CHAPTER V
Ḳumm, Ḳâshân and Iṣbahân
Ḳumm and Ḳâshân reduced. Leaving Nihâwand, abu-Mûsa ʿAbdallâh ibn-Ḳais al-Ashʿari came to al-Ahwâz, and after passing through it, stopped at Ḳumm which he reduced after a few days' fight. He then directed al-Aḥnaf ibn-Ḳais, whose name was aḍ-Ḍaḥḥâk ibn-Ḳais at-Tamîmi to Ḳâshân, which he took by force. Abu-Mûsa then overtook him.[1]
Jai and al-Yahûdîyah capitulate. In the year 23, ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb directed ʿAbdallâh ibn-Budail ibn-Warḳâʾ al-Khuzâʾi to Iṣbahân. Others assert that ʿUmar wrote to abu-Mûsa-l-Ashʿari ordering him to direct ʿAbdallâh at the head of an army to Iṣbahân, which abu-Mûsa did. ʿAbdallâh ibn-Budail conquered Jai,[2] which capitulated after a fight, agreeing to pay kharâj and poll-tax, provided the population be guaranteed the safety of their lives and all possessions with the exception of the arms in their hands.
ʿAbdallâh ibn-Budail then directed al-Aḥnaf ibn-Ḳais, who was in his army, to al-Yahûdîyah,[3] whose inhabitants made terms similar to those of Jai.
Thus ibn-Budail effected the conquest of the territory of Iṣbahân with its districts over which he acted as ʿâmil to
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