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Mu'awiya I
معاوية بن أبي سفيان ar معاویة بن ابیسفیان fa
Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680)
- Child of Hind bint Utbah and Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
- Married to Qurayba al-Sugra bint Abi Umayya, Maisun bint Bahdal
- Dated 603 CE – 680 CE
Overview
founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680)Wikidata record description. Read Mu'awiya I in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 2
- 28 July 661 CE – 27 April 680 CE Umayyad Caliph Number 1 in the sequence Succeeded Hasan ibn Ali · Succeeded by Yazid I
Family tree
The family as a list · 18
Family 18
- child of (child) Abu Sufyan ibn Harb Quraysh tribal leader and merchant (c. 560 – 653)
- child of (child) Hind bint Utbah Wife of Abu Sufyan
- of the house Umayyad dynasty Arab Hijaz dynasty
- parent of (father) Yazid I second caliph of the Umayyad caliphate (646-683)
- sibling of Aban ibn Hafs
- sibling of Amr ibn Abi Sufyan Brother of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
- sibling of Anbasa ibn Abi Sufyan
- sibling of Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan brother of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
- sibling of Hind bint Abi Sufyan
- sibling of Izza bint Abi Sufyan
- sibling of Juwayriya bint Abi Sufyan
- sibling of Ramla bint Abi Sufyan Muhammad's ninth wife (c. 589/594 – 664)
- sibling of Umayma bint Abi Sufyan
- sibling of Utba ibn Abi Sufyan governor of Egypt (664–665)
- sibling of Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan 7th-century Arab military commander
- sibling of Ziyad ibn Abihi arab Administrator, Governor and Statesman
- married to Maisun bint Bahdal 1St Consort of the Umayyad Caliphate
- married to Qurayba al-Sugra bint Abi Umayya Companion (Sahabiyyah) of Muhammad
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