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Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd 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.

Birth and background

Yazid was the member of the influential Umayyad dynasty.His father, al-Walid was survived by several sons: al-Ya'qubi names sixteen, while historian al-Tabari (d. 923) names nineteen.

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