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51 |
Cf. Issawi, pp. 111-13. |
52 |
Uthmins governor of Egypt,
who tried to conquer Tripolitania shortly after 647. |
53 |
Cf. n. 939 to Ch. 1,
above. The statement is repeatedly quoted in the
'Ibar; cf. VI, 12, 103,
110; de Slane (tr.), 1, 28, 198, 215. |
54 |
This is a play on
words, connecting Ifrigiyah with the Arabic root
f-r-q "to divide." Cf.
also 3:474, below; al-Balidhuri, Futuh
al-buldan, p. 226. |
55 |
Cf. p.
474, below. |
56 |
Qur'an 12.21 (21). 994 |
57 |
Qur'an 3.97 (92). |
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