The Biography of Uthman Ibn Affan R Dhun Noorayn

Governors at the time of 'Uthmb 4& 361
conquests in these regions, and they also disciplined their people
when they rebelled. So these satellite provinces played a role
complementary to that of Kufah to a large extent.'']
From the above discussion about the Islamic provinces at the
time of 'Uthmsn, it is clear that some provinces enjoyed a lengthy
period of stability throughout 'Uthrnh's reign, including the
provinces in the Arabian Peninsula such as Bahrain, Yemen,
Makkah, al-TVif and others. Greater Syria also enjoyed stability
throughout 'Uthmh's caliphate. As for Basra, its people were
engaged in conquest with their governor 'Abd-AllSh ibn 'Aamir.
Egypt and Basra were both affected by problems at the end of
'Uthrnh's caliphate, thus fitnah emerged in those places and
some of their people attacked MaCmah and killed the caliph
'Uthmh A& instead of fighting the enemies of slam![^]
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ibid.
['I op. at., 1/214