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 . According to a tradition communicated to me by ibn-Burd al-Anṭâki and others, certain men of the Rabîʿah tribe were assigned fiefs by Maslamah ibn-ʿAbd-al-Malik, which were later confiscated, passed to al-Maʾmûn and put in charge of Ṣâliḥ al-Khâzin, the proprietor of the "Dâr[-Ṣâliḥ]" in Antioch.

. Abu-ʿUbaidah, hearing that a large body of Greeks were assembled between Maʿarrat Miṣrîn and Aleppo, met them and killed many patricians, dispersing the whole army and carrying away captives and booty. Thus he effected the conquest of Maʿarrat Miṣrîn and made terms similar to the terms of Aleppo. His cavalry roamed about until they got to Bûḳa and reduced the villages of al-Jûmah, Sarmîn, Martaḥwân and Tîzîn. The occupants of the convents of Ṭabâya and al-Fasîlah capitulated, agreeing to entertain whomever of the Moslems passed by them. The Khunâṣirah Christians, too, came to abu-ʿUbaidah and made terms. Thus did all the land of Ḳinnasrîn and Antioch fall into the hands of abu-ʿUbaidah. I learnt from al-ʿAbbás ibn-Hishâm on the authority of his father that the Khunâṣirah were thus called after one, Khunâṣir ibn-ʿAmr ibn-al-Ḥârith al-Kalbi—later al-Kinâni—who was their chief.

Buṭnân Ḥabîb was so called after Ḥabîb ibn-Maslamah-l-Fihri who was sent from Aleppo either by abu-ʿUbaidah or Iyâḍ ibn-Ghanm to Bunân, where he reduced a fort that later bore his name.