_ 119 _ and wounding others. From there they wished to attack the city, but the commander-in- chief did not allow it because night was falling and the city was large and its streets very narrow, he also feared that the Arabs might kill our men by hurling stones from the rooftops. He therefore ordered his men to retire to the mosque, where they could spend the night. During it, the Arabs, who despaired of being able to defend themselves, carried all their valuables out of the city, leaving everything else behind. And they all took their women and children to a nearby mountain. Chapter: 86 On the following day the commander-in-chief sensed that the Arabs had deserted the city, and he posted some watchmen at the walls, to see if they could catch sight of any Arabs for, he feared that they might try to ambush our men and capture them all inside the city, because the city was large and its streets narrow. Seeing that there were no Arabs in sight he ordered the captains to sack it with their men, while the sentries kept watch over the walls. He himself stayed by the shore, inspecting the loading of provisions onto the ships for this was mostly what was found in the sack of the city. As the provisions were
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