Muawiyah I - Rule - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Muawiyah I: Encyclopedia Ii - Muawiyah I - Rule
After his accession to the position of Caliph, Mu'awiya governed the geographically and politically disparate Caliphate, which spread fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muawiyah I: Encyclopedia Ii - Muawiyah I - Early Life
Muawiyah(معاوية) was born (c. 602) into a powerful clan, (Banu Abd Shams), of the tribe of the Quraysh. The Quraysh controlled the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muawiyah I: Encyclopedia Ii - Muawiyah I - Etymology Of The Name
Muawiyah's name may also be used as a common noun in the Arabic language, mu`āwīya, which translates literally to "howling bitch" (i.e....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muawiyah I: Encyclopedia Ii - Muawiyah I - The Shi'a View Of Mu'awiya
The Shi'a have lost no opportunity to vilify Mu'awiya. His supposed conversion to Islam before the conquest of Mecca is dismissed as a fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muawiyah I: Encyclopedia Ii - Muawiyah I - Legacy
Mu'awiyah greatly beautified Damascus and developed a court to rival that of the Byzantines. He expanded the frontiers of the empire, rea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muawiyah I: Encyclopedia Ii - Muawiyah I - Conflict With Ali
As a kinsman of the slain caliph 'Uthman, Mu'awiyah bore the duty of revenge. Because 'Ali did not apprehend and punish 'Uthman's murdere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muawiyah I: Encyclopedia Ii - Muawiyah I - The Sunni View Of Mu'awiya
Most of the early Sunni historians saw his rule, and that of the Umayyad dynasty that followed him, as a descent into mere worldly rule; ...   » Read the article