Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2283
The Year 68 AH
قَتْلِ ابْنِ الْمَاحُوزِ وَإِمَارَةِ قَطَرِيِّ بْنِ الْفُجَاءَةِ لَمَّا أَمَرَ عَتَّابٌ أَصْحَابَهُ بِقِتَالِ الْخَوَارِجِ وَأَجَابُوهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ جَمَعَ النَّاسَ، وَأَمَرَ لَهُمْ بِطَعَامٍ كَثِيرٍ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ حِينَ أَصْبَحَ، فَأَتَى الْخَوَارِجَ وَهُمْ آمِنُونَ، فَحَمَلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَاتَلُوهُمْ حَتَّى أَخْرَجُوهُمْ مِنْ عَسْكَرِهِمْ، وَانْتَهَوْا إِلَى الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْمَاحُوزِ، فَنَزَلَ فِي عِصَابَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ، وَانْحَازَتِ الْأَزَارِقَةُ إِلَى قَطَرِيِّ بْنِ الْفُجَاءَةِ الْمَازِنِيِّ، وَكُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو نَعَامَةَ، فَبَايَعُوهُ، وَأَصَابَ عَتَّابٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ مِنْ عَسْكَرِهِ مَا شَاءُوا، وَجَاءَ قَطَرِيٌّ فَنَزَلَ فِي عَسْكَرِ الزُّبَيْرِ، ثُمَّ سَارَ عَنْ أَصْبَهَانَ وَتَرَكَهَا، وَأَتَى نَاحِيَةَ كَرْمَانَ وَأَقَامَ بِهَا حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ جُمُوعٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَجَبَى الْمَالَ وَقَوِيَ. ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَى أَصْبَهَانَ، ثُمَّ أَتَى إِلَى أَرْضِ الْأَهْوَازِ، فَأَقَامَ بِهَا وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ عَامِلُ مُصْعَبٍ عَلَى الْبَصْرَةِ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَى مُصْعَبٍ يُخْبِرُهُ بِالْخَوَارِجِ وَأَنَّهُمْ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ إِلَّا الْمُهَلَّبُ. فَبَعَثَ إِلَى الْمُهَلَّبِ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمَوْصِلِ وَالْجَزِيرَةِ فَأَمَرَهُ بِقِتَالِ الْخَوَارِجِ، وَبَعَثَ إِلَى الْمَوْصِلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ الْأَشْتَرِ، وَجَاءَ الْمُهَلَّبُ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ، وَانْتَخَبَ النَّاسَ وَسَارَ بِهِمْ نَحْوَ الْخَوَارِجِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى الْتَقَوْا بِسُولَافَ، فَاقْتَتَلُوا بِهَا ثَمَانِيَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَشَدَّ قِتَالٍ رَآهُ النَّاسُ.
Translation
✧ The killing of Ibn al-Māḥūz and the command of Qaṭarī b. al-Fujāʾah When ʿAttāb ordered his companions to fight the Khawārij and they answered him to that, he gathered the people, and ordered for them much food, then he went out when morning came. He came upon the Khawārij while they were secure, and they charged upon them and fought them until they drove them out of their camp. They ended at al-Zubayr b. al-Māḥūz, and he dismounted in a band of his companions and fought until he was killed. The Azāriqah withdrew to Qaṭarī b. al-Fujāʾah al-Māzinī, whose kunyah was Abū Naʿāmah, and they pledged allegiance to him. ʿAttāb and his companions obtained from his camp whatever they wished. Qaṭarī came and encamped in the camp of al-Zubayr, then he departed from Iṣbahān and left it. He came to the region of Kirmān and stayed there until large crowds gathered to him, and he collected the tax and grew strong. Then he turned toward Iṣbahān, then came to the land of al-Ahwāz and stayed there while al-Ḥārith b. Abī Rabīʿah was Muṣʿab's governor over al-Baṣrah. He wrote to Muṣʿab informing him of the Khawārij and that there was no one for them but al-Muhallab. So he sent to al-Muhallab, who was over al-Mawṣil and al-Jazīrah, and ordered him to fight the Khawārij. He sent Ibrāhīm b. al-Ashtar to al-Mawṣil, and al-Muhallab came to al-Baṣrah. He selected the people and marched with them toward the Khawārij. Then they advanced toward him until they met at Sūlāf, and they fought there for eight months, the fiercest fighting the people had seen.
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