Uthman ... For other people with the name, see Uthman (name). Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عُثْمَان بْن عَفَّان, romanized: ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; c. 573 or 576 – 17 June 656) ...
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Spouse: Na'ila bint al-Furafisa (m. 641 AD–656 AD), Umme Kulsoom (m. 624 AD), Ruqayya bint Muhammad (m. 615 AD–624 AD), and more
Full name: Uthman ibn Affan
Assassinated: June 17, 656 AD, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Buried: 656 AD, Al Baqi Cemetery, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Children: Abdullah ibn Uthman ibn Affan, Ayesha bint Uthman, Aban ibn Uthman, and more
Deposed date: 656 AD
Grandchild: Abd al-Rahman ibn Aban ibn Uthman
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ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (died June 17, 656, Medina, Arabian Peninsula) was the third caliph to rule after the death of the Prophet Muhammad.
The name Uthman holds a potent combination of meanings, being tied to a revered figure in Islamic history and having the symbol of a “young dragon” or “snake”.
British-occupied island in the Mediterranean that served as a detention center for Jews attempting to enter the British Mandate of Palestine “illegally”.
Uthman was born into the wealthy Umayyad clan of the Quraish tribe in Mecca, a few years after Muhammad. He was an early convert to Islam, and was well known ...