Muawiya I

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Imam
Umayyad dynasty member
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Uthman_ibn_Affan
gptkb:Umar_ibn_al-Khattab
gptkbp:birthDate 602
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Mecca
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Bab_al-Saghir_Cemetery,_Damascus
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:child gptkb:Ramla_bint_Muawiya
gptkb:Yazid_I
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Battle_of_Siffin
gptkb:First_Fitna
gptkbp:deathDate 680
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Umayyad
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Arab
gptkbp:father gptkb:Abu_Sufyan_ibn_Harb
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Early Islamic period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Muawiya I
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:siege_of_Constantinople_(674–678)
administrative reforms
expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate
administrative centralization
building the first Muslim navy
establishing a professional army
establishing postal system
fortification of coastal cities
minting of Islamic coinage
naval campaigns against Byzantines
patronage of poets and scholars
relative tolerance of Christians and Jews
treaty with Hasan ibn Ali
use of Greek and Coptic administrators
use of diwans (bureaus) in government
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Hind_bint_Utbah
gptkbp:notableFor establishing hereditary rule in Islam
first Umayyad Caliph
founding the Umayyad Caliphate
governor of Syria under Uthman
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib
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
gptkb:Banu_Umayya
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Caliph_of_Islam
gptkb:Imam
gptkb:Umayyad
gptkb:Islamic_caliphate
gptkb:Islamic_Caliphates
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5