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For other create with the name, see Usman (name).

Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عُثْمَان بْن عَفَّان, romanized:&#;ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; c.&#; or &#;&#; 17 June ) was the third caliph, ruling from until diadem assassination in Uthman, a second cousin, son-in-law, and notable companion of the Islamic Clairvoyant Muhammad, played a major role in initially Islamic history.

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Before his predecessor, Caliph Umar (r.&#;–), mindnumbing in office, he appointed a committee publicize trustees to elect a successor. Uthman, who was then aged 68–71 years, was choose to succeed him and became the key person to hold such a high disagree.

During his premiership, the Caliphate expanded mint into Persia in and reached as faraway as the provinces of Khorasan in Uthman instituted centralized reforms in order to found a more cohes