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Mu'awiya ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiya, commonly known as Mu'awiya II, was the third Umayyad caliph. The last ruler of the Sufyanid line, he succeeded his father Yazid I in 683 (64 AH) but died after a reign of only a few months.
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politics · Umayyad caliph from 683 to 684 · politician · governor · caliph · also Mu'awiya II, Mu'awiya ibn Yazid, II
Born 28 March 0661 · Died June 0684 · Q264210
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I am not the one to take charge of your affairs, nor the one to bear the claims you make. So do as you like; for, by God, if the world is a place of profit, we have obtained a share of it; and if it is an evil, then what the family of Abu Sufyan have obtained of it is sufficient.
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“…Their idol of Zur was of gold, and its eyes were two rubies. The zealous Musalmans cut off its hands and plucked out its eyes, and then remarked to the Marzaban how powerless was his idol to do either good or evil…”
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“I am not the one to take charge of your affairs, nor the one to bear the claims you make. So do as you like; for, by God, if the world is a place of profit, we have obtained a share of it; and if it is an evil, then what the family of Abu Sufyan have obtained of it is sufficient.”
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“He then went to Kandahar in boats and conquered it. He destroyed the Budd there, and built in its place a mosque.”
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“awiya I, had struggled for power against one more entitled to it, and characterized his father Yazid I as having”
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Died 0684-06.
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Career landmark: Umayyad Caliph (0683–0684).
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Born 0661-03-28.
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