 This marked an end to the system established by Caliph Umar (), which paid stipends to veterans of the earlier Muslim conquests and their descendants.While the Iraqi tribal nobility viewed the stipends as their traditional right, al-Hajjaj viewed them as a handicap restricting his and Abd al-Malik's executive authority and financial ability to reward loyalists in the army.Stipends were similarly stopped to the inhabitants of the Hejaz, including the Quraysh.