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Uthman
Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عثمان بن عفان‎, translit. ``Uthmān ibn ``Affān; also known in English by the Turkish and Persian rendering Osman; 576 -- 17 June 656) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the third of the Sunni Rashidun or ``Rightly Guided Caliphs''. Born into a prominent Meccan clan of the Quraysh tribe, he played a major role in early Islamic history, succeeding Umar ibn al-Khattab as caliph at age 65. He was also the prophet's son-in-law twice, being married to two of the prophet's daughters Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthum (he was married to the second daughter after the first passed away). Under the leadership of Uthman, the empire expanded into Fars in 650 (present-day Iran), some areas of Khorasan (present-day Afghanistan) in 651 and the conquest of Armenia was begun in the 640s.