Note 110 — Chapter X · CAMPAIGN OF KHALID IN IRAC. A.H. XII. A.D. 633.
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It is also called the battle of Kâtzima, a neighbouring town reduced by Khâlid.
This tale of soldiers being chained together, or tied with ropes, is commonly told both of Persian and Roman armies. How far it is founded on fact it is difficult to say. We must ever remember that the materials for our story are all one-sided, and that there is much ignorance of their enemies displayed by the annalists, as well as much contemptuous fiction regarding them.