Mu`awiya 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Floruit | M VII |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Locations | Egypt; Egypt (officeplace); Sicily |
| Textual Sources | Baladhuri, al-, Kitab futuh al-Buldan, tr. P. K. Hitti, The Origins of the Islamic State (London, 1916, reprint Beirut, 1966) (history) |
Mu`awiya 5 (Mu`awiya ibn Hudaij al-Kindi) was the first to invade Sicily, in the days of Mu`awiya 1: Baladhuri, tr. Hitti, p. 375. He was governor of Egypt under Mu`awiya 1 until replaced by Maslama 2 in 670/671: Tabari XVIII, pp. 102-103.
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