Bisṭâm ibn-Narsi—the dihḳân of Bâbil and Khuṭarniyah,[1] ar-Rufail—the dihḳân of al-ʿÂl,[2] and Fairuz—the dihḳân of Nahr al-Malik[3] and Kûtha. ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb did not interfere with them but left their lands in their own hands and annulled the poll-tax they paid.
Hâshim's campaign. Abu-Masʿûd al-Kûfi from ʿAwânah's father:—Saʿd ibn-abi-Waḳḳâṣ dispatched Hâshim ibn-ʿUtbah ibn-abi-Waḳḳâṣ accompanied by al-Ashʿath ibn-Ḳais al-Kindi. Hâshim passed through ar-Râdhânât[4] and visited Daḳûḳa and Khânîjâr, conquering all that region together with all the district of Bâjarma. Hâshim penetrated towards Sinn Bârimma[5] and Bawâzij al-Mulk as far as the border of Shahrazûr.
ʿUmar's message to Saʿd. Al-Ḥusain ibn-al-Aswad from Yazîd ibn-abi-Ḥabîb:—When Saʿd ibn-abi-Waḳḳâṣ completed the conquest of as-Sawâd, he received the following letter from ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb:
"I have received thy letter in which thou statest that thy men have asked thee to divide among them whatever spoils Allah has assigned them. At the receipt of my letter, find out what possessions and horses the troops on 'horses and camels'[6] have acquired and divide that among them, after taking away one-fifth. As for the land and camels, leave them in the hands of those men who work them, so that they may be included in the stipends [pensions] of the Moslems. If thou dividest them among those present, nothing will be left for those who come after them."
