page_title: Election of Uthman
hierarchical_section_title: Election of Uthman
caption_attribution_description: Folio from a Tarikhnama (Book of history) by Balami
context_page_description: Uthman ibn Affan, the third caliph, was chosen by a council meeting in Medina, in northwestern Arabia, in
  AH 23. The second caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, was stabbed by Piruz Nahavandi, a Persian slave. Mindful of the tumults that had occurred after the death of Muhammad, on his deathbed Umar appointed a committee of six men, to choose a new leader.
context_section_description: Uthman ibn Affan, the third caliph, was chosen by a council meeting in Medina, in northwestern Arabia, in 
  AH 23 (643/644). The second caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, was stabbed by Piruz Nahavandi, a Persian slave. Mindful of the tumults that had occurred after the death of Muhammad (see Succession to Muhammad), on his deathbed Umar appointed a committee of six men, to choose a new leader.
caption: The election of Uthman, from Balami's Tarikhnama
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