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The 27 pages that link to Mu'awiya I, each with the reason it gives.

• Umayyad CaliphateBroader topic: His accession founded the dynasty and shifted the caliphate's center to Damascus.

• Rashidun CaliphateRelated: His victory over Ali’s supporters transferred power to a hereditary dynasty.

• First FitnaRelated: His refusal to recognize Ali without retribution for Uthman drove the central rivalry.

• Battle of KarbalaRelated: His designation of his son Yazid as successor helped precipitate Husayn’s revolt.

• Ali ibn Abi TalibCompared with: His conflict with Ali over authority culminated in civil war and a contested settlement.

• Ali ibn Abi TalibCompared with: His conflict with Ali over the caliphate culminated in civil war and arbitration.

• DamascusRelated: His caliphate made Damascus the capital of a rapidly expanding Islamic state.

• Battle of SiffinRelated: Muawiya led the Syrian forces and contested Ali’s authority.

• KharijitesRelated: His conflict with Ali set the political crisis in which the Kharijites arose.

• AishaRelated: His rivalry with Ali continued the contest over leadership after Aisha’s campaign ended.

• Hasan ibn AliRelated: His challenge to Hasan’s rule ended in a treaty that transferred political power.

• Abd al-Malik ibn MarwanRelated: The dynasty and political order Abd al-Malik sought to preserve began with Muawiya.

• Battle of the CamelRelated: His continuing opposition meant Ali’s victory at Basra did not resolve the civil war.

• Amr ibn al-AsRelated: Amr supported Muawiya in the First Fitna and governed Egypt under him.

• Yazid IRelated: As Yazid’s father and predecessor, he secured the pledge that Yazid would succeed him.

• Second FitnaNarrower topic: His designation of Yazid helped make succession the central fault line after his death.

• Uthman ibn AffanCompared with: Muawiya used the unresolved killing of Uthman to challenge Ali and consolidate his own claim.

• Siege of Constantinople (674–678)Related: He directed the caliphate during the campaign against Constantinople.

• Assassination of UthmanRelated: He demanded vengeance for Uthman and used that claim against Ali.

• Abu Sufyan ibn HarbBroader topic: Abu Sufyan’s son founded the dynasty that later dominated the caliphate.

• Battle of NahrawanRelated: Ali’s weakened position after Nahrawan helped Muawiya consolidate power.

• Battle of the MastsRelated: As governor of Syria, he sponsored the Arab naval expansion preceding the battle.

• Abu Musa al-Ash'ariRelated: Abu Musa's arbitration counterpart acted for Mu'awiya during the conflict with Ali.

• Zubayr ibn al-AwwamRelated: His conflict with Ali formed the other major front of the civil war in which Zubayr was involved.

• Abu al-DardaRelated: Traditions place Abu al-Darda in Damascus during Mu'awiya’s governorship of Syria.

• Abu Ayyub al-AnsariRelated: Abu Ayyub took part in the campaign against Constantinople during Muawiya's rule.

• Arab invasion of ArmeniaRelated: His caliphate consolidated Arab authority in Armenia after the first campaigns.