Mu'awiya II
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Born | Umayyad Caliphate |
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Died | Damascus |
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Full name | Muawiya ibn Yazid |
Parents | Yazid I |
Uncles | Abdullah ibn Muʿāwiyah ibn ʾAbī Sufyān |
Great grandparent | Abu Sufyan ibn Harb |
Grandparents | Mu'awiya I |
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ID | 3583383 |
Mu'awiya II Life story
Mu'awiya II, was the third caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate. He ruled briefly from November 683 until his death, succeeding his father Yazid I. He was the last caliph of the Sufyanid line in the Umayyad dynasty and during his reign, the Umayyad authority temporarily collapsed in the Second Fitna.