ABSTRACT
272They came out upon a party of poor brethren who had fallen behind our troop, and stripped them of everything down to their shoes and wooden bowls. They fortify themselves [as it were] with this jungle and are able to defend themselves in it against all attacks. Savage beasts also inhabit this jungle, in large numbers. Our journey through this ‘Idhār took three days’ march, and thereafter we arrived at the city of Wāsiṭ.
