Yazid ibn Mu‘awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, ( 20 July 647 – 11 November 683), commonly known as
Yazid I, was the second
Caliph of the
Umayyad Caliphate (and the first one through inheritance). Yazid was the Caliph as appointed by his father
Muawiyah I and ruled for three years from 680 CE until his death in 683 CE.