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Muawiyah I
Reign 661 – 680
Full name Muˁāwīya ibn ˁAbī Sufyān
Born 602
Died May 6, 680
Predecessor unknown
Successor Yazid I
Dynasty Umayyad
Father Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Mother Hind bint Utbah

Muawiyah I (602-680) was a deeply controversial figure in Islam. He was the nephew of Uthman, and founded the Umayyad dynasty. He was also the rival of Ali.



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  • Early Islamic Syria, ca. 640s

    Map of Syria in the first decades of Islamic rule

  • Muawiya Liwa' (3)

    Liwā’ of Muawiyah I at the Battle of Siffin

  • First Fitna Map, Ali-Muawiya Phase

    Map of the First Fitna. The areas shaded in green and pink respectively represent the territories under Caliph Ali's and Mu'awiya's control in 658.

  • Greek Muawiya inscription of Hammat Gader, 663 AD

    A Greek inscription crediting Mu'awiya for restoring the Roman-era bath facilities at Hamat Gader in 663, the sole epigraphic attestation of Mu'awiya's rule in Syria, the center of his caliphate

  • Lead seal of Mu'awiya's dismissal of Ibn Amir, ca. 664

    Lead seal announcing Mu'awiya's dismissal of Abd Allah ibn Amir from the governorship of Basra, which occurred in 664 CE. He was replaced by Ziyad ibn Abihi

  • Arab-Byzantine Wars during Muawiya's governorship and caliphate

    Map of the Arab–Byzantine wars during Mu'awiya's career

  • A map of northern Africa, southern Europe and western and central Asia with different color shades denoting the stages of expansion of the caliphate

    A map depicting growth of the Caliphate. The area highlighted in purple depicts the expansion of territory during Mu'awiya's reign

  • Statue de Okba ibn Nafi al Fihri en Algérie

    A statue of Uqba ibn Nafi, the Arab conqueror of North Africa and founder of Kairouan in 670, during Mu'awiya's reign. Uqba served as Mu'awiya's lieutenant governor over North Africa until the caliph dismissed him in 673.

  • Tomb of Caliph Muawiya Bin Abi Sufyan

    The tomb of Mu'awiya at the Bab al-Saghir cemetery in Damascus

  • Sufyanid dynasty genealogy

    Genealogical tree of the Sufyanids, the ruling family of the caliphate (661–684) established by Muawiyah

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