He said: In that same year ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ dispatched ʿUqbah ibn Nāfiʿ al-Fihri to Zuwaylah; he captured it by treaty, and the whole tract from Barqah to Zuwaylah became secure for the Muslims.
He said: That year ʿUmar appointed ʿAmmar ibn Yāsir as governor of Kufah in place of Ziyād ibn Ḥanẓalah, whom he had installed after ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿItbān, and he put ʿAbd Allah ibn Masʿūd in charge of the Bayt al-Māl (public treasury). The people of Kufah complained about ʿAmmar, so he asked to be relieved; ʿUmar dismissed him and appointed Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim, instructing him not to inform anyone.
Al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah then sent his wife to the wife of Jubayr, offering her provisions for the journey. She replied, “Go and bring them to me.”
Al-Mughīrah went to ʿUmar and said, “May Allah bless, O Commander of the Believers, the man you have placed over Kufah.” ʿUmar asked, “And what do you mean by that?” He thereupon summoned Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim, removed him from office, and reinstated al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah, who remained governor until ʿUmar died—may Allah be pleased with him.
He said: In that year ʿUmar performed the pilgrimage, leaving Zayd ibn Thābit as his deputy in Madinah; his governors over the other provinces were the same as in the previous year, Kufah being the only exception.
Al-Wāqidī said: In that year Khālid ibn al-Walid died in Ḥimṣ and charged his affairs to ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb. Others maintained that he died in 23 AH and that the death occurred in Madinah, but the first report is more reliable.
Another authority said: In that year al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Ḥaḍramī died, so ʿUmar appointed Abū Hurayrah in his place. It has also been reported that al-ʿAlāʾ passed away earlier, as mentioned above; Allah knows best.
Ibn Jarir, citing al-Wāqidī, related: The governor of Damascus in that year was ʿUmayr ibn Saʿīd, who also held authority over Ḥimṣ, Ḥawrān, Qinṣarīn, and the Jazirah. Muʿāwiyah governed al-Baqāʾ, the Jordan, Palestine, the coastal regions, Antioch, and other territories.
[Those who died in this year—namely, 21 AH]
Khalid ibn al-Walid (1) ibn al-Mughīrah ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Ghamr ibn Makhzum, the Qurashi, Abū Sulaymān al-Makhzumi, the “Sword of Allah,” one of the most renowned warriors, undefeated in the jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic period) or in Islam. His mother was ʿAsmāʾ bint al-Ḥārith, sister of Lubābah (2) bint al-Ḥārith and of Maymunah bint al-Ḥārith, Mother of the Believers.