of human beings he bolted, and kept running until thirst overwhelmed him; then he reached the water and drank. ʿAbd Allah recounted: “I seized him, and he kept pleading, ‘O Buḥayr, let me go! I shall die if they hold me.’ (ʿAbd Allah was known as Buḥayr.) I restrained him, and he died in my arms on the spot. I buried him and went back; his hair had grown so long that it covered his entire body.

Ghaylān ibn Salamah al-Thaqafī: counted among the Companions and a transmitter of hadith. He entered Islam while married to ten women. A gifted poet, he had visited Khusraw before Islam and asked him to build a fortress for him in Ṭāʾif. He embraced Islam at the time of the Conquest. Those who narrated from him include his son ʿUrwah and Bishr ibn ʿĀṣim.

Muʿammar ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Muʿammar ibn Ḥabīb ibn Wahb al-Jumaḥī, brother of Ḥāṭib and Khaṭṭāb; their mother was Qaylah, the sister of ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn. Muʿammar embraced Islam before the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—entered the house of al-Arqam, emigrated, and the Prophet paired him with Muʿādh ibn ʿAfrāʾ in brotherhood. He fought at Badr.

Maysarah ibn Masrūq al-ʿAnsī: a righteous elder, regarded as one of the Companions. He was present at Yarmūk and narrated from Abū ʿUbaydah; among those who transmitted from him was Aslam, the freedman of ʿUmar. He led six thousand men into Byzantine territory, penetrated deep within, killing, taking captives, and acquiring spoils, so the Byzantines gathered against him. This took place in the year 20 AH. He engaged them, Allah granted him victory, and it was a momentous battle.

al-Hurmuzān, lord of Tustar: his story for the year 20 AH has already been mentioned. He was one of the kings under the authority of Yazdgerd.