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Uthman ibn Affan (; also known in English by the Turkish and Persian rendering Osman; 576 – 17 June 656) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the third of the Rashidun or "Rightly Guided Caliphs". 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 was also the prophet's son-in-law twice, being married to two of the prophet’s daughters Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthum (he was married to the second daughter after the first died).
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.
Uthman (also spelled Othman, ) is a male Arabic given name. It is popular as a male given name among Muslims. It is also transliterated as Osman or Usman, as there is no -th sound in Persian, Bosnian and Turkish, where it is also used. It is also used as surname.
It is also a less common name of German origins.
The following people share this name:
- Uthman ibn Affan, third caliph of Muslims;
- Uthman Abu Qahafa Abu Bakr's father
- Uthman ibn Ali, brother of Abbas, among the casualties at the Battle of Karbala
- Uthman al-Asghar, one of the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Uthman al-Akbar, one of the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Uthman ibn Naissa, a Berber Wāli of Narbonne and effective Muslim governor of Septimania.
- Uthman I, a Marinid caliph
- Uthman ibn Ali (Bey of Tunis), the sixth leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia briefly in 1814.
- Othman Al Omeir, a Saudi-born British businessman, journalist and editor.
- Othman Saat, a former Chief Minister of the state of Johor in Malaysia.
- Al-Aziz Uthman, the second son of Saladin and the second Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
- Azalina Othman Said, a tourism minister of Malaysia
- Tuanku Sultan Otteman II, a former Sultan of Deli
- Abdul Ghani Othman, the current Menteri Besar of the state of Johor in Malaysia
- Abdullatif bin Ahmed Al Othman, the governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA).
- Barbara Uthmann, businesswoman and supporter of bobbin lace
Uthman (reigned 1435–1488) was an Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya. His rule marked the zenith of the Hafsid kingdom.
He successfully brought on his grandfather Abd al-Aziz II's politics but in the long run he could avoid neither power struggles inside the Hafsid family nor the revolt of the southern Berber tribes.
Initially he chose his provincial governors among freed slaves but when they attempted to gain some degree of independence he replaced them with members of his own family. Although some of the latter would later break out in open rebellion, yet he was able to keep the Abdalwadid Kingdom of Tlemcen under his control and also to extend Hafsid sphere of influence over the Kingdom of Fez for a brief period of time, thus making Ifriqiya the most powerful state of the Maghreb.