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é&. History of Derbend. 639 
my brother Muslimeh; now submit to him all 
the fortresses and cities conquered by thee, » . 
Said saïd: « This is:the will 6f God, we shäll 
obey it!» — Till the arrival of Muslimeh he 
remained there and ceased to make war. After 
that, when Muslimeh arrived, he had an in- 
terview with Said in Shirwän. He said to him: 
«Did Ï not write to you, and did F not order 
you not to make war with the Khazars? Why 
then did not you pay attention to mé, and 
why did you expose the Musulmans to so 
great à danger?» Saïd answéred: «Previous 
to the arrival of thy letter, God gave us 
victory and Ï defeated them: but had thy letter 
arrived before, I should have abstained.» Mus- 
limeh replied: «thou speakest nonsense; — 
thy desire is, that the world should say: How 
many Wars for religion Sa’id has made! thy 
end is glory, and thou doest not thy deeds 
for God's sake!» Said said: « What E have 
done is for God's sake; but farther do what 
thou pleasest.» — Muslimeh grew angry and 
ordered some blows to be given on Sa’ids 
head. He caused his standard to be broken 
upon his head, and then ordered him to be 
seized and put into prison. - When the re- 
port of this came to Hishâm, his wrath was 
moved against Muslimeh, to whom he imme- 
diately wrote a letter and said: «Thou hast 
offered such an insult to Sa’id! Thou hast 
beaten. him! Is such treatment becoming a 
man like Said? [ should think that thou hast 
done these things for envy's sake: that thou 
tion we may reckon the sum, according to the Per- 
o shillings to each person: for ‘every thousand dinars 
with the Persiaus make the 40 part of their Tooman , which is never less than 9!/, nor more than 15 shillings. 
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