I mean Ziyād—no one else will do for me,
whether he be in some hidden valley, the Tihāmah lowlands, or the heights of Najd.
That light has never ceased to shine upon the bridge of his nose
until it took up its abode in the dwelling of his grave.

Delegation of Banū Bakr ibn Wāʾil
Al-Wāqidī relates that when this delegation arrived they asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about Quss ibn Sāʿidah. He replied, “He is not one of your tribe; rather, he was a man of Iyād who, in the Age of Ignorance, inclined to pure monotheism. He once came to the market of ʿUkāẓ while the people were assembled there and addressed them with the famous words that have come down to us.”

Al-Wāqidī adds that among the delegates were Bashīr ibn al-Khaṣāṣiyyah, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Marthad, and Ḥassān ibn Khawṭ. One of Ḥassān’s descendants recited:
“I am the son of Ḥassān ibn Khawṭ—my father
was the envoy of the entire tribe of Bakr to the Prophet.”

Delegation of Banū Taghlib
Al-Wāqidī reports that they numbered sixteen men, a mixture of Muslims and Christians wearing gold crosses. They lodged at the house of Ramlah bint al-Ḥārith. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ concluded a treaty with the Christians stipulating that they were not to baptize their children into Christianity, and he bestowed gifts upon the Muslims among them.