The Election of Uthman refers to the appointment of Uthman ibn Affan as the third caliph by a committee, which was assembled by the dying caliph Umar in 23 AH.

Uthman, the third caliph from 644 to 656, was assassinated at the end of a siege upon his house in 656.

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Abd Allah ibn Uthman, was the son of the third caliph Uthman and Ruqayya bint Muhammad.

Uthman Beg or Osman Beg was a late 14th and early 15th-century leader of the TurkomanKaushik Roy, Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750, (Bloomsbury, 2014), 38;"Post-Mongol Persia and Iraq were ruled by two tribal confederations: Akkoyunlu (White Sheep) and Qaraoyunlu (Black Sheep).