Editing Mu'awiya II (section)

==Early life==
Mu'awiya was born in [[Bilad al-Sham|Syria]] as the son of [[Yazid I]] and an unknown mother from the [[Banu Kalb|Kalb tribe]]. She is often confused with Umm Hashim [[Fakhitah bint Abi Hisham]], mother of Mu'awiya's half-brother [[Khalid ibn Yazid]].<ref name=Bosworth/>

His father, Yazid died on 11 November 683 in the central Syrian desert town of Huwwarin, his favourite residence, aged between 35 and 43, and was buried there.{{sfn|Lammens|1921|p=478}}