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ber ofthemin

hisservice,toworkinhis

gardens

and

parks,

to

weavelinen clothwith the

Egyptianstyle

of

embroidery; he

permitted

therestofthemtoreturntotheir

country"(3:84).

43. IbnKhallikn
    (681/1282):
    "A1-MuCtas.im

had

many

Far-

ghanians

brought

tohim.

They

usedtodescribethe

courage

and

daring

of

Juff

andothersinbattle.

A1-MuCta.sim

sentsomeoneto

bring

themtohim.When

they

arrived,hehonoredthem

greatly

and

assigned

them

militaryland-grants

inSamarra[inreturnfor

their

militaryservice].(The

land-grants

of

Juff

areknownuntil

now

[mid-7th/13th

century]

andarestill

inhabited.)

Juff

had

childrenanddiedin

Baghdad

on 3 Shawwl247/10De-

cember861"

(Wafaytal-ACyn,5:56).

44. Ibn
    Khaldfin(808/1406):

"al-Mu’tas.im

trained

(i4..tanaCa)

a

group

of

people

ofal-Hawf

a

in

Egypt

and called them al-

Mu.tfiriba

alsoa

group

from

Samarqand,

Ushrusana,

11

andFar-

ghana,

whomhecalled

al-Farghna.Most

ofthemare

youths"

(Clbar,3:257).

10.Inthe

original:al-H.

arf.

11.Inthe

original:

Usrfisana.