Mu'awiya I
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mu-awiya-i-206-6963191
title:
Mu'awiya I
text:
Mu'awiya I was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and immediately after the four Rashidun ('rightly-guided') caliphs. Unlike his predecessors, who had been close, early companions of Muhammad, Mu'awiya was a relatively late follower of Muhammad. Mu'awiya and his father Abu Sufyan had opposed Muhammad, their distant Qurayshite kinsman and later Mu'awiya's br
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Founder of the Umayyad Caliphate
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%27awiya_I
date created:
2003-04-07T20:46:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T20:05:35Z
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