Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi
{{Short description|Governor of Egypt for the Umayyad Caliphate from 735 to 736}}
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| name = Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi
عبد الرحمن بن خالد بن مسافر الفهمي
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| office1 = Umayyad governor of Egypt
| term_start1 = 735
| term_end1 = 736
| monarch1 = Hisham
| predecessor1 = Al-Walid ibn Rifa'ah al-Fahmi
| successor1 = Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi
| office2 = Chief of police (Sahib al-shurta) of Egypt
| term_start2 = 727/728
| term_end2 = 735
(for Al-Walid ibn Rifa'ah)
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid ibn Musafir al-Fahmi ({{Langx|ar|عبد الرحمن بن خالد بن مسافر الفهمي}}) was a governor of Egypt for the Umayyad Caliphate from 735 to 736.
A Qays Arab, Abd al-Rahman originally served as chief of police (sahib al-shurta) for al-Walid ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi{{harvnb|Al-Kindi|1912|p=76}}; {{harvnb|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|p=265}}. before himself succeeding to the governorship upon al-Walid's death in mid-735. He remained in office until a Byzantine sea attack in the following year caused several Muslims to be taken prisoner; as a result, the caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik lost faith in his skill with military matters and replaced him with Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi instead.{{harvnb|Al-Kindi|1912|pp=79–80}}; {{harvnb|Ibn Taghribirdi|1929|p=277}}; {{harvnb|Blankinship|1994|p=192}}.
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References
- {{The End of the Jihad State}}
- {{cite book | title=Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume I | editor-first= | editor-last= | last=Ibn Taghribirdi | first=Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf | authorlink=Ibn Taghribirdi | year=1929 | publisher=Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya | location=Cairo |isbn= | url = | language=Arabic }}
- {{The Governors and Judges of Egypt}}
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{{s-bef|before=Al-Walid ibn Rifa'a ibn Thabit al-Fahmi}}
{{s-ttl|title=Governor of Egypt|years=735–737}}
{{s-aft|after=Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi}}
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{{Governor of Egypt during Umayyad Caliphate|state=expanded}}
Category:8th-century Arab people
Category:8th-century Umayyad governors of Egypt
Category:Taba‘ at-Tabi‘in hadith narrators
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