Colonists
¶ [329c] Al-Ḥusain ibn-‘Amr from Wâḳid:—When the Arabs settled in Adharbaijân, their families were eager to come to them from al-Kûfah, al-Baṣrah, and Syria, and every person seized possession of whatever he could, though some bought lands from the Persians. To these Arabs the villages turned for protection, and the [native] inhabitants became cultivators of the soil for them.
Warthân
Al-Ḥusain adds:—Warthân1 was a vaulted bridg…