Note 473 — Chapter XXXIII · THE OUTLOOK DARKENS. A.H. XXXIV.—XXXV. A.D. 655.
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The four were Mohammed ibn Maslama, often employed by Omar, as he had been by Mahomet himself, on confidential missions; Osâma ibn Zeid, commander of the Syrian expedition at Mahomet’s death; Abdallah, son of Omar; and Ammâr, whose injudicious appointment by Omar to the governorship of Kûfa appears to have turned his head, for he fell into the conspirators’ toils.