什么是穆阿威叶一世
Muawiyah I, al-
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602年~680年
Muawiyah I, al-
First caliph (661-80) of the Umayyad dynasty. Born into a clan that rejected Muhammad, he converted only after Muhammad had conquered Mecca. As governor of Damascus he built up the Syrian army until it was strong enough to resist Byzantine attacks. Opposed to Ali's caliphate, he eventually overthrew Ali and, as commander of the largest Muslim military force, became caliph. To win the loyalty of non-Syrian Arabs, he introduced methods by which the tribes could keep the caliph informed of their interests. He channeled tribal aggressiveness into anti-Byzantine campaigns, and in North Africa captured Tripolitania and Ifriqiyah. To administer his large empire, he adopted Roman and Byzantine procedures, employing Christians whose families had served in Byzantine governments. By securing his son as his successor, he established hereditary rule. Though disliked by pious Muslim historians for deviating from Muhammad's leadership style and by Shiites for his role in Ali's death, he is praised in Arabic literature as the ideal ruler. See also Amr ibn al-As, fitnah, Husayn ibn Ali, Battle of Karbala.
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