Mu'awiya I

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Imam
gptkb:Umayyad
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Umar_ibn_al-Khattab
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Mecca
gptkbp:birthYear 602
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Bab_al-Saghir_Cemetery,_Damascus
gptkbp:child gptkb:Yazid_I
Ramla bint Mu'awiya
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:deathYear 680
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Umayyad_dynasty
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Arab
gptkbp:father gptkb:Abu_Sufyan_ibn_Harb
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Early Islamic period
gptkbp:house gptkb:Umayyad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mu'awiya I
gptkbp:knownFor administrative reforms
establishing a professional army
establishing hereditary rule in the Caliphate
relative religious tolerance
building a strong navy
promoting Arabization of administration
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Hind_bint_Utbah
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(674–678)
gptkb:Battle_of_Siffin
gptkb:Treaty_with_Hasan_ibn_Ali
Naval expansion of the Caliphate
gptkbp:notableFor first Umayyad Caliph
founding the Umayyad Caliphate
centralizing power in Damascus
ending the Rashidun Caliphate
establishing dynastic succession in Islam
expanding the Islamic empire
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:First_Fitna
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib
gptkbp:regionRuled gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:reignEnd 680
gptkbp:reignStart 661
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Fakhita_bint_Qaraza
gptkb:Maysun_bint_Bahdal
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Yazid_I
gptkbp:title gptkb:Imam
Governor of Syria
gptkbp:tribe gptkb:Quraysh
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dahhak_ibn_Qays_al-Fihri
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7