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 Abu-Masʿud al-Kûfi from ash-Shaʿbi:—Khuraim ibn-Aus ibn-Ḥârithah ibn-Lâm aṭ-Ṭâʾi said to the Prophet, "If Allah enables thee to reduce al-Ḥîrah, I shall ask thee to give me Buḳailah's daughter." When Khâlid wanted to make terms with the inhabitants of al-Ḥîrah, Khuraim said to him, "The Prophet has given me Buḳailah's daughter. She should not therefore be included in thy terms." This was testified to by Bashîr ibn-Saʿd and Muḥammad ibn-Maslamah of the Anṣâr; and therefore, Khâlid did not include her in the terms, but turned her over to Khuraim. She was then bought from Khuraim for 1,000 dirhams, she being too old for Khuraim to marry her. Some one remarked to Khuraim, "She was sold very cheap. Her people would have paid thee many times the price thou hast charged." And he replied, "I never thought there was a number above ten hundred."

Another tradition has it that the one who asked the Prophet to give him Buḳailah's daughter was one of the Rabîʿah. The former view, however, is more authentic.

. Khâlid ibn-al-Walîd despatched Bashîr ibn-Saʿd abu-an-Nuʿmân ibn-Bashîr of the Anṣâr to Bâniḳiya. Bashîr was met by the Persian horsemen headed by Farrukhbundâdh. Bashîr's men were shot with arrows; but he led the charge and put the enemy to flight, killing Farrukhbundâdh. He then returned with a wound which became recrudescent, when he came to ʿAin at-Tamr, and caused his death. Others say that Khâlid himself, accompanied by Bashîr, met Farrukhbundâdh.

Khâlid then sent Jarîr ibn-ʿAbdallâh al-Bajali to the people of Bâniḳiya. Jarîr was met by Buṣbuhra ibn-Ṣalûba, who refused to fight and proposed to make peace. Jarîr