Yazid

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Yazid is the secondary antagonist of Season 1 of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. He leches after Mousa bin Suleiman's family and acts creepily towards them.

Biography

He is sent by Mousa bin Suleiman to capture his wife Hanin and bring her back to him.

Yazid is wounded by a drone strike sent by Victor Polizzi, watching the village where they find Hanin.

Later he discovers Hanin in Turkey on a beach trying to flee to Europe, where he engages Jack Ryan and Greer.

Appearances

Trivia

  • Yazid is similar to the historical figure of the same name, Yazid I, second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate. Yazid I is considered an evil figure by most Muslims for having killed Husayn ibn Ali, the prophet Muhammad's grandson and starting the Second Fitna crisis.