[^5]: Every three miles has been regarded as one parasang;...

[^5]: Every three miles has been regarded as one parasang; see: Turayhī, Majma‘ al-Bahrayn, vol. 5, 476. [^6]: Abū al-Fidā‘, Taqwīm al-Buldān, p. 277. [^7]: Ibn Qutayba, Al-Imāma wa al-Siyāsa, vol. 2, p. 9. [^8]: Tabarī, Ta’rīkh, vol. 4, p. 373; Ibn Athīr, Al-Kāmil fī al-Ta’rīkh, vol. 4, p. 112. [^9]: Tabarī, Ta’rīkh, vol. 4, p. 372; Ibn Athīr, Al-Kāmil fī al-Ta’rīkh, vol. 4, p. 112. Previous…