Muawiyah I
Military Commander
0602 – 0680
Who was Muawiyah I?
Muawiyah I established the Umayyad Dynasty of the caliphate, and was the second caliph from the Umayyad clan. Muawiyah became a secretary for Muhammad, and during the first and second caliphates of Abu Bakr and Umar, fought with the Muslims against the Byzantines in Syria. Muawiyah was politically adept in dealing with the Eastern Roman Empire and was therefore made into a secretary by Muhammad.
As caliph, to stop the Byzantine harassment from the sea, Muawiyah developed a navy in the Levant and used it to confront the Byzantine Empire in the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. The Caliphate conquered several territories including Cyzicus which were subsequently used as naval bases.
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- Born
- 0602
Mecca - Also known as
- Muawiyah bin Abi-Sufyan
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Islam
- Ethnicity
- Arab people
- Nationality
- Rashidun Caliphate
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Profession
- Died
- 0680
Damascus
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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