor Short reign in 744 during Umayyad political instability
opponent Supporters of Al-Walid II
Tribal factions within the Umayyad Caliphate
policy Attempted financial austerity measures
Criticism of Al-Walid II’s perceived impiety
politicalContext Third Fitna
positionHeld Caliph
surface form: Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate
predecessor al-Walid II
surface form: Al-Walid II
region Syria
reignEnd October 744
reignStart April 744
relative al-Walid II
surface form: Al-Walid II

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
religion Islam
ruledDuring Decline of Umayyad power in the east
successor Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
Marwan II
territoryRuled Islamic empire
title Amir al-Mu’minin
tribalAffiliation Qays–Yaman tribal conflict context

Referenced by (7)

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Marwan II predecessor Yazid III
Marwan the Donkey predecessor Yazid III
subject surface form: Marwan II
House of Marwan hasPart Yazid III
Yazid III givenName Yazid III self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yazid
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid sibling Yazid III
Marwan al-Himar relative Yazid III