পৃষ্ঠা 57: প্রথম অধ্যায়: দূরবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা ইতিমধ্যে প্রকাশ পেয়ে অতিক্রান্ত হয়েছে

The author of "al-Mashariq" stated: "And that is what is correct."

It is also narrated with an unpointed letter (dal); vocalized with dammah on the dal and sukun on the lam (dulf), which is the plural of adlaf, analogous to ahmar (and humr).

And 'humr' (or flattened): its meaning is flat-nosed, as in the other narration; meaning: short noses with flatness. It is also said: thickness of the tip of the nose. This was stated by al-Nawawi.

And 'al-majann' (with fat-hah on the mim and tashdid on the nun) is the plural of 'mijann' (with kasrah on the mim), which means a shield.

And 'al-mutraqah' (with dammah on the mim and sukun on the ta'); and it is also related with fat-hah on the ta' and tashdid on the ra' (al-mutarraqah).

Al-Nawawi said: "The first vocalization is the well-known one in narration and in the books of the Arabic language. Its meaning is that their faces are broad, as stated in the other narration, and their cheekbones are prominent, resembling shields covered with layered leather."

And 'Khuz': it was vocalized in "al-Nihayah" with the pointed kha' and the pointed zay (Khuz), prefixed in genitive construction to Kirman.

He said: "It is a well-known mountain, located in the land of al-Ahwaz in Persian Iraq ('Iraq al-'Ajam), to the extent that it was said to be a distinct group among them."

And 'Kirman' is a well-known region in the non-Arab lands (Persia).

Al-Sakhawi said: "It is a populated city in the land of the Persians, situated between Khurasan and the Indian Sea."

It is stated in "al-Nihayah": "It is also narrated with an unpointed ra' (Khur); and it belongs to the land of Fars."

Al-Daraqutni deemed this correct, saying: "It has also been narrated as 'Khuza and Kirman.' It is also said that if it is in a genitive construction, it is with the ra' (Khur Kirman), and if it is conjoined with a conjunction, it is with the pointed zay (Khuz wa Kirman)."

And it has been narrated: "Leave the Turks alone as long as they leave you alone; for indeed, the first to strip my nation of their dominion will be Banu Qantura'..." to the end of the hadith.

In another narration, it adds: "For they are people of formidable might, and their spoils of war are meager."