Mu'awiya (disambiguation)

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Mu'awiya I (died 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 680.

People

Mu'awiya () is a male Arabic given name with a disputed meaning. Other notable bearers of this name include:

• Mu'awiya II (661–684), third Umayyad caliph from 683 to 684
• Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj, Umayyad commander and governor
• Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (died 737), Umayyad prince and commander
• Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born in 1941), president of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005

Places

• Mu'awiya, Basma, an Arab village in Israel