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Yazid II
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Yazid II

Caliph

Born AD 687 · died 28 January AD 724, aged 36 or 37
Also known as Yazid bin Abd al-Malik

Who was alive at the same time as Yazid II?

  1. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  2. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, c. AD 646 – AD 705
  3. Pope Sisinnius, c. AD 650 – AD 708
  4. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  5. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  6. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  7. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  8. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  10. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  11. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AD 681 – c. AD 720
  12. Yazid II, AD 687 – AD 724
  13. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  14. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  15. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  16. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  17. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  18. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  19. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  20. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  21. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  22. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  23. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  24. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815

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When Yazid II was born, Pope Gregory II was 17 or 18, Pope John VII was 36 or 37, Pope Sergius I was 36 or 37, Pope John VI was 31 or 32 and Pope Zachary was 7 or 8.

When Yazid II died, Li Bai was 22, Du Fu was 11 or 12, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 2 or 3, Abu Hanifa was 24 and Pope Gregory II was 54 or 55.

Born during Yazid II’s lifetime: Li Bai, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Hanifa, Charles Martel, Pope Adrian I, Pepin the Short and Pope Paul I.

Not quite contemporaries: Brahmagupta died about 14 years before Yazid II was born, Aisha died about 7 years before Yazid II was born, Husayn ibn Ali died about 7 years before Yazid II was born and Mu'awiya I died about 7 years before Yazid II was born.

Where Yazid II’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Yazid II

The 71 best-known contemporaries

71 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Yazid II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 706.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  4. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  5. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  6. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  7. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  8. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  9. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  10. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  11. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  12. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  13. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  14. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  15. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  16. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  17. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  18. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  19. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  20. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  21. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  22. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  23. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  24. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  25. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  26. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  27. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  28. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  29. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  30. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  31. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  32. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  33. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  34. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  35. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  36. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  37. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  38. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  39. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  40. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  41. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  42. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  43. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  44. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  45. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  46. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  47. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  48. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  49. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  50. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  51. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  52. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  53. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  54. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  55. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  56. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  57. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  58. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  59. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  60. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  61. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  62. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  63. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  64. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  65. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  66. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  67. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  68. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  69. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  70. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  71. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754