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 city and returned [to Jerusalem]. Only two or three days after his return, the inhabitants of Jerusalem asked to capitulate to abu-ʿUbaidah on the same terms as those of the cities of Syria as regards tax and kharâj, and to have the same treatment as their equals elsewhere, provided the one to make the contract be ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb in person, Abu-ʿUbaidah communicated this in writing to ʿUmar who came first to al-Jâbiyah in Damascus and then to Jerusalem. He made the terms of capitulation with the people of Jerusalem to take effect and gave them a written statement. The conquest of Jerusalem took place in the year 17.

A different account has been reported regarding the conquest of Jerusalem.

Al-Ḳâsim ibn-Sallâm from Yazîd ibn-abi-Ḥabîb:—Khâlid ibn-Thâbit al-Fahmi was sent by ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb, who was at that time in al-Jâbiyah, at the head of an army to Jerusalem. After fighting with the inhabitants, they agreed to pay something on what was within their fortified city and to deliver to the Moslems all what was outside. ʿUmar came and concurred, after which he returned to al-Madînah.

Hishâm ibn-ʿAmmâr from al-Auzâʿi:—Abu-ʿUbaidah reduced Ḳinnasrîn and its districts in the year 16; after which he came to Palestine and camped in Jerusalem, whose people asked him to make terms with them, which he did in the year 17, with the stipulation that ʿUmar would come in person, put the terms into effect and write a statement of them to the people.

. Hishâm ibn-ʿAmmâr from ʿAbdallâh ibn-Ḳais:—The latter said, "I was one of those who went with abu-ʿUbaidah to meet ʿUmar as he was coming to Syria. As ʿUmar was passing,