—and of his nation in such thorough detail that relating it all would be exceedingly long. The Muslims read that prophecy when they conquered Iraq, as scholars have recorded—among them Abū al-ʿĀliyah, who said: when they captured Tustar they found Daniel already deceased, and beside him a written codex. Abū al-ʿĀliyah said, “I myself read that codex; it contained your very traits and even the cadences of your speech. Whenever the people of that district were stricken by drought, they would uncover his grave and rain would fall.” Abū Mūsā therefore wrote about the matter to ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb.