Mu'awiya ibn Hisham معاوية بن هشام | |||||
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Died | 737 | ||||
Spouse | Raha (concubine) | ||||
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House | Marwanid | ||||
Dynasty | Umayyad | ||||
Father | Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik | ||||
Mother | Umm Hakim bint Yahya (or a concubine) | ||||
Religion | Islam | ||||
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Allegiance | Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
Rank | General | ||||
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Relations | Walid II (cousin) Yazid III (cousin) Maslama (brother) Sulayman (brother) Sa'id (brother) |
Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (Arabic: معاوية بن هشام, romanized: Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām; (fl. 725–737) was an Arab general and prince, the son of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 724–743), who distinguished himself in the Arab–Byzantine Wars. His son, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya, was the founder of the Emirate of Córdoba and the Umayyad line of al-Andalus.