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Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, Caliph · Founder of the Umayyad caliphate

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CompanionCaliph · Founder of the Umayyad caliphate

Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyanمعاوية بن أبي سفيان

Approximate dateDamascus

A scribe of the Prophet ﷺ, longtime governor of Syria, and the first Umayyad caliph.

Mu'awiyah accepted Islam around the conquest of Makkah and wrote for the Prophet ﷺ. Umar and Uthman made him governor of Syria, where he built the first Muslim fleet. After Uthman's killing he and Ali differed, and they met at Siffin. In 661 Hasan made peace with him, and he ruled a reunited caliphate from Damascus for twenty years.

Who came before and after?

Yazid ibn Muawiyah

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Umayyad CaliphateDamascusAbu Sufyan ibn HarbHind bint UtbahAli ibn Abi TalibUmm Haram bint MilhanByzantine EmpireAmr ibn al-AsConstans IILarnaca (Cyprus)SiffinBattle of the Masts

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺThe Three Who Stayed BehindZayd ibn HarithaYazdegerd IIIJabalah ibn al-AyhamAl-MuqawqisConstans IIHeraclius

Source: history · Wikipedia

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