دراسات في تاريخ عمان

other historical accounts supported by local Uman sources assert that what happened was a minor misunderstanding over the zakat due from a woman of Bani al-Harith which developed into a conflict between Laqit's forces and Al-Juland- caliph Abu Bakr acted quickly and sent two contingents: one led by ludhayfa al-Ghalfani from northern Uman، the other led by Arfaja al-Bariqi from Mahra in southern Uman. He also or- dered “Ikrima b. Abi Jahal to move from Yamama to "Uman to help them if need be. Al-Julanda's position was strenghened، and they advanced and re-occupied Suhar. From there they sent many letters to Arab chiefs who were with Laqit al-Azdi and succeeded in winning them over. The Julanda forces backed by Banu Najiya and Abd al-Qays quelled the rest of Laqit's supporters، and sent some of them as hostages to Medina،

With the coming of Islam the Julandites، as we have already mentioned، were the rulers of Uman. Wilkinson asserts that before Islam 'Uman was under Persian rule، while al-Ani holds that there is nothing in our authen- 34 tic sources to substantiate this point of view. However، Ibn Habib 34 relates that the kings of Persia used the Julandites 'as rulers' of 'Uman. It could be said، as in the case of al-Bahrayn، that at the birth of Islam the Persian rule of 'Uman was only nominal and limited to coastal regions، especially the rich plains and some ports، while the rest of 'Uman was independent and ruled by the Julandites and other Arab chiefs. During the caliphate of 'Uthman 'Uman، like al-Bahrayn، was administratively associated with the governor of Basra in al-Iraq. This encouraged the substantial migration of the Azd of 'Uman to Basra to join the Muslim armies in the conquest of Persia.

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