JjASK-l^ooLE—Jtlohcoiimadan Treaties with Cliridiaiis. 231 



' And the garrisons shall not settle among them. 



' And [it is binding] upon the people of Misr that they pay the 

 poll-tax when they come into this Treaty of peace and the overflow 

 of their river has subsided — fifty millions. 



' And [binding] on them is what their robbers commit. 



' And if any of them refuse [to come into this Treaty], the sum of 

 the taxes shall be cut down for them [who are liable for it] in pro- 

 portion to them : and our obligation towards those that refuse is quit. 



' And if their river has less than its full rise, then the sum 

 [of taxation] shall be reduced for them in proportion. 



' And whoso of the Romans and garrisons shall come into their 

 Treaty, for him is the like as for them, and on him is the like 

 [obligation] as on them. 



' And whoso refuses and chooses to go away, he shall be safe 

 till he reaches his place of security or departs from our dominion. 



' What is [laid] upon them is by thirds, at every third di'aw- 

 ing a third of what is [laid] upon them. 



* For what is in this writing [stands] the pledge and warranty of 

 God, and the warranty of His Prophet, and the warranty of the 

 Khalifa, the Commander of the Faithful, and the warranties of the 

 Faithful. 



' And [it is prescribed] for the garrisons who consent [to this 

 Treaty], that they shall assist with* so many head and so many 

 horse that they be not plundered or hindered from commerce to and 

 fro. "Witness Ez-Zubeyr and 'Abdallah and Mohammad his sons. 

 "Wardan wrote that and was present.' 



^- De Sacy renders this ' foumir tant d'hommes et tant de chevairx, moyennant 

 quoi on ne porteia point la guerre cliez eux ; ou quoi ils seront dispenses de 

 r obligation de faire la guerre sacree.' Tlie verb Lj; may be active or passive. 



The whole clause is obscure. 



