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{{infobox person | |||
| name =Mu'awiya | |||
| native_name =معاویة بن أبی سفیان | |||
| image = | |||
| known_for = 1st Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate | |||
| birth_date = c. 597–605 | |||
| birth_place = Mecca | |||
| father = Abu Sufyan ibn Harb | |||
| mother =Hind bint Utba | |||
| relatives = | |||
| spouse =Katwa bint Qurayza al-Nawfaliyya, Fakhita bint Qurayza al-Nawfaliyya, Maysun bint Bahdal al-Kalbiyya, Na'ila bint Umara al-Kalbiyya | |||
| children = Yazid I, Abd Allah, Ramla (daughter) | |||
| death_date = 26 April 680 | |||
| death_place =Damascus | |||
| resting_place =Bab al-Saghir, 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. | ||