Ruler · 646 – 683

Yazid I

Lived 646 – 683; poet. Umayyad Caliph of Umayyad Caliphate, 680 – 683.

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Lived: 646 – 683; 37 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Umayyad Caliphate
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Umayyad Caliph

Umayyad Caliphate · the 2nd of 14 dated reigns · 661 – 750

Mu'awiya I661 – 680

Yazid I680 – 683

Mu'awiya II683 – 684

Marwan I684 – 685

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan685 – 705

9 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officethis entry

Reigned 680 – 683 · 3 years · came to it aged 34

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

When Husayn left for Kufa, he was killed with his small band of supporters and family members by Yazid's forces in the Battle of Karbala.

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