Mu'awiya (disambiguation)

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
Mu'awiyah Rayyan Nieshaem ibn Mohd Elfie Nieshaem, son of Malaysian Islamist activist who was exposed for his pornography hosting business.

References

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[1] "Tareekh-ul-Khulafa". Scribd.com. 2010-09-26. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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