Note 430 — Chapter XXVIII · DEATH OF OMAR. A.H. XXIII. A.D. 644.
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Such were Abd al Rahmân, Zobeir, Othmân, Aly, and Talha. The tradition as given by the Secretary of Wackîdy (fol. 235) may also mean that he was unwilling to sully their name by subjecting them to the sordid surroundings and associations of provincial government.