Amr said to his companions, "Obey me and respond to the people with one of these three options. By God, you have no strength against them. If they are not brought to it willingly, we will bring them to something greater unwillingly."

They said, "And which option do you choose for them?" He said, "As for entering your religion, it is not possible. As for them submitting to you, I fear they will not. As for the third option..."

They said, "And what is the third?" He said, "That you become slaves forever." They said, "No, we will be slaves ruling in our lands, safe in our persons, property, and offspring. So obey me before you regret it."

They agreed to the jizya on a peace treaty that they would conclude.

Al-Muqawqis said to 'Ubadah, "Inform your commander that I am still eager to persuade you to one of those options for which he sent me. Let him grant me that I meet him with a few of my companions, and he with a few of his companions. If our affair is settled, then all of this will be settled. If not, we will return to what we were on."

'Ubadah returned and informed him of what had happened. He consulted his companions, and they said, "We will not agree to anything of peace or jizya until God grants us victory and the entire land becomes ours as spoils and booty, just as the fortress and what is in it became ours." Amr said, "I know what the Commander of the Faithful commanded me in his covenant. If they agree to one of the three options for which he commanded me, I will agree to it and accept it from them, along with what this water has placed between us and what we desire of their fighting."

They agreed. Amr and Al-Muqawqis met and agreed on a peace treaty whereby he would grant safety to the Egyptians, and they would pay the jizya. Here are the terms of the conditions:

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is what Amr ibn al-'As granted to the people of Egypt as safety for their persons, blood, property, their land, their crops, their cities, and their villages. Nothing shall be increased or decreased in this. And the Nubians shall not inhabit them. And it is upon the people of Egypt to pay the jizya when they agree to this peace.

And the increase of their tribute is fifty thousand thousand, and upon them is the price of their victory. If any of them wishes to leave, the jizya shall be reduced by their amount, and our responsibility for those who refuse is absolved. And if their tribute is reduced from its maximum when it ends, it shall be reduced by that amount. And whoever among the Romans and Nubians enters into their peace shall have what they have and shall be subject to what they are subject to. And whoever wishes to leave is safe until he reaches his safety and leaves our authority. And upon them is what is upon them in three parts, with each third paying the jizya as stipulated in this book. This is a covenant of God, His protection, the protection of His Messenger, the protection of the Caliph, the Commander of the Faithful, and the protection of the believers. And upon the Nubians who responded, they shall provide such and such number of heads and such and such number of horses, on the condition that they do not raid and are not prevented from trade.