Annals of the early Caliphate from the death of Mahomet to the Omeyyad and Abbaside dynasties A.H. XI-LXI (A.D. 632-680) from original sources

Note 66 — Chapter VIII · CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE REBELS IN THE EAST AND SOUTH OF ARABIA. A.H. XI. A.D. 632–3.

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Called Ebnâa. The traders from India settled (as they do now) along the coast from the Euphrates to Aden, and so a mongrel race sprang up.