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Yazid III

701 - 744

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Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: يزيد بن الوليد بن عبد الملك, romanized: Yazīd ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 701 – 3/4 October 744), commonly known as Yazid III, was the twelfth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 744 until his death months later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yazid III has received more than 268,087 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Yazid III is the 2,614th most popular politician (up from 3,089th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Syria (up from 37th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Syrian Politician.

Yazid III was the last Umayyad caliph, and he is most famous for the massacre of the Shiites in the Battle of Karbala.

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  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yazid III ranks 2,614 out of 19,576. Before him are Arthur Liebehenschel, Cleomenes I, Ladislaus of Naples, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, and Mstislav I of Kiev. After him are Boris Nemtsov, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France, William II of Holland, Emperor Zhao of Han, and Intef I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 701, Yazid III ranks 3. Before him are Li Bai, and Ibn Hisham. After him are Emperor Shōmu, Tzitzak, Saman Khuda, John VII of Constantinople, Yahya ibn Khalid, Al-Khayzuran, Thekla, wife of Michael II, Euphemius, and Theophano of Athens. Among people deceased in 744, Yazid III ranks 2. Before him is Al-Walid II. After him are Liutprand, King of the Lombards, Hildeprand, and He Zhizhang.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Yazid III ranks 33 out of 210. Before him are Antiochus II Theos (-286), Romanos the Melodist (490), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), Yazid II (687), Avidius Cassius (130), and Al-Walid II (706). After him are Émile Benveniste (1902), Michel Aflaq (1910), Ananias of Damascus (100), Abu'l-Fida (1273), Maron (301), and Odaenathus (220).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Yazid III ranks 17. Before him are Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Al-Adil I (1145), Antiochus II Theos (-286), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), Yazid II (687), and Al-Walid II (706). After him are Michel Aflaq (1910), Abu'l-Fida (1273), Odaenathus (220), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), Tutush I (1066), and Julia Soaemias (180).

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