If a Moslem is cut off from his companions and falls into your hands, ye are bound to deliver him to the nearest body of the 'Believers', unless something stands in the way. If ye return to the obedience[1] of Allah and observe prayer, ye are our brethren in faith, otherwise poll-tax is incumbent on you. In case an enemy of yours attacks and subjugates you while the Moslems are too busy to come to your aid, the Moslems are not held responsible, nor is it a violation of the covenant with you. The above are your rights and obligations to which Allah and his angels are witness and it is sufficient to have Allah for witness."
The following is a copy of the treaty made by al-Jarrâḥ ibn-ʿAbdallâh-l-Ḥakami with the people of Taflîs:
"In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful. This is a treaty made by al-Jarrâḥ ibn-ʿAbdallâh with the inhabitants of Taflîs in the district of Manjalîs and the province of Jurzân. They have shown me the treaty made with them by Ḥabîb ibn-Maslamah to the effect that they accept the humiliation of the tax, and that he made terms with them regarding lands belonging to them, vineyards, and mills, called Awâra and Sabîna in the district of Manjalîs, and regarding Ṭaʿâm and Dîdûna in the district of Ḳuḥuwîṭ in the province of Jurzân, stipulating that they pay on these mills and vineyards a tax of 100 dirhams per annum without repeating it. These terms of peace and security I put into effect and ordered that the sum be never increased on them. Let no one, therefore, to whom this my treaty is read increase the tax on them; so Allah wills. Written by—."
Various places conquered by Ḥabib. Ḥabib conquered Ḥawâriḥ, Kasfaryabs [?],[2] Kisâl, Khunân, Samsakhi, al-
