Yazid ibn Abu Sufyan
companion of Muhammad
595 CE to 640 CE
Yazid ibn Abu Sufyan is one of the companions of Muhammad.
The son of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and the brother of Muawiya I, he is not to be confused with Yazid ibn Muawiya who was the caliph during the period in which Imam Hussain was martyred.
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Muslim Arab general Yazud ibn Abu Sufyanin 635 takes Philadelphia.
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan captures the cities of Beirut and Tyre after a short siege.
The caliph 'Umar appoints Mu'awiyah governor of Damascus in 640 upon the death of his brother Yazid bn Abu Sufyan.