Mu'awiya I, Umayyad caliph (born 602)

Mu'awiya I

Founder of the Umayyad Caliphate

Mu'awiya I 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…