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 to al-Wâḳidi, that the one who made al-Muhâjir governor over Ṣanʿâʾ was abu-Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddîḳ, who also assigned Khâlid ibn-Saʿîd over the provinces of upper al-Yaman.

. According to Hishâm ibn-al-Kalbi and Haitham ibn-ʿAdi the Prophet assigned al-Muhâjir over Kindah and aṣ-Ṣadif. On the death of the Prophet, abu-Bakr wrote to Ziyâd ibn-Labîd al-Bayâḍi-l-Anṣâri assigning to him the governorship of Kindah, aṣ-Ṣadif and other places in addition to what he already ruled over in Ḥaḍramaut. Al-Muhâjir he assigned over Sanʿâʾ and later asked him in writing to reinforce Ziyâd ibn-Labîd, without dismissing him from the governorship of Sanʿâʾ.

. It is agreed by all that the Prophet assigned Ziyâd ibn-Labîd to Ḥaḍramaut.

. The Prophet assigned abu-Mûsa-l-Ashʿari to Zabîd, Rimaʿ, ʿAdan and the coast region, and assigned Muʿâdh ibn-Jabal to al-Janad, made him ḳâḍi and charged him with collecting ṣadaḳah in al-Yaman. He then assigned to Najrân ʿAmr ibn-Ḥazm al-Anṣâri; and, according to other reports, he assigned abu-Sufyân ibn-Ḥarb to Najrân after ʿAmr ibn-Ḥazm.

. ʿAbdallâh ibn-Ṣaliḥ al-Muḳriʾ from ʿUrwah ibn-az-Zubair:—The Prophet wrote to Zurʿah ibn-dhi-Yazan as follows:

"Greetings! On the arrival of my messenger Muʿâdh ibn-Jabal and his companions, gather all your ṣadaḳah and poll-tax and deliver them to him. Muʿâdh is the chief of my messengers, and one of the righteous among my immediate companions. I have been informed by Mâlik ibn-Murârah ar-Rahâwi that thou wert the first to desert