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A wide range of religious and political debates about Osman period have been held throughout Islamic history. However, in the present article we only deal with the claim that “the conquests were discontinued” in this period. When the relevant sources have been examined, it will be seen that this claim is groundless. Perhaps such claims were made in order to underestimate this period as part of the general criticism about the reign of Osman in the following periods. In general, it is understood that during the reign of Osman the conquests resumed after the reign of Omar and continued during the caliphate of Osman. Moreover, it will be seen that the governors appointed in this period were generally among the experienced people who had taken up important positions and demonstrated their talents before the period of Osman.  With the conquests that took place during the caliphate of Osman, the Muslims-controlled areas expanded from the Eastern Black Sea coast to Armenia and Khorasan to the Sino-Indian borders, while also extending from the Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts to Egypt, Sudan, Libya and Tunisia. For the first time in the period of Osman, maritime expeditions which were not allowed due to various considerations during the period of Omar were launched.  During this period, Muslims organized successful maritime expeditions in the Mediterranean Sea. In this study, the previous activities and duties of the governors appointed by Osman are aimed to be covered; In addition, general information about Basra, Kufa, Damascus and Egypt based conquests in the period of Khalifa Osman and the maritime expeditions that were started for the first time during his reign were explained with the main lines.

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