Yazid II

Yazid bin Abd al-Malik or Yazid II (687 - 724) was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 720 until his death in 724.

Yazid was a son of Abd al-Malik, but he tried to emulate the previous caliph who was a great reformer, Umar bin Abd al-Aziz. Despite his attempts, Yazid would eventually be forced into returning things back to the old ways of standard Umayyad rule by other members of his family.

His reign was heavily smitten with internal ane external conflicts. Numerous civil wars began to break out in different parts of the empire such as Spain, Africa and in the east. The heavy handed response by the Umayyad ruler did not help matters, and anti-Umayyad groups began to gain power among the disaffected. This would allow groups such as the Abbasids to begin building a power base that they would later use to topple the Umayyads. But the Umayyads would not fall right away.

Yazid would die in 724 of tuberculosis. He was suceeded by his brother Hisham.

Preceded by:
Yazid II

Ummayad Muslim Caliphs

Succeeded by:
Hisham