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 the place of ʿUtbah ibn-Ghazwân. No sooner had he arrived there, than he died. This took place in the year 14, or the beginning of 15. Then ʿUmar assigned Ḳudâmah ibn-Maẓʿûn al-Jumaḥi for the collection of taxes from al-Baḥrain, and gave abu-Hurairah authority over the military guard and charge of the conduct of prayer. Later he dismissed Ḳudâmah, inflicted on him the legal punishment for drinking wine, and gave abu-Hurairah authority over the military guard and charged him with the conduct of prayer. At last, he dismissed abu-Hurairah and confiscated a part of his wealth. Then he assigned Uthmân ibn-abi-l-ʿÂṣi to al-Baḥrain and ʿUmân.

. Al-ʿUmari from al-Haitham:—Ḳudâmah ibn-Maẓʿûn had charge of tax-collecting and the military guard, and abu-Hurairah acted as leader of prayer and ḳâḍi. The latter gave witness against Ḳudâmah, and ʿUmar assigned him to al-Baḥrain after Ḳudâmah. Later ʿUmar dismissed him, confiscated a part of what he possessed and ordered him to return. This he refused to do. ʿUmar, thereupon, assigned ʿUthman ibn-abi-l-ʿÂṣi as governor, who still held the office at the death of ʿUmar. When ʿUthmân was in Persia, his substitute over ʿUmân and al-Baḥrain was his brother, Mughîrah ibn-abi-l-ʿÂṣi, others say Ḥafṣ ibn-abi-l-ʿÂṣi.

. Shaibân ibn-Farrûkh from abu-Hurairah who said:—"ʿUmar made me his ʿamil over al-Baḥrain. There I gathered 12,000 [dirhams]. On my return to ʿUmar, he addressed me saying: 'O thou the enemy of Allah and of the Moslems (he may have said 'and of his Book'), thou hast stolen the money of Allah!' To this I replied, 'Neither am I the enemy of