Editing Yazid (section)

==Struggle for Caliphate==
Yazid’s caliphate marked the beginning of the crisis, commonly referred to as fitna, during which the Umayyads came close to losing the caliphate. Eventually they re-established their hold on the institution but in the person of [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marwan-I-ibn-al-Hakam Marwan I b. al-Hakam] and his descendants rather than a representative of the Sufyanid branch of the family, to which Yazid belonged. Following his father’s death in Radjab 60/April 680, Yazid was faced with the continuing refusal of [[Hussain ibn Ali|Hussain b. ʿAli]] and [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/abd-allah-b-al-zubayr-SIM_0069 ʿAbd Allah b. al-Zubayr], both then in Medina, to give him allegiance. Most of the reports about his caliphate concern his attempts to overcome their opposition and that of others.