Mu‘āwīyya or Muawiyah or Muaawiya () is a
male Arabic
given name
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of disputed meaning. It was the name of the first Umayyad caliph.
Notable bearers of this name include:
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Mu'awiya I
Mu'awiya I ( ar, معاوية بن أبي سفيان, Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; –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 deat ...
(602–680), first
Umayyad Caliph (r. 661–680)
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Muawiya II
Mu'awiya ibn Yazid ( ar, معاوية بن يزيد, Muʿāwiya ibn Yazīd; 664 – 684 CE), usually known simply as Mu'awiya II was the third Umayyad caliph. He succeeded his father Yazid I as the third caliph and last caliph of the Sufyanid l ...
(661–684), third
Umayyad Caliph (r. 683–684)
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Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj
Abu Nu'aym Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj ibn Jafna ibn Qatira al-Sakuni al-Tujibi Usd al-Ghabah 4 / 383 al-Kindi ar, معاوية بن حديج بن جفنة بن قتيرة التجيبي, was a general of the Kindah tribe under Muawiyah I in Ifriqiya. ...
, Umayyad general and governor
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Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (died 737), Umayyad prince and general (
fl.
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725–737)
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Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941),
Prime-Minister
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, then
President of Mauritania
Places
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Mu'awiya, Basma, an Arab village in Israel
References
External links
Ruling on calling one’s son Mu’aawiyah and mention of some who bore this name "
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