Appointment As The Governor of Busra
In the year 647, when Abu-Musa al-Asha'ari was deposed from the governorship of Basra, Caliph Uthman appointed Abdullah ibn Aamir as the Governor of Basra. Abdullah ibn Aamar was only twenty-five years old that time.
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