Muawiyah I facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Muawiyah I |
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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.
Images for kids
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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.
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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
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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.
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The tomb of Mu'awiya at the Bab al-Saghir cemetery in Damascus

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