Yazīd (, "increasing", "adding more") is an Arabic name and may refer to:

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Yazid I Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (; 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from April 680 until his death in November 683. His appointment by his father Mu'awiya I () was the first ...

(647–683), second Umayyad Caliph upon succeeding his father Muawiyah *

Yazid II Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (; — 26 January 724), commonly known as Yazid II, was the ninth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 720 until his death in 724. Although he lacked administrative or military experience, he derived prestige from his ...

(687–724), Umayyad caliph *

Yazid III Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (; 701 – 3/4 October 744), commonly known as Yazid III, was the twelfth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 744 until his death months later. Birth and background Yazid was the member of the influential Umayyad d ...

(701–744), Umayyad caliph * Yazeed Abulaila (born 1993), Jordanian footballer * Yazid Kaïssi (born 1981), French-born Moroccan footballer *

Yazid Mansouri Yazid Mansouri (, Yazīd Manṣūrī) (born 25 February 1978) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Algeria national team, gaining 67 caps over ten years. Club career Born in Revin, Ardennes, Fr ...

(born 1978), French-born Algerian footballer *

Yazid ibn al-Muhallab Yazid ibn al-Muhallab al-Azdi (; 672/673–24 August 720) was a commander and statesman for the Umayyad Caliphate in Lower Mesopotamia, Iraq and Greater Khorasan, Khurasan in the early 8th century. In 720, he led the last of a series of wide scal ...

(672–720), Umayyad governor * Yazid of Morocco (1750–1792), Sultan of Morocco * Yazid Sabeg (born 1950), French businessman *

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Harb 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 ...

(died 640), brother of the early Umayyad leader Muawiyah I, and companion of Muhammad * Yazid Sufaat (born 1964), suspected militant *

Yazid Zerhouni Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni () (5 September 1937 – 18 December 2020) was the interior minister of Algeria. He was born in Tunis. In 2000, he was hospitalized in Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of t ...

(1937-2020), Algerian politician *

Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; ; ''Zineddin Lyazid Zidan''; ; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as an attacking midfi ...

(Zinedine Yazid Zidane, born 1972), French footballer and manager *

Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas (1963 – 11 July 2024) was an Indonesian Salafi scholar and writer. He is also known for writing many religious Islamic books in Indonesian. His lectures which are considered controversial make Yazid often receive cr ...

(born 1963), Indonesian Salafist preacher. *

Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra al-Fazari (; died 750) was the last Umayyad governor of Iraq. A son of former governor Umar ibn Hubayra, he became one of the most important partisans of Caliph Marwan II in the Third Fitna, but failed to stem the onsl ...

(died 750) * Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi (died 787) * Yazid ibn Abdallah al-Hulwani (), Abbasid military governor of Egypt *

Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani (; died 801) was an Arab general and governor who served the Abbasid Caliphate. Biography Yazid was member of the Shayban tribe, dominant in the region of Diyar Bakr in the northern Jazira. The first member of his ...

(died ), Abbasid military general and governor *

Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami or Yazid ibn Usayd ibn Zafir al-Sulami () was an Arab general and governor in the service of the early Abbasid Caliphate. He was active mostly in the Caliphate's northwestern frontier region, serving as governor ...

(), Abbasid military general in Armenia *

Yazid ibn al-Sa'iq Abū Qays Yazīd ibn ʿAmr ibn Khuwaylid ibn Nufayl ibn ʿAmr ibn Kilāb, commonly known as Yazid ibn al-Sa'iq, was a chieftain, warrior, and poet of the Amr branch of the Banu Kilab, the leading clan of the Banu Amir, one of the major Arab tribes i ...

Yazid ibn Jarir al-Qasri Yazid ibn Jarir ibn Yazid ibn Khalid ibn Abdallah al-Qasri () was a provincial governor for the Abbasid Caliphate, serving as governor of the Yemen from 812 to 813. Career Yazid was a descendant of Khalid ibn Abdallah al-Qasri (died 743), the ...

Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al-Saksaki Yazid ibn Abi Kabsha al-Saksaki () was an Arab military commander and provincial governor for the Umayyad Caliphate. He was the son of Haywil ibn Yasar, surnamed Abu Kabsha, a member of the Syrian tribal nobility and an adherent of the Umayyads ...

Yazid ibn Ziyad Yazīd ibn Ziyād ibn Abīhi () (died 683/84) was a general of the Umayyad Caliphate responsible for the province of Sijistan during the reign of Caliph Yazid I between 680/81 and his death. He was appointed by one of his brothers Ubayd Allah or ...

Yazid ibn Khalid al-Qasri Yazid ibn Khalid al-Qasri () was a son of the famed Khalid al-Qasri, the longtime (724–738) governor of Iraq for the Umayyads. Due to his father's imprisonment, torture, and death at the hands of al-Walid II's governor of Iraq, Yusuf ibn Uma ...

Yazid ibn Abi Muslim Yazid ibn Abi Muslim () was the Umayyad governor of Ifriqiya from 720 until his assassination in 721. Yazid ibn Abi Muslim was from the Arab tribe of Thaqif. He served in the administration of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, the Umayyad governor of Wasit ( ...

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Abu Yazid Abū Yazīd Makhlad ibn Kaydād Dajjal (; – 19 August 947), was a member of the Ibadi sect. He opposed the Ismaili Shia rule of the Fatimids in North Africa and sought to restore Ibadi dominance in the region. Known as the Man on the Donke ...

(873–947), Kharijite Berber of the Banu Ifran tribe *

Mhamed Yazid Mhamed Yazid (born in Blida, 1923–2003) was an Algerian independence activist and politician. He joined the nationalist Parti du Peuple Algérien (PPA) in 1942, and later, after moving to Paris, France for university studies, joined its succes ...

(1923–2003), Algerian independence activist and politician

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