Note 311 — Chapter XIX · CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN SYRIA. A.H. XV. A.D. 636.
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Kinnisrîn or Chalcis. According to some, the inhabitants were forced to retire to Antioch, from whence they returned on peace being restored. Others say that the city with its churches was, like Damascus, divided. But the received tradition is that the people were treated with moderation, and that only one plot of ground was taken possession of for a mosque.