Death of Yazid al-Naqis

Yazid ibn al-Walid, known as al-Naqis, died on the seventh of Dhu al-Hijja 126 AH, in the same year in which he had taken the caliphate. ²

His caliphate was less than six months. al-Suyuti gives his age as thirty-five years, and it is also said forty-six. It is said that he died of plague. ²

He was called al-Naqis (the Deficient) because he reduced the troops' stipends. ²

The Gregorian date (around October 744 CE) is derived from the Hijri date. ³