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Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn ‘Abd al-Malik or Yazid III (701 – 25 September 744) (Arabic: يزيد بن الوليد بن عبد الملك‎) was an Umayyad caliph. He reigned for six months from April 15 to October 3 or 4 744 and died in that office.Yazid was the son of a Persian princess who had been given as a concubine to Caliph al-Walid I.

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active years end year
0015-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
0015-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
0701-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death date
0744-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
predecessor
Al-Walid II
successor
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
title
Umayyad Caliph in Damascus, 12thCaliph of the Umayyad dynasty

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