30. During these two years deputations of conversion to Islam were received by Mohammad at Medina from the most distant parts of the Peninsula, from Yemen and Hazaramaut from Mahra Oman and Bahrein in the south, and from the borders of Syria and the outskirts of Persia. Many of the chiefs and princes of Yemen and Mahra, of Oman, Bahrein and Yemama--christians and pagans--intimated by letter or by embassy their conversion to Islam. The Prophet used to send teachers with deputations and embassies, where they were not already sent, to instruct the newly converted people the duties of Islam and to see that every remnant of idolatry was obliterated. [Sidenote: List of the deputations of conversion received by Mohammad at Medina during A.H. 9 and 10.] 31. Here is a list of the important deputations and embassies as well as the conversion of notable personages during these two years arranged in alphabetical order with geographical and genealogical notes.[65] Sir W. Muir thinks it "tedious and unprofitable" to enumerate them all,[66] while he takes notice of every apocryphal tradition and devours with eagerness all fictions unfavourable to the cause of Islam. Bani Aamir.[67] Bani Abd-ul-Kays.[68] Bani Ahmas.[69] Bani Anaza.[70] Bani Asad.[71] Bani Azd (Shanovah).[72] Bani Azd (Oman).[73] Bani Bahila.[74] Bani Bahra.[75] Bani Bajila.[76] Bani Baka.[77] Bani Bakr bin Wail.[78] Bani Bali.[79] Bani Bariq.[80] Bani Daree.[81] Farwa.[82] Bani Fezara.[83] Bani Ghafiq.[84] Bani Ghanim.[85] Bani Ghassan.[86] Bani Hamadan.[87] Bani Hanifa.[88] Bani Haris of Najran.[89] Bani Hilal bin Aamir bin Saasaa.[90] Bani Himyar.[91] Bani Jaad.[92] Bani Jaafir bin Kelab bin Rabia.[93] Jeifer bin al Jalandi.[94] Bani Joheina.[95] Bani Jufi.[96] Bani Kalb.[97] Bani Khas-am bin Anmar.[98] Bani Khaulan.[99] Bani Kilab.[100] Bani Kinana.[101] Bani Kinda.[102] Bani Mahrah.[103] Bani Moharib.[104] Bani Morad.[105] Bani Muntafiq.[106] Bani Murrah.[107] Bani Nakha.[108] Bani Nohd.[109] Bani Ozra.[110] Bani Raha.[111] Bani Rawasa.[112] Bani Saad Hozeim.[113] Bani Sadif.[114] Bani Sadoos.[115] Bani Sahim.[116] Bani Sakeef.[117] Bani Salamani.[118] Bani Shaiban.[119] Bani Sodaa.[120] Bani Taghlib.[121] Bani Tajeeb.[122] Bani Tamim.[123] Bath Tay.[124] Bani Zobeid.[125]