Note 127 — Chapter X · CAMPAIGN OF KHALID IN IRAC. A.H. XII. A.D. 633.

These treaties were mostly abrogated by the rebellion that shortly after swept over the land. But some of the chieftains remained steadfast, as Salûba ibn Nestûba, ‘the lord of Coss Nâtick.’ His treaty is given verbatim by Tabari, with the witnesses, &c., copied, probably, from the original. He had to pay a tribute of 10,000 dirhems, to be contributed rateably by his people according to each man’s means, besides a tax of four dirhems per head (apparently a Persian tax, as it is called harazat Chosra).

The terms of these treaties were made by Khâlid, with the consent and approval of the army, showing how Khâlid recognised the dominancy of the democratic element.