Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2419
The Year 98
قَالَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ وَفِي سنة ثمان وتسعين أَخَذَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْعَهْدَ لِوَلَدِهِ أَيُّوبَ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْخَلِيفَةَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ أَخِيهِ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، فَعَدَلَ عَنْ وِلَايَةِ أَخِيهِ يَزِيدَ إِلَى وِلَايَةِ وَلَدِهِ أَيُّوبَ، وَتَرَبَّصَ بِأَخِيهِ الدَّوَائِرَ فَمَاتَ أَيُّوبُ فِي حَيَاةِ أَبِيهِ، فَبَايَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ لِابْنِ عَمِّهِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْخَلِيفَةَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَلَنِعْمَ مَا فَعَلَ.
Translation
✧ Ibn Jarīr said: In the year ninety-eight, Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Malik took the oath of allegiance for his son Ayyūb, that he would be the caliph after him. That was after the death of his brother Marwān b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān. He turned away from appointing his brother Yazīd to appointing his son Ayyūb, and he waited for calamities to befall his brother. Ayyūb died during the lifetime of his father, so Sulaymān pledged allegiance to his paternal cousin ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, that he would be the caliph after him. And excellent was what he did.
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