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| native_name =معاویة بن أبی سفیان | | native_name =معاویة بن أبی سفیان | ||
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| known_for = 1st Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate | | known_for = 1st Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate | ||
| birth_date = c. 597–605 | | birth_date = c. 597–605 | ||
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| resting_place =Bab al-Saghir, Damascus | | resting_place =Bab al-Saghir, Damascus | ||
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[[File:Muawiya 2.jpg|thumbnail|Muawiya's palace in Damascus.]] | |||
'''Mu'awiya''' ibn Abi Sufyan (d. 680) was the founder and first caliph of [[Umayyad]] dynasty (661-680 C.E.). Mu'awiya's father, Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayyah—popularly known as [[Abu Sufyan]]—led the Quraysh army against the Prophet in the battles of [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Uhud Uhud] and Khandaq. He later embraced Islam. His mother, Hind, the daughter of a prominent [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-the-quran/quraysh-EQCOM_00164 Quraysh] chief, 'Utbah ibn Rabi'a, was also hostile to [[Muhammad]] before her conversion to Islam. | '''Mu'awiya''' ibn Abi Sufyan (d. 680) was the founder and first caliph of [[Umayyad]] dynasty (661-680 C.E.). Mu'awiya's father, Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayyah—popularly known as [[Abu Sufyan]]—led the Quraysh army against the Prophet in the battles of [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Uhud Uhud] and Khandaq. He later embraced Islam. His mother, Hind, the daughter of a prominent [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-the-quran/quraysh-EQCOM_00164 Quraysh] chief, 'Utbah ibn Rabi'a, was also hostile to [[Muhammad]] before her conversion to Islam. | ||