Uqbah ibn Amir

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Part of a series on the Muslim scholars – a sub-group of Muslims

1st millennium AH

1st century AH: (622 – 719 CE) Ubay ibn Ka'b (d. 22) Umar (-40 – 23) Ibn Mas'ud (d. 32) Ka'ab al-Ahbar (d. 32) Wahb ibn Munabbih (d. 34) Ali (-23 – 40) Abdullah ibn Salam (d. 43) Ahmad ibn Tawoos (d. 53?) Abu Hurairah (d. 57) Masruq ibn al-Ajda' (d. 62?) Alqama ibn Qays (d. 62?) Ibn Abbas (-3 – 68) Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali (-16 – 69) Sulaym ibn Qays (d. 70) Ibn Umar (-8? – 74) Aswad ibn Yazid (d. 75) Ma'bad al-Juhani (d. 80) Sahl ibn Sa'd (d. 91) Urwah ibn Zubayr (d. 94) Said ibn Al-Musayyib (d. 94) Raja ibn Haywah Ali ibn Abi Talha Uqbah ibn Amir 2nd century AH: (719 – 816 CE) 3rd century AH: (816 – 913 CE) 4th century AH: (913 – 1010 CE) 5th century AH: (1010 – 1107 CE) 6th century AH: (1107 – 1204 CE) 7th century AH: (1204 – 1301 CE) 8th century AH: (1301 – 1398 CE) 9th century AH: (1398 – 1495 CE) 10th century AH: (1495 – 1592 CE)

2nd millennium AH

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Uqbah ibn Amir was a companion of Muhammad and well known member of the early Muslim community.

He participated in the battle of Uhud and in all the military engagements thereafter. He also fought in the Battle of Damascus in 634. In recognition for his services, the Muslim commander Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah, despatched Uqbah to Medina to convey the liberation of Damascus to Umar ibn al-Khattab.

Uqbah was also one of the commanders of the Muslim forces that took Egypt. For three years he was the governor of Egypt after which he received orders from the caliph Muawiyah to mount a naval expedition to the island of Rhodes.

He memorized numerous hadith on the subject of jihad and became a specialist in their narraton. Uqbah also left a Mushaf of the Quran written in his own hand, which existed until recently in Egypt in the well-known mosque named after him.

After becoming ill he died in Cairo and was buried at the foot of the Muqattam hills.