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 . Thence abu-ʿUbaidah departed bent upon Aleppo [Ḥalab], but hearing that the people of Ḳinnasrîn had violated the covenant and proved perfidious, he directed against them as-Simṭ ibn-al-Aswad al-Kindi who reduced the city after besieging them.

Hishâm ibn-ʿAmmâr ad-Dimashḳi from ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân ibn-Ghanm:—"We kept our post against Ḳinnasrîn with as-Simṭ (or, perhaps he said Shuraḥbîl ibn-as-Simṭ) as our leader. When he reduced the city, he carried off cows and sheep as booty. One part of the booty he distributed among us and the remaining part was treated according to the laws governing the spoils [Ar. maghnam ]."

 The Ḥâḍir Ṭaiyiʾ was of old origin. It dates back to the disastrous war termed Ḥarb al-Fasâd which tore up the tribe of Ṭaiyiʾ some of whom then came and established themselves on the two mountains [al-Jabalain, i. e., Aja and Salma]. Under these circumstances a large body of the Ṭaiyiʾ were dispersed over the country and some came and settled [near Ḳinnasrîn]. When abu-ʿUbaidah came to them, some became Moslems and many made terms agreeing to pay poll-tax, a little after which they all accepted Islam with the exception of a few.

. Close by the city of Aleppo stood a settlement called the Ḥâḍir Ḥalab in which different Arab tribes including Tanûkh lived. Abu-ʿUbaidah made terms with them in which they agreed to pay poll-tax. Later they embraced Islâm and lived with their descendants in the same place until a little after the death of ar-Rashîd. The inhabitants of this Ḥâḍir once fought against the people of