men, of whom those who stay will be considered dhimmis, and those who flee will not be interfered with? The city I will turn over to thee." Ibn-Budail returned with him and took Jai; and the Persian fulfilled his promise, saying, "I saw that ye, people of Iṣbahân, are mean and disunited. Ye, therefore, deserve what I did with you."
The territory of Iṣbahân pays kharâj. Ibn-Budail then passed through the plains and mountains of the territory of Iṣbahân, all of which he conquered, treating them as regards kharâj as he had treated the people of al-Ahwâz.
Some say that the conquest of Iṣbahân and its territory was effected partly in the year 23 and partly in the year 24.
Other versions. It is reported by others that ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb sent at the head of an army ʿAbdallâh ibn-Budail, who met abu-Mûsa, after the latter had conquered Ḳumm and Ḳâshân. They both now led the attack against Iṣbahân with al-Aḥnaf ibn-Ḳais commanding the van of abu-Mûsa's army. Thus they subjugated all al-Yahûdîyah as described above. Ibn-Budail, after that, reduced Jai; and they both marched through the territory of Iṣbahân and reduced it. The most reliable account, however, is that Ḳumm and Ḳâshân were conquered by abu-Mûsa; whereas Jai and al-Yahûdîyah, by ʿAbdallâh ibn-Budail.
Abu-Ḥassân az-Ziyâdi from a Thaḳîf man:—In Iṣbahân stands the sanctuary[1] of ʿUthmân ibn-abi-l-ʿÂṣi ath-Thaḳafi.
Persian nobility embrace Islâm. Muḥammad ibn-Yaḥya at-Tamîmi from his sheikhs:—To the nobility of Iṣbahân belonged various strongholds in Jafrabâd in the district of ath-Thaimarah[2]-l-Kubra, in Bihjâwarsân[3] and in the fort
