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Uthman

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Uthman (th`män) or Othman (ōth`), c.574–656, 3d caliph (644–56), also known as Uthman ibn al-Affan; son-in-law of Muhammad Muhammad (məhăm`əd) [Arab.,=praised], 570?–632, the name of the Prophet of Islam , one of the great figures of history, b.
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. He belonged to the great Umayyad Umayyad (mä`yäd), the first Islamic dynasty (661–750).
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 family and was selected as caliph after the murder of Umar Umar (
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. Muslim conquests were continued and extended to Bactria and Cyprus. To strengthen his control over the distant provinces, he replaced the generals and governors appointed by Abu Bakr Abu Bakr (ä`b
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 and Umar with members of his own family. Uthman ordered the compilation of the first official version of the Qur'an Qur'an or Koran (kōrăn`, –rän`) [Arab.,=reading, recitation], the sacred book of Islam.
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. In 656 a mob of malcontents in Medina stormed Uthman's house and murdered him. Ali Ali (älē`) (Ali ibn Abu Talib), 598?–661, 4th caliph (656–61).
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 succeeded to the caliphate. Osman is the Turkish form of Uthman.


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He snickered that Uthman Pasha, the deposed governor of Damascus, "began to weep, on account of his defeat, like a woman" after the people of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man barred his fleeing entourage from entering the town (1771).
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