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 made terms with him on 100,000 dirhams and one mantle. Others say that ibn-Ṣalûba came to Khâlid and, refusing to fight, made those terms. After the battle of an-Nukhailah and the death of Mihrân, Jarîr came and received from ibn-Ṣalûba's people and from the people of al-Ḥîrah the sum agreed upon, and wrote them a receipt. Others deny that Jarîr ibn-ʿAbdallâh ever came to al-ʿIrâḳ except in the caliphate of ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb. Abu-Mikhnaf and al-Wâḳidi, however, repeat that he went there twice.

Khâlid wrote a statement to Buṣbuhra ibn-Ṣalûba and sent the mantle to abu-Bakr together with the money from al-Ḥîrah and the thousand dirhams. Abu-Bakr offered the mantle as a present to al-Ḥusain ibn-ʿAli.

Abu-Nasr at-Tammâr from ʿAbdallâh ibn-Mughaffal al-Muzani:—No part of al-ʿIrâḳ made covenant [with the Moslems] except al-Ḥîrah, Ullais and Bâniḳiya.

Al-Ḥusain ibn-al-Aswad from ibn-Mughaffal:—No land below al-Jabal is fit for sale except the land of the banu-Ṣalûba and the land of al-Ḥîrah.

Al-Ḥusain ibn-al-Aswad from al-Aswad ibn-Ḳais's father:—The latter said, "We arrived in al-Ḥîrah and made terms on so much money and a camel's saddle." In answer to my question, "What did ye do with the saddle?" he replied, "One of us had no saddle and we gave it to him."

Abu-ʿUbaid from umaid ibn-Hilâl:—When Khâlid arrived in al-Ḥîrah, its inhabitants made terms without offering any resistance. The following verse was written by Ḍirâr ibn-al-Azwar al-Asadi: