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C. J. I/yall— The Mo l allaqah of Zuheyr. 
desirest.” 9 ‘ By God !’ said I, ‘ a noble and wise woman ! and she has spoken 
a goodly word !’ And he said—‘ Come forth with me’ : so we went forth, 
and came to the two tribes, and walked between them with peace. And 
the peace was made on the condition that the slain should be reckoned up, 
and the price of the excess taken from that tribe who had slain more of 
the other. And we bore the burden of the bloodwits ; and they were in 
all three thousand camels, which were paid in the space of three years. 
And we returned home with the fairest of fame ; and el-Harith went in to 
his wife, and she bore him sons and daughters.” So said Kharijeh ; and 
these two, Kharijeh and el-Harith, are the twain whom Zuheyr praises in 
his song. Such is the testimony of Mohammed’ son of ‘Abd-el-‘Aziz el- 
Jauhari. 
2 Now while ‘Abs and Bubyan were covenanting together for 
peace, a thing befell that came nigh to setting them at war again. ‘Abs 
had pitched their tents in esh-Sharabbeh at a place called Qatan, and near 
them were many tents of Bubyan. Now there was a man of Bubyan, 
Hoseyn son of Damdam by name, whose father Bam dam had been slain in 
the war by ‘Antarah son of Sheddad, and his brother Herim by Ward son 
of Habis, both of the house of Ghalib, of ‘Abs ; and Hoseyn swore that he 
would not wash his head until he had slain Ward or some other man of the 
line of Ghalib : but none knew of this oath of his. And el-Harith son of 
‘Auf son of Abu Haritheh and his cousin Kharijeh son of Sinan had already 
taken upon themselves the burden of the price of blood, and ‘Abs and 
Bubyan mixed freely together. And a man of ‘Abs, of the house of Makh- 
zum, came to the tent of Hoseyn son of Damdam and entered therein. 
“ Who art thou, 0 Man ?” said Hoseyn. “ Of ‘Abs,” said he ; and Ho¬ 
seyn did not cease to ask his lineage until he found that he was of the 
house of Ghalib ; and he slew him. And news of this came to el-Harith 
son of ‘Auf and Herim son of Sinan his cousin, and it was grievous to them. 
And the news came also to the men of ‘Abs, and they mounted and rode 
in a body towards el-Harith’s tent. And when el-Harith heard of the 
anger that was in their hearts, and how they purposed to slay him in requi¬ 
tal for the death of their brother, (for Hoseyn son of Damdam was also of 
the line of Murrah, as was el-Harith son of ‘Auf,) he sent to meet them 
a hundred camels, and with them his son, and said to the messenger—“ Say 
to them—‘ Are the camels dearer to you, or your own lives ?’ ” And the 
messenger went forth to meet them, and spoke after this wise. And er- 
Babi‘ son of Ziyad, who was the leader of ‘Abs in that day (— 3 for Qeys 
son of Zuheyr, their chief in the war, though he counselled the peace, yet 
took no part therein himself, but withdrew from his kin and went away to 
‘Oman, where he became a Christian and spent the remainder of his days 
in prayer and repentance : for he said—“ By God ! never again can I look 
