Abd Allah ibn Sa'd

Abd Allah ibn Sa'd
Abd Allah ibn Sa'd
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 Battle of Sufetula (647); Muslim conquest of Egypt Second Battle of Dongola (652); Arab–Byzantine wars Battle of the Masts (654);

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 to, then later apostate from Islam. 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.

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