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 the city of Tall ʿAin-Zarbah and was rebuilt in the caliphate of al-Mutawakkil by ʿAli ibn-Yaḥya-l-Armani [the Armenian]. It was later ruined by the Greeks.

. The one who burnt Antioch—condemned as it was to burning —in the land of the Greeks was ʿAbbâs ibn-al-Walîd ibn-ʿAbd-al-Malik.

. Tall Jubair was so called after a Persian from Antioch who fought a battle in it. The Tall lies less than 10 miles from Ṭarsûs.

. The name of the fort known as dhu-l-Kilâʿ is really a corruption of dhu-l-Ḳilâʿ [the fort of the castles], which name was given to it because it was made up of three castles. The explanation of its name in the Greek tongue is "the fortress with the stars."

. Kanîsat aṣ-Ṣulḥ [the church of peace] was so called because when the Greeks came to ar-Rashîd to capitulate, they made it their headquarters.

. Marj Ḥusain was named after Ḥusain ibn-Muslim al-Anṭâki who fought a battle in it and defeated the enemy.

. In the year 163, al-Mahdi sent on a campaign his son, Hârûn ar-Rashîd, who laid siege to Ḍamâlu (colloquial Samâlu). Its people asked a promise of security for ten of their nobility including the Comes. Ar-Rashîd consented. One of their terms stipulated that they be never separated from one another. Therefore they were settled in Baghdâdh near Bâb ash-Shammâsîyah. Their quarter