[Machine] Utba ibn Ghazwan died in the year seventeen on the route to Basra, serving as a governor for Umar ibn Al-Khattab. His age was fifty-seven years old, although it was said that he died at the age of twenty. He was the one who settled Basra, organized its houses, and built its mosque. He also initiated the postal service, and his rule over Basra lasted for six months before Umar ibn Al-Khattab appointed someone else to govern it.  

تُوُفِّيَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ سَنَةَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ بِطَرِيقِ الْبَصْرَةِ عَامِلًا لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَسِنُّهُ سَبْعٌ وَخَمْسُونَ سَنَةً وَقَدْ قِيلَ مَاتَ سَنَةَ عِشْرِينَ وَهُوَ الَّذِي مَصَّرَ الْبَصْرَةَ واخْتَطَّ بِهَا الْمَنَازِلَ وَبَنَى مَسْجِدَهَا وَهُوَ الَّذِي افْتَتَحَ الْأُبُلِّيَّةَ وَكَانَتْ وِلَايَتُهُ الْبَصْرَةَ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَلَّاهُ إِيَّاهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ