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Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān (in arabo معاوية بن أبي سفيان ?, Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; La Mecca, 603 – Damasco, 18 aprile 680) fu il primo califfo omayyade. Dopo la morte del califfo ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib regnò dalla capitale Damasco sul nascente impero arabo dal 661 al 680.
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.
Muʿāwiyah I (born c. 602, Mecca, Arabia—died April/May 680, Damascus) was an early Islamic leader and founder of the great Umayyad dynasty of caliphs. He fought against the fourth caliph, ʿAlī (Muhammad’s son-in-law), seized Egypt, and assumed the caliphate after ʿAlī’s assassination.
Mu‛awiya ibn Abi Sufyan. Primo califfo della dinastia araba degli Omayyadi (secc. 7°-8°). Quraishita, cognato di Maometto e cugino del califfo ortodosso ‛Uthman, entrò in politica per vendicare l’assassinio di questi da parte di seguaci di ‛Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Califfo arabo, fondatore della dinastia degli Omayyadi; regnò dal 661 al 680 d. C. Governatore della Siria (641), si ribellò al califfo ῾Alī per vendicare l'uccisione del predecessore di quest'ultimo, suo congiunto, il califfo ῾Othmān (656).
In this accessible study, Stephen Humphreys introduces the most elusive of the early caliphs, Mu'awiya ibn abi Sufyan (602-680). Notoriously guarded about his thoughts, motives and emotions,...
Muawiya ibn Abu Sufyan (died 680) was the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs. His clan, which had resisted Mohammed and his message longest and most vehemently, eventually won political control over the Islamic community.
