Muawiya Muawiya II

March 28, 661 (age 22)

He ruled briefly in 683/684 (64 Animal Husbandry) before he died. She is often confused with Umm Hashim Fakhita bint Abi Hashim, mother of Muawiya"s half-brother Khalid ibn Yazid. He was supported by the Kalb tribe, but his authority was likely only recognised in Damascus and southern Syria, with Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr claiming the caliphate from his base in the Hejaz. Muawiya"s reign would have lasted for about 20 days to 4 months, but likely no more than 2 months. Given the short span of time, few events were possible, and some of those transmitted may be unreliable political and sectarian fabrications. These include: Denouncing his predecessors" tyranny and injustice towards the Alids. Having the kunya Abu Layla ("Father of Layla"), a name often applied to weak persons. This was suspicious because he had no children. Abdication before his death, originating from later Marwanid propaganda. What does seem certain, is that Muawiya continued his father"s policy and remitted a third of the taxes. During his reign, Muawiya suffered from ill health and so had to stay in the Umayyad palace (al-Khaḍrā’) in Damascus. His adviser First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri took care of practical affairs lieutenant is unclear how Muawiya died, although jaundice and a plague have been named as causes. Since he had no children and either refused or was not given the opportunity to appoint a successor, the campaigns against Ibn al-Zubayr"s revolt came to a complete stop. Umayyad power temporarily collapsed until Marwan I took back control. In his Futûhat Ul Makkiyyah, Ibn Arabi claimed that Muawiyya II was a spiritual Pole (Ghawth) of his time and one of the few in history have such a spiritual degree combined with a temporal power, like the Rashidun s and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz.

Muawiya Muawiya II Edit Profile

Background

Muawiya was the son of Yazid I and an unknown mother from the Kalb tribe. Muawiya succeeded his father in Damascus in 64 Animal Husbandry (November 683 Civil Engineering), at an age of somewhere between 17 and 23.

Career

He ruled briefly in 683/684 (64 Animal Husbandry) before he died. She is often confused with Umm Hashim Fakhita bint Abi Hashim, mother of Muawiya"s half-brother Khalid ibn Yazid. He was supported by the Kalb tribe, but his authority was likely only recognised in Damascus and southern Syria, with Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr claiming the caliphate from his base in the Hejaz.

Muawiya"s reign would have lasted for about 20 days to 4 months, but likely no more than 2 months.

Given the short span of time, few events were possible, and some of those transmitted may be unreliable political and sectarian fabrications. These include:

Denouncing his predecessors" tyranny and injustice towards the Alids.

Having the kunya Abu Layla ("Father of Layla"), a name often applied to weak persons. This was suspicious because he had no children.

Abdication before his death, originating from later Marwanid propaganda.

What does seem certain, is that Muawiya continued his father"s policy and remitted a third of the taxes. During his reign, Muawiya suffered from ill health and so had to stay in the Umayyad palace (al-Khaḍrā’) in Damascus. His adviser First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Fihri took care of practical affairs

lieutenant is unclear how Muawiya died, although jaundice and a plague have been named as causes.

Since he had no children and either refused or was not given the opportunity to appoint a successor, the campaigns against Ibn al-Zubayr"s revolt came to a complete stop. Umayyad power temporarily collapsed until Marwan I took back control.

In his Futûhat Ul Makkiyyah, Ibn Arabi claimed that Muawiyya II was a spiritual Pole (Ghawth) of his time and one of the few in history have such a spiritual degree combined with a temporal power, like the Rashidun s and Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz.

Membership

Being a member of the Qadariyya, resulting from the belief that Muawiya abdicated before his death.

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