1 0--The ties of contention and strife were severed. On the eve of our passing Hama and Shizar.

Some commentators said Hama and Shizar are two villages from the villages of Homs. When Abu Ubaidah reached Hama, the Romans who were there came out to him seeking peace. He made peace with them for a tribute for their leaders and a tax on their land, and made their great church a mosque, which is the upper market mosque of Hama. Then, during the caliphate of Al-Mahdi, son of Al-Abbas, it was renovated. On a tablet, it was written that it was renovated from the kharaj of Homs. Then Abu Ubaidah marched to Shizar and made peace with its people, like the people of Hama. Likewise, the people of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man made peace. It was called Ma'arrat Homs, then it was said Ma'arrat al-Nu'man bin Bashir al-Ansari, because it was attributed to him along with Homs in the conquest of Abu Ubaidah to Mu'awiyah. Then to Latakia, which he conquered by force, and conquered Jabala and Tartus. Then Abu Ubaidah marched to Qinnasrin, which was the seat of the Roman kingdom today, and Aleppo was part of the greater territories of Qinnasrin. When Abu Ubaidah and Khalid bin Al-Walid descended, there was a large gathering of Romans there. A fierce battle ensued, in which the Muslims were victorious. Then, after that, its people sought peace on the same terms as the people of Homs, and he agreed to them on the condition that they demolish the city. So it was demolished.

Then Aleppo, Antioch, Manbij, Deir Hafer, Sermin, Tanzeen, and Azaz were conquered, and the Levant was taken from this direction. Then Khalid marched to Marash, conquered it, expelled its people, and demolished it. He conquered the fortress of Al-Hadath. And in this year, these lands were conquered, which was the year sixteen. It was said that Heraclius, the emperor of the Romans, left the Levant and marched to Constantinople from Edessa. When Heraclius marched, he ascended a high place and looked at the Levant and said, "Peace be upon you, O Syria, a peace from which I will not return to you again, except in fear, until the cursed child is born, and I wish he had not been born." So he did what he did and ordered his army against the Romans. Then Caesarea, Sebastia, and the tomb of John the Baptist, and Nablus, Jaffa, and all those lands were conquered. As for Jerusalem, its siege was fought, and its people asked Abu Ubaidah to make peace with them on the same terms as the people of the Levant, on the condition that Umar bin Al-Khattab would be in charge of the matter. So Abu Ubaidah wrote to Umar about that, and may God be pleased with him, Umar came to Jerusalem and conquered it, and appointed Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, as governor of the city. And in this year, the Battle of Qadisiyyah took place, and the commander of the Persians in it was Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, meaning the year one. And the leader of the Persians was Hormuzd, and a great battle took place between the Muslims and the Persians at that time, which lasted for days. The first day was the day of "Agouth," then the day of "Ghamas," then the night of "Al-Harir," because they stopped talking and were only making a "harir" until morning. The battle continued until noon. A strong wind blew, raising dust against the polytheists, and they were defeated. Qanqaa and his companions reached the...