At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
The ninth Umayyad caliph, known by the kunya Abu Khalid, son of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. He was born in the year 71 AH according to al-Suyuti, and in the year 72 AH, which is more probable, according to al-Salabi. He succeeded Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz by a bequest from his brother Sulayman, in Rajab of the year 101 AH 1 2.
His rule
al-Suyuti reports that when he took office he said: "Proceed in the manner of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz." He transmits from Ibn al-Majishun that he kept to this for forty days and then deviated 1. al-Salabi reports that he was unable to continue this course, that his policy returned to the course of those Umayyads who had preceded him, and that he quelled internal movements 3.
In the year 102 AH Yazid ibn al-Muhallab rose against him, and Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik defeated him at al-Aqr 1.
His death
He died at the end of Sha'ban in the year 105 AH 1. al-Mas'udi reports that he died at Ardad in the land of al-Balqa', aged thirty-seven, so that his rule was four years, one month and two days 4. al-Mas'udi has another report on the cause of his death, linked with a slave-girl of his, and it has been said that her owner was Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik 5.
Connections
- Parent of
- al-Walid ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik
- Child of
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
- Successor of
- Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
- Participated in
- Death of Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik· Yazid's Departure from Umar's Way After Forty Days
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 1734
People and things also explored
The Building of the Fortress of Masisa· The Second Raid on Cyprus· Umar's Monthly Rations· Yazid's Departure from Umar's Way After Forty Days· Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz· Iddah (waiting period)· Abd al-Malik's Coinage Reform· The Transfer of Syria's Diwan from Greek
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 399-400
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.425-429
- The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.433-436
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 185
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 487-488
- Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006)
- Lectures on the History of the Islamic Peoples: The Umayyad State — al-Khudari
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
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islam.museum contributors. “يزيد بن عبد الملك”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yazid-ibn-abd-al-malik/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.