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Muawiyah I

603 - 680

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Mu'awiya I (c. 597, 603 or 605–April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and immediately after the four Rashidun ('rightly-guided') caliphs. Unlike his predecessors, who had been close, early companions of Muhammad, Mu'awiya was a relatively late follower of Muhammad. Mu'awiya and his father Abu Sufyan had opposed Muhammad, their distant Qurayshite kinsman and later Mu'awiya's brother-in-law, until Muhammad captured Mecca in 630. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muawiyah I is the 381st most popular politician (down from 245th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia and the 4th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Muawiyah I was the first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, which ruled from 661 to 750 CE. He is most famous for his military prowess and his expansion of the Muslim empire.

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Among politicians, Muawiyah I ranks 381 out of 19,576. Before him are B. R. Ambedkar, Charles VII of France, Herod Agrippa, Hugh Capet, Charles IX of France, and Charles the Bald. After him are Lady Margaret Beaufort, Viktor Yanukovych, Artaxerxes II of Persia, Klemens von Metternich, Raúl Castro, and Yitzhak Rabin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 603, Muawiyah I ranks 1. After him are Queen Seondeok of Silla, Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal, Yeon Gaesomun, and Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali. Among people deceased in 680, Muawiyah I ranks 2. Before him is Husayn ibn Ali. After him are Abbas ibn Ali, Princess Wencheng, Muslim ibn Aqil, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, Balthild of Chelles, Bhāskara I, Hilda of Whitby, and Cædmon.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Muawiyah I ranks 14 out of 354. Before him are Uthman (574), Husayn ibn Ali (626), Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935), Khalid ibn al-Walid (592), Hasan ibn Ali (624), and Bilal ibn Rabah (580). After him are Osama bin Laden (1957), Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Ibn Saud (1875), Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Aminah (557), and Ja'far al-Sadiq (702).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Muawiyah I ranks 4. Before him are Umar (585), Uthman (574), and Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935). After him are Ibn Saud (1875), Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib (570), Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646), Abū Lahab (549), and Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580).

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