Mu'awiya II

Mu'awiya II
مُعَاوِيَة بْنِ يَزِيد
3rd Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate
Reign683 – 684
PredecessorYazid I
SuccessorMarwan I
Bornc. 664 CE
Bilad al-Sham, Umayyad Caliphate
Diedc. 684 CE (aged 19–20)
Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate
(present-day Syria)
HouseLast Sufyanid Caliph
DynastyUmayyad
FatherYazid
ReligionIslam
Arabic name
Personal
(Ism)
Muʿāwiya
معاوية
Patronymic
(Nasab)
ibn Yazīd
بن يزيد
Teknonymic
(Kunya)
Abū Laylā
ابو ليلى

Mu'awiya ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (Arabic: مُعَاوِيَة بْنِ يَزِيد بْنِ مُعَاوِيَة, romanizedMuʿāwiya 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. He ruled briefly in 683–684 (64 AH) before he died.[1]

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