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Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Fahmi
Governor of Egypt for the Umayyad Caliphate from 735 to 736
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]