With these ships the traitor Youkinna sailed to Tyre, where he told the inhabitants that he had brought arms and provisions for Constantine’s army; upon which he was kindly received, and, landing, he was liberally entertained with nine hundred of his men.  But being betrayed by one of his own soldiers, he and his crew were seized and bound, receiving all the while such treatment from the soldiers as their villanous practices well deserved.  In the mean time Yezid Ebn Abu Sofian, being detached by Abu Obeidah from the camp before Caesarea, came within sight of Tyre.  The governor upon this caused Youkinna and his men to be conveyed to the castle, and there secured, and prepared for the defence of the town.  Perceiving that Yezid had with him but two thousand men in all, he resolved to make a sally.  In the mean time the rest of the inhabitants ran up to the walls to see the engagement.  While they were fighting, Youkinna and his men were set at liberty by one Basil, of whom they give the following account, viz.:  That this Basil going one day to pay a visit to Bahira the monk, the caravan of the Koreishites came by, with which were Kadija’s camels, under the care of Mahomet.  As he looked toward the caravan, he beheld Mahomet in the middle of it, and above him there was a cloud to keep him from the sun.  Then the caravan having halted, as Mahomet leaned against an old, withered tree, it immediately brought forth leaves.  Bahira, perceiving this, made an entertainment for the caravan, and invited them into the monastery.  They all went, leaving Mahomet behind with the camels.  Bahira, missing him, asked if they were all present.  “Yes,” they said, “all but a little boy we have left to look after their things and feed the camels.”  “What is his name?” says Bahira.  They told him, “Mahomet Ebn Abdallah.”  Bahira asked if his father and mother were not both dead, and if he was not brought up by his grandfather and his uncle.  Being informed that it was so, he said:  “O Koreish!  Set a high value upon him, for he is your lord, and by him will your power be great both in this world and that to come; for he is your ornament and glory.”  When they asked him how he knew that, Bahira answered, “Because as you were coming, there was never a tree nor stone nor clod but bowed itself and worshipped God.”  Moreover, Bahira told this Basil that a great many prophets had leaned against this tree and sat under it since it was first withered, but that it never bore any leaves before.  And I heard him say, says this same Basil:  “This is the prophet concerning whom Isa (Jesus) spake.  Happy is he that believes in him and follows him and gives credit to his mission.”  This Basil, after the visit to Bahira, had gone to Constantinople and other parts of the Greek Emperor’s territories, and upon information of the great success of the followers of this prophet was abundantly convinced of the truth of his mission.  This inclined him, having so fair an opportunity offered, to release Youkinna and his