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Τῆς γοῦν Περσῶν ἀρχῆς εἰς τοὺς τῆς Ἄγαρ διαλυθείσης καὶ τῆς μὲν Σαρακηνῶν ἐπικρατείας μὴ μόνον Περσίδος καὶ Μηδίας καὶ Βαβυλῶνος καὶ Ἀσσυρίων κυριευούσης, ἀλλ' ἤδη καὶ Αἰγύπτου καὶ Λιβύης καὶ μέρους οὐκ ἐλαχίστου τῆς Εὐρώπης, ἐπείπερ ἀλλήλων καταστασιάσαντες οἱ ἐξ Ἄγαρ τὴν μεγίστην ἀρχὴν εἰς πολλὰς ἐμερίσαντο, ἄλλος ἄλλης κατάρχων, καὶ εἰς ἐμφυλίους πολέμους τὸ ἔθνος ἐχώρησεν, ...

When the Persian empire fell into the hands of the sons of Agar and the domination of the Saracens extended not only to Persia and Media, Babylon and Assyria, but also on Egypt, Libya and a large part of Europe, the sons of Agar stood against each other, they divided this great empire, each taking part of it, and its people abandoned themselves to the civil war, ...

عندما سقطت الإمبراطورية الفارسية في أيدي أبناء هاجر (العرب) وامتدت سيطرة السراقنة (العرب) ليس فقط إلى بلاد فارس وميديا وبابل وآشور، بل أيضًا إلى مصر وليبيا وجزء كبير من أوروبا، وقف أبناء هاجر (العرب) ضد بعضهم البعض، وقسموا هذه الإمبراطورية العظيمة، كل أخذ جزءًا، وترك شعبهم نفسه لآتون الحرب الأهلية ،

Skylitzes, 442-443; Theodore Gazis, 997; Zonaras, History, 634.

The History is consisted of four books. The first two books were written before 1118. The last two before 1138. This particular passage refers to the first Arab conquests during the 7th century and to the civil wars that plagued the early Rashidun Caliphate and the Umayyads successors.