thman ibn Affan (Arabic: عثمان بن عفان, strict transliteration: ʻUthmān ibn ʻAffān) (577 – 17 June 656) was a companionof the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Born into a prominent Meccan clan of the Quraysh tribe, he played a major role in early Islamic history, succeeding Umar ibn al-Khattab as caliph at age 65. He is the third of the Sunni Rashidun or "Rightly Guided Caliphs".
Under the leadership of Uthman, the empire expanded into Fars in 650 (present-day Iran), some areas of Khorasan(present-day Afghanistan) in 651 and the conquest of Armenia was begun in the 640s.[3]
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