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).
Biography
Aban was a son of Uthman ( r. 644–656), the third Rashidun caliph. [1] [2] His mother was Umm Amr bint Jundab ibn Amr al-Dawsiyya of the Azd tribe of Yemen. [1] [3] [4] During the First Fitna, which occurred in the wake of his father's assassination, Aban fought alongside the forces of A'isha and his Umayyad kinsmen against the fourth Rashidun caliph Ali ( r. 656–661) at the Battle of the Camel in November 656. [3] As A'isha's supporters were on the verge of defeat, Aban fled the battle. [1] Later, the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705) appointed Aban governor of Medina in 695 and he continued in the post until being replaced by Hisham ibn Isma'il al-Makhzumi in 702. [5] During his term, he led the funeral prayers, as was customary of the governor, for Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, a son of Ali and leader of the Alid family. [3]
He became incapacitated in 722/23 and died in Medina the following year, in 723/24, during the reign of Caliph Yazid II. [6] Aban does not appear to have been a major political operative of the Umayyads and owes most of his fame for his knowledge of Islamic tradition. [7] He is credited by a number of scholars for authoring the maghazi (biography) of Muhammad, though the historians Yaqut al-Hamawi and Ahmad al-Tusi credit this work to a certain Aban ibn Uthman ibn Yahya. [6]
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 Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 2–3. OCLC 495469456.
