Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2238
The Year 64 AH
وِلَايَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْبَصْرَةَ لَمَّا اتَّفَقَ قَيْسٌ وَالنُّعْمَانُ وَرَضِيَ قَيْسٌ بِمَنْ يُؤَمِّرُهُ النُّعْمَانُ أَشْهَدَ عَلَيْهِ النُّعْمَانُ بِذَلِكَ وَأَخَذَ عَلَى قَيْسٍ وَعَلَى النَّاسِ الْعُهُودَ بِالرِّضَى، ثُمَّ أَتَى عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ وَاشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ ( حَتَّى ظَنَّ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ بَايَعَهُ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ الْمُلَقَّبِ بِبَبَّةَ وَاشْتَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ ) مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَذَكَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَحَقَّ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَقَرَابَتِهِ وَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَا تَنْقِمُونَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَمِّ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَأُمُّهُ هِنْدُ بِنْتُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَدْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ فِيهِمْ، فَهُوَ ابْنُ أُخْتِكُمْ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ وَقَالَ: رَضِيتُ لَكُمْ بِهِ، فَنَادَوْهُ: قَدْ رَضِينَا، وَبَايَعُوهُ وَأَقْبَلُوا بِهِ إِلَى دَارِ الْإِمَارَةِ حَتَّى نَزَلَهَا، وَذَلِكَ أَوَّلُ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَسِتِّينَ. وَقَالَ الْفَرَزْدَقُ فِي بَيْعَتِهِ: وَبَايَعْتُ أَقْوَامًا وَفَيْتُ بِعَهْدِهِمْ وَبَبَّةُ قَدْ بَايَعَتْهُ غَيْرَ نَادِمِ
Translation
✧ The governorship of ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ḥārith over al-Baṣrah When Qays and al-Nuʿmān agreed, and Qays was satisfied with whomever al-Nuʿmān appointed, al-Nuʿmān called witnesses to that and took covenants of consent from Qays and the people. Then he came to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Aswad, took him by the hand, and imposed conditions on him (until the people thought he had pledged allegiance to him; then he left him and took the hand of ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ḥārith b. Nawfal b. al-Ḥārith b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, nicknamed Babbah, and imposed conditions on him) likewise. Then he praised and extolled God, mentioned the Prophet ﷺ, the right of his family and his kin, and said: “O people, what do you resent in a man from the cousins of your Prophet, whose mother is Hind bt. Abī Sufyān? The matter was among them, so he is the son of your sister.” Then he took him by the hand and said: “I have accepted him for you.” They called to him: “We accept,” and pledged allegiance to him. They brought him to the seat of government until he alighted there. That was at the beginning of Jumādā al-Ākhirah in the year 64. Al-Farazdaq said concerning his pledge: I pledged allegiance to peoples and fulfilled their covenant, while Babbah has pledged allegiance to you, not regretful.
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