A.D. 634]
ʿOMAR AND KHĀLID
75
A.H. 13
knew that it grieved me when he gave the command to Khālid; therefore he bade me to send back his army to Al-ʿIrāḳ, but forbore to name the name of Khālid or bid me send him back." He listened attentively to the dying Caliph's words, and promised to fulfil them.
