Abd Allah ibn Sa'd

Abd Allah ibn Sa'd
Governor of Egypt
In office
646–656
Preceded byAmr ibn al-As
Succeeded byMuhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa
Personal details
RelationsWahb (brother)
Parent(s)Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh (father)
Muhana bint Jabir al-Ash'ariyya[1]
Military service
AllegianceRashidun Caliphate
Battles/warsMuslim conquest of the Maghreb

Muslim conquest of Egypt

Arab–Byzantine wars

Abd Allah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi al-Sarh (Arabic: عبد الله ابن سعد ابن أبي السرح, romanizedʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī al-Sarḥ) was an Arab administrator, scribe, and military commander, who was an early convert to, then later apostate from Islam[2] He was a scriber of the Quran (كاتب الوحي) and governor of Upper Egypt for the Muslim caliphate during the reign of ʿUthmān (644–656). He was also the co-founder (with the future caliph Muʿāwiyah I) of the Islamic navy which seized Cyprus (647–649) and defeated a Byzantine fleet off Alexandria in 652.[3]

  1. ^ "ص407 - كتاب الطبقات الكبرى ط دار صادر - وهب بن سعد بن أبي سرح بن الحارث بن حبيب بن جذيمة بن مالك بن حسل بن عامر بن لؤي وهو أخو عبد الله بن سعد وأمهما مهانة بنت جابر من الأشعريين - المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة". al-maktaba.org (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  2. ^ Becker, C.H. "ʿAbd Allāh b. Saʿd".
  3. ^ "ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī Sarḥ | governor of Egypt | Britannica". www.britannica.com.