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Again, according to an authentic narration, the Prophet (Upon whom be blesssings and peace) predicted that Basra(*[1])and Baghdad would come into existence, which at that time had not been founded, that the treasure of the world would enter Baghdad,(*[2])and that the Turks and the people living on the shores of the Caspian Sea would do battle with the Arabs and that the majority of them would later enter the fold of Islam,(*[3])and that among the Arabs they would come to dominate them. He said:
- ↑ *al-Albani, Sahih al-Jami’ al-Saghir, vi, 268, no: 7736; Tabrizi, Mishkat al-Masabih, no: 5433.
- ↑ *Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 344; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 703; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya, x, 102; Tabrizi, Mishkat al-Masabih, no: 5433.
- ↑ *Bukhari, Jihad, 95; Muslim, Fitan, 64-66; Tirmidhi, Fitan, 37; Ibn Maja, Fitan, 36.