His reign was marked by his defective measures, earning him the title of "The Deficient". Among the most notable was his refusal to pay a raise promised to the Army by al-Walid II. Yazid would be succeeded by his brother Ibrahim ibn al-Walid. Walid ibn Yazid or Walid II (d. ... Ibrahim ibn Al-Walid (Arabic: ابراهيم ابن الوليد ) was an Umayyad caliph. ...
Walid ibn Yazid or Walid II (d. ... Caliph is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ... Ibrahim ibn Al-Walid (Arabic: ابراهيم ابن الوليد ) was an Umayyad caliph. ...
The mother of Yazid, Maisun, belonged to the most powerful tribe in Syria, the Kalb, and it seems that this and the cognate tribes of Qodaa (Yemenites) had enjoyed certain prerogatives, which had aroused the jealousy of the Qais and the cognate tribes of Modar.
Yazid discovered soon that the system of taxation as regulated by Hajjaj could not be altered without serious danger to the finances of the empire, and that he could not afford the expenses which his prodigal manner of life involved.
Yazid stormed the castle and took Adi prisoner, the public treasury fell into his hands, and he employed the money to pay his troops largely and to raise fresh ones.
Zwar nahm Yazid 669 schon an der Belagerung von Konstantinopel teil, doch war er nach der Regierungsübernahme eher am inneren Ausbau des Reiches interessiert.
Der schnelle Wechsel der Kalifen und der Rückzug der umayyadischen Truppen aus dem Hedschas nach dem Tod Yazid I. führte zur Ausrufung des Kalifen Abdallah ibn az-Zubair (684-692) und zu einer schweren Krise der umayyadischen Herrschaft.
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