تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.78: حكاية [العراقي القتيل]

13.78.1

ومما شاهدت بكولم أن بعض الرماة العراقيين قتل آخر منهم، وفر إلى دار الآوجي، وكان له مال كثير وأراد المسلمون دفن المقتول فمنعهم نواب السلطان من ذلك، وقالوا: لا يدفن حتى تدفعوا لنا قاتله فيقتل به، وتركوه في تابوته على باب الآوجي حتى انتن وتغير فمكنهم الأوجي من القاتل، ورغب منهم أن يعطيهم أمواله ويتركوه حيا فأبوا ذلك وقتلوه وحينئذ دفن المقتول.

Among the things I witnessed at Kawlam was that one of the ʿIrāqī archers killed another of them and fled to the house of al-Āwajī, and he had a great deal of money. The Muslims wished to bury the slain man, but the sultan's deputies prevented them, saying: "He shall not be buried until you hand over his killer to us, to be put to death for him." They left him in his coffin at al-Āwajī's door until he stank and decomposed. Then al-Āwajī gave them access to the killer, who begged them to take his wealth and leave him alive, but they refused and killed him, and only then was the slain man buried.