Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi عبد الرحمن بن خالد بن مسافر الفهمي | |
Term Start1: | 735 |
Term End1: | 736 |
Office2: | Chief of police (Sahib al-shurta) of Egypt |
Term Start2: | 727/728 |
Term End2: | 735 (for Al-Walid ibn Rifa'ah) |
Parents: | Khalid ibn Musafir |
Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid ibn Musafir al-Fahmi 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[1] 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.[2]
. Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume I . Ibn Taghribirdi . 1929 . Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya . Cairo . Arabic .