Uthman ibn Bashir ibn al-Muhtafiz

عثمان بن بشير بن المحتفز

Uthman ibn Bashir ibn al-Muhtafiz; taken by Ibn Khazim after his son Muhammad's killing at Herat and slain in cold blood — Ibn Khazim's severed right hand was later sent to his sons.

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The Umayyad Period
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Uthman ibn Bashir ibn al-Muhtafiz. Abd Allah ibn Khazim captured him at Herat after his son Muhammad had been killed, and he executed him in cold blood 1. When Ibn Khazim was killed, they sent his right hand to the sons of Uthman 1.

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Uthman ibn Bashir ibn al-Muhtafiz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/uthman-ibn-bashir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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