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On accession, Yazid explained that he had rebelled on behalf of the Book of Allah and the Sunna of His
Prophet, and that this entailed ensuring that the strong not prey upon the weak. He promised "to engage in no building works, squander no money on wives or children, transfer no money from one
356:) to decide the future of the realm. Walid rejected this offer and attacked, by which action he lost his life. Yazid had Walid's head hoisted "on a lance and paraded around Damascus"; Yazid then imprisoned Walid's sons 'Uthman and Hakam, whom Walid had designated as his heirs.
427:. It supports the Umayyad dynasty up to but not including "the enemy of Allah" al-Walid II, at which point it lays out Yazid's version of the event at al-Bakhra'. At the end, Tabari's rendition has Yazid exhorting the Iraqis to follow Mansur ibn Jumhur.
392:), given because he reduced military annuities by 10%, whereas his predecessor had promised a raise. According to Islamic popular tradition, recorded in an apocalyptic style, Yazid would go himself into the marketplace.
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Hoyland confirms this, 660; it was a fortress near
Palmyra. 1234 and Muslim sources dispute over whether Walid was there all along or whether he had fled there.
274:(d. 923) names nineteen. Yazid III was the grandson of great Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik and his grand mother was Wallada bint al-Abbas ibn al-Jaz al-Absiyya.
403:, governor of Armenia, had initially supported Walid and on Walid's death entered Iraq to avenge him. Marwan eventually rallied around Yazid.
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territory. Al-Harith arrived wearing a fine suit of armour the Khaqan had given him and gained the support of many people in
Khurasan.
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refused allegiance to Yazid, and there were several other dissident movements against him. Another cousin,
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as governor of Iraq. On May 15, Yazid wrote a letter, preserved from oral sources in
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Persian princess who had been given as a concubine to Caliph
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434:. Mansur attempted to dismiss the Khurasani governor
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transl. Sir John Glubb, The Empire of the Arabs, 200
350:. 'Abd al-Aziz offered to set up a tribal assembly (
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388:Tabari records Yazid's nickname "the Diminisher" (
289:quotes a couplet of Yazid's on his own ancestry:
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258:, ruling from 744 until his death months later.
570:von Ess, "Kadar", Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd Ed.
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342:According to Yazid's own account, Yazid sent
281:. His mother was Shah-i Afrid, a daughter of
247:; 701 – 3/4 October 744), commonly known as
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496:, an Umayyad prince and a military general
490:, an Umayyad prince and a military general
344:Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Hajjaj ibn Abd al-Malik
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484:, an Umayyad prince and a military leader
478:, an Umayyad prince and a military leader
446:to return from his thirteen-year stay in
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266:Yazid was the member of the influential
744:. History. Vol. 26. Translated by
608:(Cambridge University Press, 1986), 127
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742:The Waning of the Umayyad Caliphate
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225:Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
162:Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
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91:17 April 744 – 4 October 744
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1234:Deaths from brain tumor
1138:Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir
776:The Empire of the Arabs
666:Philip Khuri Hitti, 478
140:4 October 744 (aged 43)
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645:The Walters Art Museum
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522:, pp. 1001–1002.
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16:Umayyad caliph in 744
1127:Abd Allah al-Mu'ayti
868:Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
774:Glubb, John (1963).
444:al-Harith ibn Surayj
319:Downfall of Al-Walid
262:Birth and background
110:Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
933:Caliphs of Damascus
831:October 3 or 4, 744
746:Hillenbrand, Carole
500:Sulayman ibn Hisham
132:, Umayyad Caliphate
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723:Hoyland, 661 n 193
710:God's Caliph, 126f
630:God's Caliph 124-5
494:Bishr ibn al-Walid
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251:, was the twelfth
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799:978-0-88706-721-1
766:978-90-04-35621-4
759:. Leiden: Brill.
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460:Umayyad Caliphate
413:Mansur ibn Jumhur
346:to meet Walid at
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953:Mu'awiya II
918:Family tree
697:Theophilus
552:Tabari, 243
421:al-Mada'ini
415:to replace
325:al-Walid II
96:Predecessor
1219:744 deaths
1214:701 births
1208:Categories
1192:indicates
1182:Hisham III
1085:(929–1031)
1062:al-Mundhir
1057:Muhammad I
1047:Al-Hakam I
968:Al-Walid I
943:Mu'awiya I
811:Yazid III
532:Hinds 1990
507:References
348:al-Bakhra'
279:al-Walid I
197:Al-Walid I
1117:Hisham II
1102:Hisham II
1030:(756–929)
1008:Marwan II
998:Yazid III
936:(661–750)
360:Accession
337:free will
329:Banu Qays
287:Al-Tabari
272:al-Tabari
249:Yazid III
238:romanized
106:Successor
22:Yazid III
1196:usurpers
1194:Hammudid
1122:Sulayman
1112:Sulayman
1067:Abdullah
1042:Hisham I
983:Yazid II
973:Sulayman
958:Marwan I
740:(1989).
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295:Chosroes
213:Religion
176:Marwanid
143:Damascus
126:Damascus
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182:Dynasty
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305:Caesar
299:Marwan
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229:Arabic
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353:shura
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217:Islam
172:House
157:Names
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