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 |
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| Born | c. 640 Medina, Hejaz, 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 (Arabic: أَبُو سَعِيد أَبَان بْنُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّان الأُمَوِيّ, romanized: Abū Saʿīd Abān ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān al-Umawī; died 105 AH/723 CE) was a Muslim historian and traditionalist. He also served a seven-year stint as governor of Medina in 695–702, during the reign of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705).