Ummayed Caliphs | MCQs

Explanation

• Hazrat Muawiya (R.A) triumphed over ʿAlī to become the fifth caliph.
• He was the first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 to 680 AD.
• He was born in 602 AD in Mecca and died in 680 AD in Damascus.
• The Umayyad Dynasty, the first great Muslim dynasty based in Damascus.
• It started in 661 and ended in 750.
• Mu'awiya I was the first caliph (661–680).
• Marwan II was the last (744–750).
• This dynasty succeeded the leadership of the first four caliphs: Abū Bakr, ʿUmar I, ʿUthmān, and ʿAlī.