Yazid
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- Yazid IYazid IYazīd ibn Mu‘āwiya ibn Abī Sufyān , commonly known as Yazid I, was the second Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate . He ruled for three years from 680 CE until his death in 683 CE. Many Muslims condemn Yazid's rule as contentious and unjust...
(645–683), second Umayyad Caliph upon succeeding his father Muawiyah - Yazid IIYazid IIYazid bin Abd al-Malik or Yazid II was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 720 until his death in 724.According to the medieval Persian historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Yazid came to power on the death of Umar II on February 10, 720. His forces engaged in battle the Kharijites with whom Umar...
, Umayyad caliph - Yazid IIIYazid IIIYazid ibn al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik or Yazid III was an Umayyad caliph. He reigned for six months, from April 15 to October 3 or 4, 744; and died in that office....
, Umayyad caliph - Yazid KaïssiYazid KaïssiYazid Kaïssi is a French-born Moroccan footballer. He last played for Dubai Club.-Club career:...
, French-born Moroccan footballer - Yazid Mansouri, French-born Algerian footballer
- Yazid ibn al-MuhallabYazid ibn al-MuhallabYazid ibn al-Muhallab was a provincial governor in the time of the Umayyad dynasty.In A.H. 78 Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf appointed al-Muhallab Khurasan's governor. In A.H. 82 al-Muhallab's son Mughirah died and al-Muhallab sent Yazid to replace him. Soon afterwards al-Muhallab died and al-Hajjaj...
(672–720), Umayyad governor - Yazid of MoroccoYazid of MoroccoYazid was Sultan of Morocco from 1790 to 1792, and was a member of the Alaouite dynasty.-References:* *...
, Sultan of Morocco - Yazid SabegYazid SabegYazid Sabeg, born on 8 January 1950 in Guelma, Algeria, is the president of the administrative council of the French high-technology firm CS Communication and Systems and also a member of the French Institute of International and Strategic Relations....
, French businessman - Yazid ibn Abu SufyanYazid ibn Abu SufyanYazid ibn Abu Sufyan was one of the companions of Muhammad.-Biography:Yazid ibn Abu Sufyan was the son of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, he was the brother of Muawiya I. Not to be confused with Yazid ibn Muawiya who was the caliph during which Imam Hussain was killed...
(d. 640), brother of the early Umayyad leader Muawiyah I, and companion of Muhammad - Yazid SufaatYazid SufaatThe Malaysian Yazid Sufaat was a member of the Islamist terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah from shortly after its foundation in 1993 until his arrest by Malaysian authorities on 9 December 2001....
, a suspected militant - Yazid ZerhouniYazid ZerhouniNoureddine Yazid Zerhouni is the former interior minister of Algeria. In 2000, he was hospitalized on Baltimore, Maryland with an undisclosed condition.-References:...
, Algerian politician - Zinedine ZidaneZinedine ZidaneZinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...
(Zinedine ibn Yazid ibn Zidane, born 1972), French international footballer of Algerian descent
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- Abu YazidAbu YazidAbū Yazīd Mukhallad ibn Kayrād , nicknamed Ṣāhib al-Himār "Possessor of the donkey", was a Kharijite Berber of the Banu Ifran tribe who led a rebellion against the Fatimids in Ifriqiya starting in 944...
, Kharijite Berber of the Banu Ifran tribe - Mhamed YazidMhamed YazidMhamed Yazid was an Algerian independence activist and politician. He joined the nationalist Parti du Peuple Algérien in 1942, and later, after moving to Paris, France for university studies, its successor organization, the MTLD, where he became a member of the central committee...
, Algerian independence activist and politician