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. The. first of the ancestors of 'Adi concerning whom we have received closer information is his great-great-grand• father Ayyub ibn Mahruf', According to Al-Kalbi3 '' the original reason for the family's settling in Al-Hira was that his ancestor Ayyub ibn Mahruf, who lived in Al-Yamama among the Banu-Tmra'l-Qeys ibn Zeyd Manat, had shed blood in his tribe and had to flee, whereupon he betook himself to Aus ibn Qallam, a member of the sept ofBanfr'l- · Harith ibn Ka'b in al-Hira.
After some time Aus said : ' 0 son of my uncle, wilt thou remain with me and in my house ?' Ayyub answered : 'Yes. I know well that if I return to my tribe after I have shed blood I shall not escape whole.
When Kisra ibn Hurmuz" found no man who seemed suitable to him he grew irritable and said : " I will send 120,000 horsemen to Hira, instate a Persian as King and order him to break into the houses of the Arabs and take away from them their property and their women.
"They relate all together1: Then Al-Nu'rnan be• took himself to Bahreyn, whereupon a man from Ghassan came forth and obtained what he would in Al-Hira ; it is said that this was J'afna the son of Al-Nu-iman Al-Jafni2• 'Adi says concerning it : ' Uprose the flame and set on fire both sides thereof, but thou didst think of naught except the camels, whereof some are driven in at night and some left free (at pasture).