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a fief in it as one of the garrison of cavalry to whom fiefs were assigned. He also showed me a piece of land, saying, 'This is one of the fiefs given by ʿUthmân ibn-ʿAffân'. I heard Muḥammad ibn-Yûsuf al-Fâryâbi[1] say:—'Here in ʿAsḳalân are fiefs which were given out by the orders of ʿUmar and ʿUthmân, and it matters not who takes possession of them.'"
- ↑ "Firyâbi " in Ṭabari, vol. iii, p. 2557.
