Who Was Alive

Mu'awiya I

Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate

Born AD 603 · died AD 680, aged 76 or 77

Who was alive at the same time as Mu'awiya I?

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When Mu'awiya I was born, Muhammad was 31 or 32 and Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib was 3 or 4.

Born during Mu'awiya I’s lifetime: Aisha, Husayn ibn Ali and Fatima.

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