Muawiya biography of barack

also known asMuawiyah bin Abi-Sufyan

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Muawiya ibn Abu Sufyan was the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs.

Muawiya biography of barack

His clan, which had resisted Mohammed and his message longest and most vehemently, eventually won political control over the Islamic community.

Background

Muawiyah bin Abi-Sufyan was born in Mecca to Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and Hind bint Utbah into the Banu Umayya sub-clan of the Banu Abd-Shams clan of the Quraysh tribe.

Career

As son of Abu Sufyan, one of the leaders of the Meccan opposition to Mohammed, Muawiya did not adopt Islam until the conquest of Mecca in Muawiya at this time was made secretary to the Prophet, but it was as a warrior in the army sent by the caliph Abu Bakr to conquer Syria that Muawiya first distinguished himself in the Moslem community.

As a result of his military exploits, Muawiya was awarded the governorship of Damascus and, under the caliph Omar, became gov