Al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph (b. 706)
Al-Walid ibn Yazid (709 – 17 April 744) (Arabic: الوليد بن يزيد) usually known simply as Al-Walid II was an Umayyad Caliph who ruled from 743 until his assassination in the year 744. He succeeded his uncle, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.