Who was Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan?

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Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan was the founder of the Umayyad state. He was a scribe of revelation and governor of al-Sham, then caliph for twenty years. He is a figure on whom Sunnis agree and on whom Shi'a differ. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

Who was Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas