Talk:Umar's Assurance

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 * The covenant was mentioned in the history books in more than one formula and text, and it ranges from short texts, such as the text of Al-Yaqoubi and the text of Ibn al-Batriq and Ibn al-Juri, to detailed ones, such as the text of Ibn Asaker, the text of Al-Tabari, the text of Al-Tabari al-Maqdisi [2 different Tabaris?] and the text of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate [one kept there, or the one by Patriarch Eutychius? If former: never mentioned before, it's a must!]. And he attributed it to a number of sources, and it is recorded in the Musnad of Ahmad [maybe Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal?]. His son Abdullah narrated in his appendices on the Musnad some conditions for the dhimmis.

Arminden (talk) 17:45, 28 December 2023 (UTC)