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 again appointed Bishr ibn-Ṣafwân. The latter died in al-Ḳairawân in the year 109. Hishâm appointed in his place ʿUbaidah ibn-ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân al-Ḳaisi, after whom Hishâm appointed ʿAbdallâh ibn-al-Ḥabḥâb, a freedman of the banu-Salûl. ʿAbdallâh sent ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân ibn-Ḥabîb ibn-abi-ʿUbaidah ibn-ʿUḳbah ibn-Nâfiʿ al-Fihri to the invasion of as-Sûs and the land of as-Sûdân. The victories won by ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân were unparalleled, and among the booty he carried away were two of the women slaves of that region, each with one bosom. These people are known by the name of Tarâjân.

After ibn-al-Ḥabḥâb, Hishâm appointed Kulthûm ibn-ʿIyâḍ al-Ḳushairi who arrived in Ifrîḳiyah in the year 23 and was killed in it. Hishâm appointed after Kulthûm, Ḥanẓalah ibn-Ṣafwân al-Kalbi, a brother of Bishr, who fought against the Kharijites and died there while he held the governorship.

When al-Walîd ibn-Yazîd ibn-ʿAbd-al-Malik assumed power, ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân ibn-Ḥabîb al-Fihri rose against him. ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân was in good favor with the inhabitants of this frontier region [northern Africa and al-Maghrib], because of the good deeds done in it by his grandfather ʿUḳbah ibn-Nâfiʿ. Consequently, ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân subdued this region; and Ḥanẓalah departed, leaving ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân over it.