This state of affairs lasted until the register was burned in the days of al-Ḥajjâj ibn-Yûsuf, upon which the people seized the [domanial] land bordering on their property."[1]
Abu-ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmân al-Juʿfi from ʿAbd-al-Malik ibn-abi-Ḥurrah's father:—ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb confiscated in as-Sawâd the land of those who were killed during the war, the land of those who fled the country, all the land of king Kisra, all the land belonging to Kisra's family, every swampy place, all Dair Yazîd and all the land that was appropriated by Kisra for himself. Thus, the value of what ʿUmar took amounted to 7,000,000 dirhams. In the battle of [Dair] al-Jamâjim, the people burnt the register and every one of them seized what bordered on his land.
Fiefs assigned by ʿUthmân. Al-Ḥusain and ʿAmr an-Nâḳid from Mûsa ibn-Ṭalḥah:—ʿUthmân assigned as fief to ʿAbdallâh ibn-Masʿûd a piece of land in an-Nahrain; to ʿAmmâr ibn-Yasîr, Asbîna;[2] to Khabbâb ibn-al-Aratt, Saʾnaba; and to Saʿd [ibn-abi-Waḳḳâṣ] the village of Hurmuz.
ʿAbdallâh ibn-Ṣâliḥ al-ʿIjli from ash-Shaʿbi:—ʿUthmân ibn-ʿAffân assigned as fief to Ṭalḥah ibn-ʿUbaidallâh an-Nashâstaj;[3] and to Usâmah ibn-Zaid, a piece of land which he later sold.
Shaibân ibn-Farrûkh from Mûsa ibn-Ṭalḥah:—ʿUthmân ibn-ʿAffân gave fiefs to five of the Companions of the Prophet: ʿAbdallâh ibn-Masʿûd, Saʿd ibn-Mâlik az-Zuhri, az-Zubair ibn-al-ʿAuwâm,[4] Khabbâb ibn-al-Aratt and Usâmah ibn-Zaid.[5] Mûsa ibn-Ṭalḥah adds, "I noticed that ibn-
