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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 236,183 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Muawiya II is the 1,242nd most popular politician (down from 1,178th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Syria and the 8th 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 1,242 out of 15,577Before him are Trebonianus Gallus, Mahmud of Ghazni, Ferdinand VI of Spain, Frederick IV of Denmark, Necho II, and Ludwig I of Bavaria. After him are Sariputta, Hongxi Emperor, Amr ibn Hishām, John II Casimir Vasa, Yaśodharā, and Henry Clay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 661, Muawiya II ranks 1After him are Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf and Chen Zi'ang. Among people deceased in 684, Muawiya II ranks 1After 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 13 out of 181Before him are Philip the Arab (204), Pope Anicetus (70), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Ibn Kathir (1301), and Pope Gregory III (700). After him are Marwan II (688), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Al-Nawawi (1233), Julia Domna (160), John Climacus (579), and Iamblichus (245).

Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Muawiya II ranks 8Before him are Zenobia (240), Yazid I (647), Hafez al-Assad (1930), Abd al-Rahman I (731), Philip the Arab (204), and Bashar al-Assad (1965). After him are Marwan II (688), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Musa ibn Nusayr (640), Antiochus II Theos (-286), and Yazid II (687).