Nu'man ibn Bashir
Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr | |
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| نُّعْمَانُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ | |
| Umayyad governor of Kufa | |
| In office 679-680 | |
| Monarch | Muʿāwiya I |
| Preceded by | Abd al-Rahman ibn Umm al-Hakam al-Thaqafi |
| Succeeded by | Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad |
| Governor of Jund Hims | |
| In office 666–678 | |
| Monarch | Mu'awiya I |
| Preceded by | Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid |
| Succeeded by | Malik ibn Hubayra al-Sakuni |
| Personal details | |
| Relations | Abd Allah ibn Rawaha (maternal uncle), Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (son-in-law) |
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Nu'man ibn Bashir ibn Sa'd al-Ansari (Arabic: نُّعْمَانُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ, romanized: Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr ibn Saʿd al-Anṣārī; c. 622–684) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also a commander and statesman of the Umayyad Caliphate. A supporter of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan during the First Muslim Civil War, he was appointed by him governor of Kufa in 678–680. Afterward, he was made governor of Homs by Caliph Yazid I (r. 680–683). After the latter's death, he gave allegiance to the Mecca-based, Caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. When pro-Umayyad forces routed Ibn al-Zubayr's supporters in Syria, he fled Homs but was slain during his escape.