Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan

Yazīd bin Abī Sufyān
Native name	يزيد بن أبي سفيان
Parent(s)	Abū Sufyān bin Ḥarb and Zaynab bint Nawfal
Relatives	Mu‘āwiyah bin Abī Sufyān

Yazid ibn Abu Sufyan (Arabic: يزيد بن أبي سفيان‎, translit. Yazīd bin Abī Sufyān‎) was one of the companions (ṣaḥābah) of Muhammad.

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan was the son of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and Zaynab bint Nawfal, hence a paternal brother of Muawiya I.

Yazid was one of four Muslim generals who were sent by Caliph Abu Bakr to invade Roman Syria in 634 CE. He became governor of Damascus after the Conquest of Damascus in 634 CE. He commanded Muslim army's left wing at the Battle of Yarmouk. After the death of Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah in 639 CE from plague, Mu'adh ibn Jabal was made governor of Syria and after his death from the plague Yazid was made governor by Caliph Umar, but he too died in a plague in 640 CE.

According to al-Waqidi, the first Muslim historian on the events, Yazid was the first commander with 1000 horsemen sent to Syria and Palestine by Abu Bakr. Rabi‘ah bin Amir of the Amir tribe was sent along with another 1000 horsemen and was placed under Yazid's command. In the meantime, Christian Arabs living in Medina gave intelligence to the Roman emperor, Heraclius, about the impending invasion. Heraclius sent a force of 8000 cavalry units, commanded by Batlic; Sergius, his brother; Luke, son of Samuel and chief of police; and Salya, governor of Gaza and Ashkelon.

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