Salman ibn Rabiah al-Bahili () (died 650) was military governor of

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633–644 CE, under

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Uthman ibn Affan Uthman ibn Affan ( ar, عثمان بن عفان, ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; – 17 June 656), also spelled by Colloquial Arabic, Turkish and Persian rendering Osman, was a second cousin, son-in-law and notable companion of the Islamic prophe ...

. He may have been the brother of

Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Rabīʿah () was the Arab general of the early Caliphate. He may have been the brother of Salman ibn Rabiah, the military governor of Armenia under Caliph Umar I. He was charged with the task of conquering the Khazars ...

, who led the attempted conquest of the northern

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and Khazaria. Under Uthman, the Muslim armies headed into Armenia for the first time, launching from Syria and led by Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri. They conquered several Armenian territories but were challenged by large numbers of Byzantines joining the Armenian defense. Habib asked Uthman for help, and he sent 6,000 men led by Salman ibn Rabi'ah al-Bahili, marching from Kufa, Iraq. A dispute arose between Habib and Salman, and Uthman wrote to them and solved the issue with Salman taking over command of the Muslim armies and being appointed as governor of Armenia. Salman then penetrated deep into Armenia as far as Khazaria with several conquests and victories with his force of 10,000 men. He was stopped in a fierce battle with the Khazars, reported to be 300,000 strong, and Salman and all of his troops were killed.''The Biography of Uthman ibn 'Affan'', pg 348-349, by Dr. Ali Muhammad as-Sallabi

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rabiah, Salman Ibn 650 deaths People from the Rashidun Caliphate Year of birth unknown Bahila 7th-century Arabs Rashidun governors of Arminiya