Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr

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Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Abi Quhafa al-Taymi (Arabic: مُحَمَّد بْن أَبِي بَكْر بْن أَبِي قُحَافَة, romanized: Muḥammad ibn ʾAbī Bakr ibn ʾAbī Quḥāfa; c. March 632 – July 658) was an Arab commander and a partisan of the fourth Rashidun caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib. He was the youngest son of the first caliph, Abu Bakr, and Asma bint Umais. Following his father's death, his mother married Ali, and Muhammad was raised in Ali's household, becoming one of his most loyal supporters. Muhammad first emerged as a leading agitator against the third caliph, Uthman, directing opposition in Egypt alongside Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa and helping lead the Egyptian delegation that besieged Uthman's residence in Medina. During the First Fitna, he fought alongside Ali at the Battle of the Camel and was later entrusted with escorting Aisha back to Medina or Mecca. In February 657, Ali appointed him Governor of Egypt following the dismissal of Qays ibn Sa'd. Facing mounting internal dissent, the abandonment of...

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