Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2229
The Year 64 AH
ذِكْرُ وَفَاةِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَجَاءَ النَّاسَ نَعْيُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ لِأَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً خَلَتْ مِنْ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَسِتِّينَ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسٍ أَوْ ثَمَانٍ أَوْ تِسْعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً، فَكَانَتْ وِلَايَتُهُ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ وَسِتَّةً أَوْ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، فَحِينَئِذٍ خَمَدَتِ الْحَرْبُ وَطَفِئَتْ نَارُ الْفِتْنَةِ، وَيُقَالُ: إِنَّهُمْ مَكَثُوا يُحَاصِرُونَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ يَزِيدَ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً. وَيُذْكَرُ أَنَّ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَلِمَ بِمَوْتِ يَزِيدَ قَبْلَ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، فَنَادَى فِيهِمْ: يَا أَهْلَ الشَّامِ، قَدْ أَهْلَكَ اللَّهُ طَاغِيَتَكُمْ، فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِيمَا دَخَلَ فِيهِ النَّاسُ فَلْيَفْعَلْ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى شَامِهِ فَلْيَرْجِعْ. فَلَمْ يُصَدِّقِ الشَّامِيُّونَ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ فِيمَا أَخْبَرُوهُمْ بِهِ، حَتَّى جَاءَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ الْمُنَقَّعِ بِالْخَبَرِ الْيَقِينِ. وَيُذْكَرُ أَنَّ حُصَيْنَ بْنَ نُمَيْرٍ دَعَاهُ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ لِيُحَدِّثَهُ بَيْنَ الصَّفَّيْنِ، فَاجْتَمَعَا حَتَّى اخْتَلَفَتْ رُءُوسُ فَرَسَيْهِمَا، وَجَعَلَتْ فَرَسُ حُصَيْنٍ تَنْفِرُ وَيَكُفُّهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: مَا لَكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْحَمَامَ تَحْتَ رِجْلَيْ فَرَسِي تَأْكُلُ مِنَ الرَّوَثِ، فَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَطَأَ حَمَامَ الْحَرَمِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: تَفْعَلُ هَذَا وَأَنْتَ تَقْتُلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ؟ ! فَقَالَ لَهُ حُصَيْنٌ: فَأْذَنْ لَنَا فَلْنَطُفْ بِالْكَعْبَةِ ثُمَّ نَرْجِعُ إِلَى بِلَادِنَا. فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فَطَافُوا. وَذَكَرَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ أَنَّ حُصَيْنًا وَابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ اتَّعَدَا لَيْلَةً أَنْ يَجْتَمِعَا، فَاجْتَمَعَا بِظَاهِرِ مَكَّةَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ حُصَيْنٌ: إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ قَدْ هَلَكَ فَأَنْتَ أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ بَعْدَهُ، فَهَلُمَّ فَارْحَلْ مَعِي إِلَى الشَّامِ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَا يَخْتَلِفُ عَلَيْكَ اثَنَانِ. فَيُقَالُ: إِنَّ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ لَمْ يَثِقْ مِنْهُ بِذَلِكَ، وَأَغْلَظَ لَهُ فِي الْمَقَالِ، فَنَفَرَ مِنْهُ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، وَقَالَ: أَنَا أَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْخِلَافَةِ، وَهُوَ يُغْلِظُ لِي فِي الْمَقَالِ ؟ ! ثُمَّ كَرَّ بِالْجَيْشِ رَاجِعًا إِلَى الشَّامِ، وَقَالَ: أَعِدُهُ بِالْمُلْكِ وَيَتَوَاعَدُنِي بِالْقَتْلِ ؟ ! ثُمَّ نَدِمَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْغِلْظَةِ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ يَقُولُ لَهُ: أَمَّا الشَّامُ فَلَسْتُ آتِيهِ، وَلَكِنْ خُذْ لِيَ الْبَيْعَةَ عَلَى مَنْ هُنَاكَ، فَإِنِّي أُؤَمِّنُكُمْ وَأَعْدِلُ فِيكُمْ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ يَقُولُ لَهُ: إِنَّ مَنْ يَبْتَغِيهَا مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ بِالشَّامِ لَكَثِيرٌ. فَرَجَعَ فَاجْتَازَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَطَمِعَ فِيهِ أَهْلُهَا وَأَهَانُوهُمْ إِهَانَةً بَالِغَةً، وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، وَأَهْدَى لِحُصَيْنِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَتًّا وَعَلَفًا، وَارْتَحَلَتْ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ مَعَ الْجَيْشِ إِلَى الشَّامِ، فَرَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِ وَقَدِ اسْتُخْلِفَ بِدِمَشْقَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ وَصِيَّةٍ مِنْ أَبِيهِ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ. وَاللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَابِ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the death of Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah. The people received the news of the death of Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah, and that he had died on the fourteenth night of Rabīʿ al-Awwal in the year sixty-four, at the age of thirty-five, thirty-eight, or thirty-nine years. His tenure was three years and six or eight months. At that point, the war subsided and the fire of strife was extinguished. It is said that they continued to besiege Ibn al-Zubayr for forty nights after the death of Yazīd. It is mentioned that Ibn al-Zubayr learned of Yazīd's death before the people of Syria did, and he called out to them: "O people of Syria, God has destroyed your tyrant. Whoever among you wishes to enter into what the people have entered, let him do so; and whoever wishes to return to his Syria, let him return." The Syrians did not believe the people of Makkah in what they told them, until Thābit b. Qays b. al-Munaqqaʿ came with the certain news. It is mentioned that Ḥuṣayn b. Numayr was invited by Ibn al-Zubayr to speak with him between the two ranks. They met until the heads of their two horses touched, and Ḥuṣayn's horse began to shy away and he restrained it. Ibn al-Zubayr said to him: "What is with you?" He said: "There are pigeons under the hooves of my horse, eating from the dung, and I dislike to trample the pigeons of the sanctuary." He said to him: "You do this while you are killing Muslims?!" Ḥuṣayn said to him: "Then permit us to circumambulate the Kaʿbah, then we will return to our lands." So he permitted them, and they circumambulated. Ibn Jarīr mentioned that Ḥuṣayn and Ibn al-Zubayr agreed one night to meet, and they met outside Makkah. Ḥuṣayn said to him: "If this man has indeed perished, then you are the most entitled of the people to this matter after him. Come, travel with me to Syria, for by God, not two will disagree about you." It is said that Ibn al-Zubayr did not trust him in that, and he spoke harshly to him in speech. Ibn Numayr became averse to him and said: "I invite him to the caliphate, and he speaks harshly to me?!" Then he turned back with the army, returning to Syria, and said: "I promise him kingship, and he threatens me with death?!" Then Ibn al-Zubayr regretted the harshness he had shown to him, and sent to him saying: "As for Syria, I am not coming to it, but take the oath of allegiance for me from those there, for I will grant you security and act justly among you." He sent back to him saying: "Those from this house who seek it in Syria are many." So he returned and passed by Madinah, where its people coveted him, and they humiliated them severely. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn honored them and gave Ḥuṣayn b. Numayr fodder and provender as a gift. The Banū Umayyah departed with the army to Syria, and they returned to it, after Muʿāwiyah b. Yazīd b. Muʿāwiyah had been made successor in Damascus by a testament from his father to that effect. And God, glorified be He, knows best what is correct.
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