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 a foot was left in Mesopotamia unsubdued by ʿIyâḍ ibn-Ghanm who reduced Ḥarrân, ar-Ruha, ar-Raḳḳah, Ḳarḳîsiya [Circesium] Naṣîbîn [Nisibis] and Sinjâr.

Muḥammad [ibn-Saʿd] from Thâbit ibn-al-Ḥajjâj:—ʿIyâḍ effected the conquest of ar-Raḳḳah, Ḥarrân, ar-Ruha, Naṣîbîn, Maiyâfâriḳîn, Ḳarḳîsiya, and all the villages and towns of the Euphrates by capitulation; but all the open fields by force.

Muḥammad [ibn-Saʿd] from Râshid ibn-Saʿd:—ʿIyâḍ effected the conquest of Mesopotamia and its towns by capitulation; but its land, by force.

. Someone reported that when ʿIyâḍ came to Ḥarrân from ar-Raḳḳah, he found it deserted, its inhabitants having moved to ar-Ruha. When ar-Ruha was captured, the people of Ḥarrân in it made terms regarding their city similar to those of ar-Ruha.

. Abu-Aiyûb ar-Raḳḳi-l-Muʾaddab from al-Ḥajjâj ibn-abi-Manîʿ ar-Ruṣâfi's grandfather:—ʿIyâḍ captured ar-Raḳḳah, then ar-Ruha, then Ḥarrân, and then Sumaisâṭ on the same terms of capitulation. Thence he came to Sarûj, Râskîfa and al-Arḍ al-Baiḍâʾ, subdued their land, and made terms with the holders of their forts similar to those of ar-Ruha. The people of Sumaisâṭ after that rebelled, which made him, on hearing it, return and besiege the city until he reduced it. Having heard that the inhabitants of ar-Ruha had broken their covenant, he camped around the city, upon which they opened their city gates. He entered the city and left in it his ʿâmil with a small band. Thence he came to the villages of the Euphrates which are