Yazid al-Afqam يزيد الأفقم | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Died | c. 744/46 | ||||
| |||||
House | Marwanid | ||||
Dynasty | Umayyad | ||||
Father | Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik | ||||
Mother | Umm Hakim bint Yahya | ||||
Religion | Islam | ||||
Occupation | Umayyad courtier, politician and Military leader | ||||
Military career | |||||
Allegiance | Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Rank | Commander | ||||
Battles/wars | Arab–Byzantine wars | ||||
Relations | Al-Walid II (cousin) Yazid III (cousin) Maslama (brother) Mu'awiya (brother) Sulayman (brother) |
Yazīd ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (Arabic: يزيد بن هشام بن عبد الملك), commonly known as al-Afqam (fl. 738 – c. 744), was an Umayyad prince who played military and political roles during the reign of his father, Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, and during the reigns of his own cousins, caliphs al-Walid II and Yazid III.
Yazid was the son of the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 724–743) and his favored wife Umm Hakim, the daughter of Yahya ibn al-Hakam, brother of Hisham's grandfather Caliph Marwan I (r. 684–685).[1] He was nicknamed "al-Afqam".[2]
He may have led the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in 738, though other accounts hold it was his brother Sulayman,[3] and led it again in 741.[2] He was imprisoned by Caliph al-Walid II soon after his accession in late 743.[4] Al-Walid was assassinated in 744 and Yazid was the first to give the oath of allegiance to the usurping caliph Yazid III.[5]