In the Raudzatu-l-âhbâb it is recorded that the amanuenses of the prophet—b., etc.—were four in number, as follows: A’li B. Abu T’tâleb, and O’thmân B. U’ffân, and Abu B. Ka’b, and Zayd B. Thâbet. The arrangement was that O’thmân the Commander of the Faithful and the king of men [i.e., Ali] used to write, and that any errors committed by them were rectified by Abu B. Ka’b when arranging the verses [of the Qurân]. When none of the four men were present in the august assembly, any companion who happened to be near wrote [from the dictation of the prophet]. Zobayr B. Ala’wwâm and Jahym B. Assillat—A. r. t.—were appointed to keep accounts of the goods of the Ssadaqât,* always writing down also when the Dzakât was received, and for what purpose it was expended. Khodyfah B. Alymân registered contingent receipts, Moghyrah B. Sha’bah and Hussyn B. Nomyr were appointed to note down business transactions, while A’bdullah B. Arqum kept correspondence with kings, and the king of saints [A’li] wrote treaties of peace. The names of all the writers of the prophet of the last times are contained in voluminous books, but the author omits to enumerate them, for fear of incurring the charge of prolixity.