Back يزيد بن أبي سفيان Arabic ইয়াজিদ ইবনে আবি সুফিয়ান Bengali/Bangla Yazid ibn Abi-Sufyan Catalan یزید بن ابیسفیان Persian Yazid ben Abi Sufyan French Yazid bin Abi Sufyan ID Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan Italian Yazid bin Abu Sufyan Malay Iázide ibne Abi Sufiane Portuguese Язид ибн Абу Суфьян Russian
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan | |
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| Governor of Damascus, Jordan and Palestine | |
| In office 639–639 | |
| Monarch | Umar ibn al-Khattab |
| Succeeded by | Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (over Damascus and Jordan) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mecca |
| Died | 639 |
| Spouse | Fakhita bint Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf |
| Relations | Banu Umayya (clan) |
| Parent(s) | Abu Sufyan ibn Harb Zaynab bint Nawfal |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Rashidun Caliphate |
| Branch/service | Army |
| Rank | Field commander (634–639) |
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Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Harb ibn Umayya (Arabic: يزيد بن أبي سفيان بن حرب بن أمية, romanized: Yazīd ibn Abī Sufyān ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya; died 639) was a leading Arab Muslim commander in the conquest of Syria from 634 until his death in the plague of Amwas in 639. Following the capture of Damascus around 635, he was placed in command of the city and its military district. After the death of the overall Muslim commander of Syria, Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah, in 639, he was appointed by Caliph Umar (r. 634–644) the governor of Damascus, Jordan and Palestine.
Yazid was the elder half-brother of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, who was appointed as his successor over Damascus and Jordan by Umar and gradually became governor over all of Syria.