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Mu'awiya I was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, serving from 661 until his death in 680. He acceded less than thirty years after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and immediately after the four Rashidun caliphs. He became a Muslim after Muhammad's conquest of Mecca in 630. Afterward, Mu'awiya became one of his scribes and, by the 640s, the governor of Syria. Following the assassination of Caliph Uthman in 656, Mu'awiya opposed his successor, Ali. They fought to a stalemate during the First Muslim Civil War. When Ali was assassinated in 661, Mu'awiya compelled his son Hasan to abdicate. As caliph, Mu'awiya relied on his Syrian supporters and conferred autonomy to the provinces. He fought the Byzantines throughout his reign, during which the Muslim conquests were renewed. His controversial appointment of his son Yazid I as successor introduced dynastic rule to Islamic politics. Mu'awiya is honored by Sunni Muslims as a companion of Muhammad, but reviled by Shia Muslims for opposing Ali.

Comments and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 03:29, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I made changes for comprehensiveness, as there was nothing about his 20-year reign as caliph, his 20-year governorship of Syria, and the highly controversial and consequential nomination of his son as successor. Had to trim elsewhere, but still 63 characters longer than the average (I am not counting "Full article..."). Let me know if ok. Also, I am debating whether we should use the silver dirham coin inscribed with his name in Persian as the image here, see File:Arab-Sasanian coin of Muawiyah I, struck at the Fasa mint in Darabjird (Fars).jpg. Al Ameer (talk) 18:33, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks great. - Dank (push to talk) 18:58, 8 December 2021 (UTC)