Subul al-Huda wa-l-Rashad — correspondence with the people of Syria

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«كتب له كتاب أمان لمن أتى منهم فأقبل هاشم بالكتاب فجعل كلما مر بحي من العرب على طريق الشام أخذ لهم من أشرافهم إيلافا، والإيلاف أن يأمنوا»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Mentions: Correspondence (al-mukatabat)· Muhammad

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Subul al-Huda wa-l-Rashad — al-Salihi al-Shami

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The Letters to Rulers and Kings

In late 6 AH (early 628 CE) following the Hudaybiyya truce, the Prophet initiated an international diplomatic initiative, sending envoys with silver-sealed letters to the major emperors, kings, and regional chiefs of the surrounding world: the Negus of Abyssinia, the Muqawqis of Egypt, Chosroes of Persia, Heraclius of Byzantium, al-Mundhir ibn Sawa of Bahrain, Hawdha ibn Ali of al-Yamama, al-Harith al-Ghassani of Damascus, and the rulers of Oman.