the ledger of connections
The Connections of Muawiya I
Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680) Every person recorded alongside Muawiya I in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Muawiya I in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Hind bint Utbah
- Spouses
- Qurayba al-Sugra bint Abi Umayya, Maisun bint Bahdal
- Children
- Yazid I
- Siblings
- Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, Utba ibn Abi Sufyan, Amr ibn Abi Sufyan, Anbasa ibn Abi Sufyan, Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan, Juwayriya bint Abi Sufyan, Umayma bint Abi Sufyan, Izza bint Abi Sufyan, Hind bint Abi Sufyan, Ziyad ibn Abihi
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 603 CE to 680 CE.
Medieval era
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE
Final Prophet of Islam whose message united Arabia and today guides two billion people
Medieval era
Abu Bakr
October 27, 573 CE – August 23, 634 CE
1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad
Medieval era
Hasan ibn Ali
March 1, 625 CE – 669 CE
5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam
Medieval era
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
646 CE – October 9, 705 CE
Umayyad caliph from 685 to 705
Medieval era
Al-Walid I
668 CE – February 23, 715 CE
Umayyad caliph
Medieval era
Tariq ibn Ziyad
670 CE – 720 CE
8th-century Muslim general
Medieval era
Raja Dahir
663 CE – 712 CE
Ruler of Sindh (663–712)
Medieval era
Prince Shotoku
February 7, 574 CE – April 8, 622 CE
Semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)
Medieval era
Raedwald of East Anglia
c. 550 CE – 624 CE
7th-century Anglo-Saxon king
Medieval era
Augustine of Canterbury
c. 550 CE – c. 605 CE
6th-century missionary, archbishop, and saint
Medieval era
Æthelberht of Kent
552 CE – February 24, 612 CE
King of Kent from 589
Medieval era
Penda of Mercia
606 CE – November 15, 655 CE
7th-century King of Mercia