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Uqba ibn Nafi

Uqba ibn Nafi

General
ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī al-Qurashī, also simply known as Uqba ibn Nafi, was an Arab general serving the Rashidun Caliphate since the reign of Umar and later the Umayyad Caliphate ... Wikipedia
Born: 622 AD, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Died: 683 AD (age 61 years), Tabuda
Children: Abu Ubayda ibn Uqba
Resting place: Sidi Okba Mosque, Algeria
Previous offices: Governor of Ifriqiya (682 AD–683 AD) and Governor of Ifriqiya (666 AD–674 AD)
Nationality: Saudi and Umayyad