Aban ibn Uthman

Aban ibn Uthman
أبان بن عثمان
Aban ibn Uthman; أبان بن عثمان
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
Personal details
Born	c. 640; Medina, Hejaz, Arabia, Rashidun Caliphate
Died	c. 723 (aged 82–83); Medina, Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate
Spouses	Umm Sa'id bint Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham; Umm Kulthum bint Abd Allah ibn Ja'far ibn Abi Talib;
Relations	Banu Umayya (clan)
Children	Sa'id; Abd al-Rahman; Umar al-Akbar; Umm Sa'id al-Kubra; Umar al-Asghar; Marwan; Umm Sa'id al-Sughra;
Parents	Uthman (father); Umm Amr bint Jundab ibn Amr al-Dawsiyya (mother);
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).

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