The Treaty with the People of Maqna

Al-Baladhuri says that the Prophet made peace with the people of Maqna, who were Jews of the Banu Habiba, at the expedition of Tabuk. ¹

The peace was on a quarter of the game of the hunt, a quarter of the women's spinning, and a quarter of the fruits. He wrote them a letter. ¹

Al-Baladhuri relates that a man saw the document in the hands of the Jews of Egypt, on a red hide with its writing worn, and copied it. He gives its text as a safe conduct, the protection of God and His Messenger, a pardon for every blood, the lifting of the poll tax and forced labour from them, and that no amir over them except from among themselves or from the people of the House of the Messenger of God. ¹

The copy says that Ali wrote it in 9 AH. The editors of the edition reject this attribution, because Ali was not with the Prophet at Tabuk, and they hold that the document is fabricated. ¹

The peace is part of the expedition of Tabuk, and it connects with the concept of protection. The date is derived from that of the expedition.