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THE ORIGINS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE

fifths [?] of the produce, with the understanding that after holding their share for fifty years, they should yield as tax one-half of its produce. This stipulation is still in force.[1]

Al-Amîr. As regards Nahr al-Amîr, it was ascribed to ʿÎsa ibn-ʿAli and lay in his fief.

Mashraʿat al-Fîl. We were informed by Muḥammad ibn-Khâlid that Muḥammad ibn-al-Ḳâsim presented to al-Ḥajjâj an elephant from as-Sind[2] which was transported through al-Baṭâʾiḥ [the great swamp] on a ship and was landed at a watering place, which has since been called Mashraʿat al-Fîl[3] or Furḍat al-Fîl.

  1. Cf. Ḳudâmah, pp. 241–242.
  2. A country bordering upon India, Karmân and Sijistân; Meynard, p. 324.
  3. mashraʿat == wharf; furḍat == harbor.