e
Kahtanite stock of the Bani Madhij, and collateral therefore with Bani
Kinda. Two of the embassy, one of them being Akil or Abd-ul-Masih, the
chief of the deputation, adopted Islam. The rest returned with a full
guarantee from Mohammad for the preservation of their social and
religious liberty. Further information regarding the Bani Haris of
Najran will be found at pp. 48 and 106 of this book.

"_Katib al Wackidi_, p. 69. The subsequent history of the Najran
Christians is there traced. They continued in possession of their lands
and rights under the treaty during the rest of Mohammad's life and the
whole of Abu Bakr's Caliphate. Then they were accused of taking usury,
and Omar expelled them from the land, and wrote as follows:--

"The despatch of Omar, the Commander of the Faithful, to the people of
Najran. Whoever of them emigrates is under the guarantee of God. No
Moslem shall injure them;--to fulfil that which Mahomet and Abu Bakr
wrote unto them.

"Now to whomsoever of the chiefs of Syria and Irac they may repair, let
such chiefs allot them lands, and whatever they cultivate therefrom
shall be theirs; it is an exchange for their own lands. None shall
injure or maltreat them; Moslems shall assist them against oppressors.
Their tribute is remitted for two years. They will not be troubled
except for evil deeds.

"Some of them alighted in Irac, and settled in Najrania near to Cufa.

"That the offence of usury is alleged in justification of this measure
appears to me to disprove the common tradition that a command was said
to have been given by Mahomet on his deathbed for the Peninsula to be
swept clear of all other religions but Islam."--Muir's Life of Mahomet,
Vol. II, pp. 301-2.]

[Footnote 90: Descendants of the great Ghatafan tribe already
described.]

[Footnote 91: Bani Himyar from Yemen. The Himyarites are too well-known
to be described. The Himyarite princes of Ro-en, Mu-afir, Hamadan and
Bazan, all of the Christian faith in Yemen, embraced Islam and announced
their conversion by letter sent to Mohammad through their emissaries
which reached him after his return from Tabuk.]

[Footnote 92: Either a clan of Lakhm, or a branch of Bani Aamir.]

[Footnote 93: A sub-tribe of the Bani Aamir bin Saasaa already
described.]

[Footnote 94: The King of Oman, together with the people of Oman,
embraced Islam during A.H. 8 and 9. The people of Oman were of the
Azdite stock.]

[Footnote 95: Already described at