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Muawiya II

661 - 684

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Mu'awiya ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (Arabic: مُعَاوِيَة بْنِ يَزِيد بْنِ مُعَاوِيَة, romanized: Muʿāwiya ibn Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya; c. 664–684), commonly known as Mu'awiya II, was the third Umayyad caliph, ruling for less than a year in 683–684. He succeeded his father Yazid I as the third caliph and last caliph of the Sufyanid line in the Umayyad dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muawiya II has received more than 245,181 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Muawiya II is the 1,154th most popular politician (up from 1,240th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Syria (down from 13th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Syrian Politician.

Muawiya II was the sixth caliph of the Umayyad dynasty. He was the son of Yazid II and the grandson of Muawiya I. He was the last caliph to rule from Damascus.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muawiya II ranks 1,154 out of 19,576. Before him are Baldur von Schirach, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Getúlio Vargas, Möngke Khan, Xianfeng Emperor, and Tvrtko I of Bosnia. After him are Anna Jagiellon, Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, Mohamed Morsi, Vasili IV of Russia, Henry the Lion, and Vasili III of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 661, Muawiya II ranks 1. After him are Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, and Chen Zi'ang. Among people deceased in 684, Muawiya II ranks 1. After him are 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, Aldegonde, and Philibert of Jumièges.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Muawiya II ranks 14 out of 210. Before him are Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), Ibn Kathir (1301), and Pope Anicetus (70). After him are Marwan II (688), Julia Domna (160), Al-Nawawi (1233), Al-Maʿarri (973), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), and Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Muawiya II ranks 9. Before him are Zenobia (240), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), and Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087). After him are Marwan II (688), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Al-Adil I (1145), Antiochus II Theos (-286), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), and Yazid II (687).

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