al-Walid II
709 CE–744 CE · Damascus
Al-Walid II (709–744) was the eleventh Umayyad caliph, ruling from 743 to 744. Remembered as a poet and a controversial figure whose conduct drew opposition, he was deposed and killed in 744 after little more than a year in power. His overthrow helped set off the civil conflict known as the Third Fitna, which weakened the Umayyad dynasty in its final years.
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al-Walid I, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Umar II (Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz), Yazid II, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
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- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang· 685 CE–762 CE
- K'ak' Tiliw Chan Chaak (Smoking Squirrel)· 688 CE–
- Marwan II· 691 CE–750 CE
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik· 691 CE–743 CE
- al-Saffah (Abu al-Abbas)· 721 CE–754 CE
- K'inich Ahkal Mo' Nahb III· 678 CE–
- Leo III the Isaurian· 685 CE–741 CE
- Yaxun Bahlam IV (Bird Jaguar IV)· 709 CE–
- al-Mansur· 714 CE–775 CE
- Itzamnaaj Bahlam III (Shield Jaguar II 'the Great')· –742 CE
- Constantine V· 718 CE–775 CE
- Abd al-Rahman I· 731 CE–788 CE
- Emperor Kanmu· 737 CE–806 CE
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