Aban ibn Uthman
Aban ibn Uthman أبان بن عثمان | |
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Umayyad governor of the Hejaz | |
In office 695–702 | |
Monarch | Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (r. 685–705) |
Preceded by | Yahya ibn al-Hakam |
Succeeded by | Hisham ibn Isma'il al-Makhzumi |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 640 Arabia, Rashidun Caliphate |
Died | c. 723 (aged 82–83) Medina, Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate |
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Relations | Banu Umayya (clan) |
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Known for | Historian and scholar of hadith (traditions and sayings of Muhammad), tafsir (interpretation of the Quran) and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) |
Abu Sa'id Aban ibn Uthman ibn Affan al-Umawi (
Biography
Aban was a son of
He became incapacitated in 722/23 and died in Medina the following year, in 723/24, during the reign of Caliph
Descendants
Aban had at least two wives.[3] His first, Umm Sa'id bint Abd al-Rahman, a granddaughter of al-Harith ibn Hisham, belonged to the Banu Makhzum clan.[3] She mothered two of Aban's sons, his eldest Sa'id and Abd al-Rahman, and a daughter.[3] His second wife, Umm Kulthum bint Abd Allah was a granddaughter of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib.[8] The names of the descendants of Aban have been recorded in the historical record up to at least 1375 in Egypt, where some of his descendants moved.[8] Others are recorded in the sources in al-Andalus,[9] including his grandson Uthman ibn Marwan and the latter's great-grandson Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Zetterstéen 1960, p. 2.
- ^ Landau-Tasseron 1998, p. 59, note 263.
- ^ a b c d e f Ahmed 2011, p. 127.
- ^ Ahmed 2011, p. 115.
- ^ Landau-Tasseron 1998, p. 59, note 263..
- ^ a b Zetterstéen 1960, p. 3.
- ^ Zetterstéen 1960, pp. 2–3.
- ^ a b Ahmed 2011, p. 128.
- ^ Ahmed 2011, p. 128.
- ^ Uzquiza Bartolomé 1994, p. 455.
Bibliography
- Ahmed, Asad Q. (2011). The Religious Elite of the Early Islamic Ḥijāz: Five Prosopographical Case Studies. Occasional Publications UPR. ISBN 978-1-900934-13-8.
- Landau-Tasseron, Ella, ed. (1998). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XXXIX: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and their Successors: al-Ṭabarī's Supplement to his History. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2819-1.
- Uzquiza Bartolomé, Aránzazu (1994). "Otros Linajes Omeyas en al-Andalus". In Marín, Manuela (ed.). Estudios onomástico-biográficos de Al-Andalus: V (in Spanish). Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. pp. 445–462. ISBN 84-00-07415-7.
- Zetterstéen, K. V. (1960). "Abān ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān". In OCLC 495469456.