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Emir Yazid of Arwadid Emirate

Emir Yazid of Arwadid Emirate (718-) was the Emir of the Arwadid Emirate of Yemen.

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Yazid was born to the Arwadids, a dynasty of Sunni Muslim Bedouin from southern Arabia. He ruled over the Arwadid Emirate that ruled present-day Yemen, and he was the brother-in-law of Caliph al-Mansur, as his sister was Empress Arwa of the Abbasid Empire.