In Egypt, soon after its conquest, a military colony ("miṣr") was established in Fustat. The Arab settlers who comprised it became known as the "jund" of Egypt. They too, like the Syrian "ajnad", were inscribed on the army rolls ("dīwān") and received a regular salary. For long they provided the only Muslim military force in the province, and played a major role in the political life of the country, jealously safeguarding their privileged position for the first two centuries of the Islamic period, until their power was broken in the turmoils of the Fourth Fitna.