Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2255
The Year 65 AH
مَقْتَلِ نَافِعِ بْنِ الْأَزْرَقِ فِي سنة خمس وستين اشْتَدَّتْ شَوْكَةُ نَافِعِ بْنِ الْأَزْرَقِ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَنْتَسِبُ إِلَيْهِ الْأَزَارِقَةُ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ. وَكَانَ سَبَبُ قُوَّتِهِ اشْتِغَالُ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ وَاخْتِلَافُهُمْ بِسَبَبِ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَقَتْلِهِ، وَكَثُرَتْ جُمُوعُهُ وَأَقْبَلَ نَحْوَ الْجِسْرِ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ عُبَيْسِ بْنِ كُرَيْزِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ فَرَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَرْضِ الْبَصْرَةِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ دُولَابَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْأَهْوَازِ، فَاقْتَتَلُوا هُنَاكَ، وَجَعَلَ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ عُبَيْسٍ عَلَى مَيْمَنَتِهِ الْحَجَّاجَ بْنَ بَابٍ الْحِمْيَرِيَّ، وَعَلَى مَسِيرَتِهِ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ بَدْرٍ الْغُدَانِيَّ وَجَعَلَ ابْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ عَلَى مَيْمَنَتِهِ عُبَيْدَ بْنَ هِلَالٍ، وَعَلَى مَيْسَرَتِهِ الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْمَاحُوزِ التَّمِيمِيَّ، وَاشْتَدَّ قِتَالُهُمْ، فَقُتِلَ مُسْلِمٌ أَمِيرُ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ، وَقُتِلَ نَافِعُ بْنُ الْأَزْرَقِ أَمِيرُ الْخَوَارِجِ فِي جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ، فَأَمَّرَ أَهْلُ الْبَصْرَةِ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحَجَّاجَ بْنَ بَابٍ الْحِمْيَرِيَّ، وَأَمَّرْتِ الْخَوَارِجُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْمَاحُوزِ التَّمِيمِيَّ، وَاقْتَتَلُوا، فَقُتِلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَالْحَجَّاجُ، فَأَمَّرَ أَهْلُ الْبَصْرَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنَ الْأَجْرَمِ التَّمِيمِيَّ، وَأَمَّرَتِ الْخَوَارِجُ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْمَاحُوِزِ التَّمِيمِيَّ، ثُمَّ عَادُوا فَاقْتَتَلُوا حَتَّى أَمْسَوْا وَقَدْ كَرِهَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا وَمَلُّوا الْقِتَالَ. فَإِنَّهُمْ كَذَلِكَ مُتَوَاقِفُونَ مُتَحَاجِزُونَ إِذْ جَاءَتِ الْخَوَارِجُ سَرِيَّةٌ مُسْتَرِيحَةٌ لَمْ تَشْهَدِ الْقِتَالَ، فَحَمَلَتِ عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ، فَانْهَزَمَ النَّاسُ وَقُتِلَ أَمِيرُ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ رَبِيعَةُ بَعْدَ أَنْ قُتِلَ أَيْضًا دُغْفُلُ بْنُ حَنْظَلَةَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ النَّسَّابَةُ، وَأَخَذَ الرَّايَةَ حَارِثَةُ بْنُ بَدْرٍ، فَقَاتَلَ سَاعَةً، وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ، فَقَاتَلَ وَحَمَى النَّاسَ وَمَعَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّى نَزَلَ بِالْأَهْوَازِ، وَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَهْلَ الْبَصْرَةِ فَأَفْزَعَهُمْ، وَبَعَثَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ( بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ ) وَعَزَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ، فَأَقْبَلَتِ الْخَوَارِجُ نَحْوَ الْبَصْرَةِ.
Translation
✧ The Killing of Nāfiʿ b. al-Azraq In the year sixty-five, the strength of Nāfiʿ b. al-Azraq—the one to whom the Azāriqa among the Khawārij trace their lineage—became intense. The reason for his strength was the preoccupation and discord of the people of al-Baṣrah due to Masʿūd b. ʿAmr and his killing. His forces grew numerous and he advanced toward the bridge. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ḥārith sent Muslim b. ʿUbays b. Kurayz b. Rabīʿah against him, and he went out and pushed him back from the land of al-Baṣrah until he reached Dūlāb in the land of al-Ahwāz. There they fought. Muslim b. ʿUbays placed al-Ḥajjāj b. Bāb al-Ḥimyarī on his right wing and Ḥārithah b. Badr al-Ghudānī on his left wing. Ibn al-Azraq placed ʿUbayd b. Hilāl on his right wing and al-Zubayr b. al-Māḥūz al-Tamīmī on his left wing. The fighting between them grew fierce. Muslim, the commander of the people of al-Baṣrah, was killed, and Nāfiʿ b. al-Azraq, the commander of the Khawārij, was killed in Jumādā al-Ākhirah. The people of al-Baṣrah then appointed al-Ḥajjāj b. Bāb al-Ḥimyarī over themselves, and the Khawārij appointed ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Māḥūz al-Tamīmī. They fought, and ʿAbd Allāh and al-Ḥajjāj were killed. The people of al-Baṣrah then appointed Rabīʿah b. al-Ajram al-Tamīmī over themselves, and the Khawārij appointed ʿUbayd Allāh b. al-Māḥūz al-Tamīmī. Then they returned to fighting until evening came, by which time they had come to detest one another and had grown weary of battle. While they were thus facing one another, holding each other back, a restful detachment of the Khawārij that had not witnessed the fighting arrived. It charged the people from the direction of ʿAbd al-Qays. The people were routed, and the commander of the people of al-Baṣrah, Rabīʿah, was killed, after Dughful b. Ḥanẓalah al-Shaybānī the genealogist had also been killed. Ḥārithah b. Badr took up the banner and fought for a while, but the people had already left him. He fought and protected the people, accompanied by a group from the people of al-Baṣrah. Then he came forward until he camped at al-Ahwāz. That news reached the people of al-Baṣrah and alarmed them. ʿAbd Allāh (b. al-Zubayr sent al-Ḥārith b. Abī Rabīʿah) and dismissed ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ḥārith. The Khawārij then advanced toward al-Baṣrah.
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