Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi عبد الرحمن بن خالد بن مسافر الفهمي

Umayyad governor of Egypt
In office 735–736
Monarch	Hisham
Preceded by	Al-Walid ibn Rifa'ah al-Fahmi
Succeeded by	Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi
Chief of police (Sahib al-shurta) of Egypt
In office 727/728 – 735 (for Al-Walid ibn Rifa'ah)
Monarch	Hisham

Personal details
Died	740s
Parent	Khalid ibn Musafir

Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid ibn Musafir al-Fahmi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن خالد بن مسافر الفهمي) 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]

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References

Blankinship, Khalid Yahya (1994). The End of the Jihâd State: The Reign of Hishām ibn ʻAbd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-1827-7.
Ibn Taghribirdi, Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf (1929). Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume I (in Arabic). Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya.
Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf (1912). Guest, Rhuvon (ed.). The Governors and Judges of Egypt (in Arabic). Leyden and London: E. J. Brill.

Preceded byAl-Walid ibn Rifa'a ibn Thabit al-Fahmi Governor of Egypt 735–737 Succeeded byHandhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi

Governor of Egypt during Umayyad Caliphate