Yazid I
Second caliph of the Umayyad caliphate (646-683)
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Second Umayyad caliph whose four-year reign kicked off with his father's hereditary power grab in 680. Yazid I's caliphate is inseparable from Husayn ibn Ali's death and the political chaos that followed.
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Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from April 680 until his death in November 683. His appointment by his father Mu'awiya I was the first hereditary succession to the caliphate in Islamic history. His caliphate was marked by the death of Muhammad's grandson Husayn ibn Ali and the start of the crisis known as the Second Fitna.
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