214 Appendix 5
ber ofthemin
hisservice,toworkinhis
gardens
and
parks,
to
weavelinen clothwith the
Egyptianstyle
of
embroidery; he
permitted
therestofthemtoreturntotheir
country"(3:84).
- 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).
- 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.