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 when ʿUthmân was besieged, Muʿâwiyah sent this Ḥabîb at the head of an army to his relief. Having arrived in Wâdi-l-Ḳura, Ḥabîb heard of the death of ʿUthmân and took his way back.

. ʿUthmân appointed al-Mughîrah ibn-Shuʿbah governor of Adharbaijân and Armenia, but dismissed him later, and appointed al-Ḳâsim ibn-Rabîʿah ibn-Umaiyah ibn-abi-aṣ-Ṣalt ath-Thaḳafi governor of Armenia. Others say he appointed ʿAmr ibn-Muʿâwiyah ibn-al-Muntafiḳ al-ʿUḳaili governor of Armenia; and still others say that for 15 years after al-Mughîrah, one of the banu-Kilâb ruled over Armenia, and that he was succeeded by al-ʿUḳaili. Under ʿAli ibn-abi-Ṭâlib, al-Ashʿath ibn Ḳais ruled over Armenia and Adharbaijân. He was followed by ʿAbdallâh ibn-Ḥâtim ibn-an-Nuʿmân ibn-ʿAmr al-Bâhili who ruled over it in the name of Muʿâwiyah. ʿAbdallâh died in it and was succeeded by his brother ʿAbd-al-ʿAzîz ibn-Ḥâtim ibn-an-Nuʿmân, who built the city of Dabîl, fortified it and enlarged its mosque. He also built the city of an-Nashawa and repaired the city of Bardhaʿah. Others say he rebuilt Bardhaʿah and deepened the trenches around it. He also rebuilt the city of al-Bailaḳân. These cities were dilapidated and ready to fall into ruins. According to others, it was Muḥammad ibn-Marwân who in the days of ʿAbd-al-Malik ibn-Marwân rebuilt Bardhaʿah. Al-Wâḳidi states that ʿAbd-al-Malik built Bardhaʿah under the supervision of Ḥâtim ibn-an-Nuʿmân al-Bâhili or his son. This ʿAbd-al-Malik appointed ʿUthmân ibn-al-Walîd ibn-ʿUḳbah ibn-abi-Muʿaiṭ to the governorship of Armenia.