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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
According to some sources, Yazid born in 26 AH, his father was Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan and his mother was Maysun bt. Bahdal. | According to some sources, Yazid born in 26 AH, his father was Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan and his mother was Maysun bt. Bahdal. His mother was a Bedouin, who married Mu'awiya and went to [[Damascus]]. But soon, she couldn't live in Damascus and so Mu'awiya divorced her, she returned to the desert. At this time, Yazid was either an infant or not yet born. Yazid spent his early childhood with the tribe of Maysun, whose people were of the tribes of Huwwarin (in [[Hums]] area) with a [[Christian]] or [[polytheist]] background before Islam. They also had literary and poetic inclinations. Some believe that growing up under the influence of these formerly Christian converts influenced Yazid and accounts for his later support for Christians and especially Christian poets, for hiring Christian consultants at his court, and for his peace agreement with Europeans. | ||
He had some children including Khalid, | He had some children including Khalid, [[Mu'awiya b. Yazid|Mu'awiya]], Abu Sufyan and 'Abd Allah. His wives were Fakhta, Umm Kulthum and Umm Miskin. | ||
==Death== | |||
After ruling for three years and eight months, Yazid died on [[Rabi' I 14]], ([[64 AH]]/683) at the age of 38 and was buried in Huwwarin in Damascus. It is reported that when [['Abbasids]] took Damascus, disinterred him. | |||
After ruling for three years and eight months, Yazid died on [[Rabi' I 14]], [[64]]/ | |||
It has been said that the cause of his death was that he had put his monkey on a wild running donkey; Yazid himself was chasing the donkey while being drunk and riding on a horse until he fell off and broke his neck. | It has been said that the cause of his death was that he had put his monkey on a wild running donkey; Yazid himself was chasing the donkey while being drunk and riding on a horse until he fell off and broke his neck. | ||
Some people mentioned that the cause of his death was too much drinking. Some others say that he died of pneumonia. | Some people mentioned that the cause of his death was too much drinking. Some others say that he died of pneumonia. | ||
==Personal Characteristics== | ==Personal Characteristics== | ||