Muawiya
Mu‘āwīyya or Muawiyah or Muaawiya (معاوية) is a male Arabic given name of disputed meaning. It was the name of the first Umayyad caliph.[1]
Notable bearers of this name include:
- Muawiyah I (602–680), first Umayyad Caliph (r. 661–680)
- Muawiya II (661–684), third Umayyad Caliph (r. 683–684)
- Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj, Umayyad general and governor
- Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (died 737), Umayyad prince and general (fl. 725–737)
- Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941), Prime-Minister, then President of Mauritania
Places
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References
- "Tareekh-ul-Khulafa". Scribd.com. 2010-09-26. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
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