Mu'awiyah I

/ (ˌmuːəˈwiːjə) /

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noun

?602–680 ad, first caliph (661–80) of the Omayyad dynasty of Damascus; regarded as having secularized the caliphate

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MTS, MTV, Mtwara, MTX, mu, Mu'awiyah I, Muay Thai, Mubarak, muc-, mucedinous, much

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