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Episode 21: Yazid bin Mu’awiya
Mu’awiya’s thorough preparations before his death left little doubt as to who would succeed him. His mastery over the umma’s various social forces...
Episode 20: Succeeding the dynast
Just because Mu’awiya held supreme power within the caliphate didn’t mean he thought his will was absolute. He had displayed a keen understanding...
Episode 19: Umayyad glory
The same skills which propelled Mu’awiya along his relentless rise to the top of the caliphate helped him rule the Arabs unlike any man had managed...
Episode 18: Mu’awiya bin Abi Sufyan
It is one of the sharper ironies of Islamic history that the clan which had led the resistance to the young religion went on to found its first dynasty....
Episode 17: The end of an era
The first four leaders of the umma were collectively bestowed with the honorific "the rightly guided caliphs". They were all close companions of the...
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