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Yazid III
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Yazid III

Caliph

Born AD 701 · died 25 September AD 744, aged 42 or 43
Also known as Yazid III ibn al-Walid

Who was alive at the same time as Yazid III?

  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 John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  6. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  7. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  8. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  9. Leo III the Isaurian, AD 675 – AD 741
  10. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  11. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AD 681 – c. AD 720
  12. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  13. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  14. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  15. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  16. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  17. Yazid III, AD 701 – AD 744
  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 III was born, Abu Hanifa was 1 or 2, Charles Martel was 12 or 13, Wu Zetian was 76 or 77, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz was 19 or 20 and Ali al-Sajjad was 41 or 42.

When Yazid III died, Li Bai was 43, Du Fu was 31 or 32, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 22 or 23, Abu Hanifa was 45 and Pope Adrian I was 43 or 44.

Born during Yazid III’s lifetime: Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Pepin the Short, Pope Stephen III, Pope Stephen II, Malik ibn Anas, Rabia Basri and Alcuin.

Not quite contemporaries: Abu Nuwas was born about 10 years after Yazid III died, Pope Leo III was born about 6 years after Yazid III died, Pope John V died about 15 years before Yazid III was born and Pope Conon died about 14 years before Yazid III was born.

What happened in Yazid III’s lifetime

Where Yazid III’s contemporaries were born

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The 69 best-known contemporaries

69 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Yazid III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 723.

  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 Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  14. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  15. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  16. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  17. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  18. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  19. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  20. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  21. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  22. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  23. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  24. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  25. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  26. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  27. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  28. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  29. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  30. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  31. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  32. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  33. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  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. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  44. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  45. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  46. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  47. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  48. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  49. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  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. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  54. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  55. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  56. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  57. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  58. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  59. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  60. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  61. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  62. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  63. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  64. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  65. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  66. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  67. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  68. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  69. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754