Rashidun governors of Basra

7th-century Islamic scholar

Companion (Sahabi) of Muhammad

Scholar, philologist

'''Abu Abd Allah al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba ibn Abi Amir ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi''' (); –671), was a prominent companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was known as one of the four 'shrewds of the Arabs' (duhat al-Arab). He belonged to the tribe of Thaqif of Ta'if, who were part of the early Islamic elite. He served as governor of Kufa, one of the two principal Arab garrisons and administrative centers of Iraq, under Caliph Umar in 642–645. In his old age, al-Mughira was again made governor of Kufa, serving under the Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I from 661 until his death in 671. During his second go

Muslim general and Sahabah

Rashidun Arab governor of Basra from 647 to 656

one of the companions of Muhammad and Governor of Basra from 656 to 660