Abd Allah ibn Sa'd
Abd Allah ibn Sa'd | |
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| Governor of Egypt | |
| In office 646–656 | |
| Preceded by | Amr ibn al-As |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa |
| Personal details | |
| Relations | Wahb (brother) |
| Parent(s) | Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh (father) Muhana bint Jabir al-Ash'ariyya |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Rashidun Caliphate |
| Battles/wars | Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
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Abd Allah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi al-Sarh (Arabic: عبد الله ابن سعد ابن أبي السرح, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Abī al-Sarḥ) was an Arab administrator, scribe, and military commander, who was an early convert and a companion of the prophet. 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.