Yazīd ibn Mu‘āwiya ibn Abī Sufyān (Arabic: يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان‎; 20 July 647 – 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (and the first one through inheritance). Yazid was the Caliph as appointed by his father Muawiyah I and ruled for three years from 680 CE until his death in 683 CE.