Uqba ibn Nafi

ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ عقبة بن نافع
A statue of Uqba bin Nafi in Algeria
Governor of Ifriqiya
In office 666–674
Monarch	Mu'awiya I
Preceded by	Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj
Succeeded by	Abu al-Muhajir Dinar
In office 681–683
Monarch	Yazid I
Succeeded by	Abu al-Muhajir Dinar
Succeeded by	Zuhayr ibn Qays
Personal details
Born	622
Died	683 Tehouda[1] (near the oasis of Sidi Okba in present-day Algeria)
Resting place	Sidi Okba Mosque, Algeria
Relations	Banu al-Harith ibn Fihr (clan) Habib ibn Abi Ubaida al-Fihri (grandson) Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri (great-grandson)
Children	Abu Ubayda ibn Uqba
Parent(s)	Nafi ibn Abd al-Qays Salma bint Harmalah
Military service
Allegiance	Rashidun Caliphate Umayyad Caliphate
Branch/service	Rashidun army
Years of service	635–683
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Arab conquest of Egypt First Battle of Dongola (642) Muslim conquest of the Maghreb Battle of Sufetula (647) Battle of Vescera † (682 or 683)

ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī al-Qurashī (Arabic: عقبة بن نافع بن عبد القيس الفهري القرشي, romanized: ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī), also simply known as Uqba ibn Nafi, was an Arab general serving the Rashidun Caliphate since the reign of Umar and later the Umayyad Caliphate during the reigns of Mu'awiya I and Yazid I, leading the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, including present-day Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. He is credited with establishing Umayyad rule in North Africa. Uqba was the nephew of Amr ibn al-As. He is often surnamed al-Fihri in reference to the Banu Fihr, a clan connected to the Quraysh. His descendants would be known as the ʿUqbids or Fihrids.