thamamah said then i saw after that the turk brought as a prisoner to the house of alfadl ibn sahl so i said to him what did you do that day? how did you fight him and then he overtook you and then you turned away from him fleeing and then you killed him? he said if i had wanted to i could have killed him when he crossed and his killing was in plain sight for me but i seized control of him until i removed him from his companions in order to pass him so that i would not be prevented from his horse and his spoils.
قال ثمامة ثم رأيت بعد ذلك التركي قد جيء به أسيرا إلى دار الفضل ابن سهل، فقلت له كيف صنعت يومئذ، وكيف طاولته ثم علاك ثم وليت عنه هاربا ثم قتلته؟ قال أما إني لو شئت أن أقتله حين عبر؛ وقد كان مقتله بارزا لي، ولكني احتلت عليه حتى نحيته عن أصحابه لأجوزه، فلا يحال بيني وبين فرسه وسلبه.