“[The general religious policy of Muḥammad b. al‑Qāsim is noted by al‑Balāḏurī:]He conquered the city by treaty (ṣulḥ) with the condition that he would not kill them nor enter their temple (budd). And he said: ‘The budd will be considered similar to the churches of the Christians and Jews and the fire-temples of the Zoroastrians (maǧūs)’. He imposed the tribute (ḫarāǧ) on those in al‑Rūr and built a mosque.”