"Hazrat Usman"

• Hazrat 'Uthman succeeded to the caliphate 23AH/644AD chosen by the council (shura)set up by Hazrat 'Umar as he was dying .He adopted a shorter title than his predecessors,Khalifat Allah,though he continued many of Hazrat 'Umar's policies,including the expansion of Islamic rule.Persia,Armenia,North Africa and parts of the eastern Mediterranean were all brought under the growing empire during his twelve years in the caliphate.
• Hazrat uthman placed closed relatives as governers over many of the new provinces. His nephews, muawiya ibn abi sufiyan had already been appointed governor of syria by hazrat umar, but now he was granted control over more territory. other relatives of the caliph were appointed governors of basra and kufa in southern iraq, and of egypt, and he also made his relatives his close advicers . His reasons for doing this may well have been to ensure loyalty towards himself and to secure the unity of the empire. But to many muslims, this action appeared to be favouring his own family unfairly.
• During the course of hazrat uthman caliphate , criticisms of his actions grew steadily stronger . When he decided to allocate to his governors the wealthy amassed in the compaigns ,rather than divided it between the fighting men themselves,he was accused of favoring his own family, though he may well have been trying to place funds for state purposes with the officials best able to administrate them.