Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2452
The Year 101
مَوْتِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ وَفِي سنة إحدى ومائة تُوُفِّيَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ أَخُو عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ وَلِيَ الْجَزِيرَةَ وَأَرْمِينِيَّةَ وَأَذْرَبِيجَانَ، وَغَزَا الرُّومَ وَأَهْلَ أَرْمِينِيَّةَ عِدَّةَ دَفَعَاتٍ، وَكَانَ شُجَاعًا قَوِيًّا، وَكَانَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ يَحْسُدُهُ لِذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا انْتَظَمَتِ الْأُمُورُ لِعَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَظْهَرَ مَا فِي نَفْسِهِ لَهُ، فَتَجَهَّزَ مُحَمَّدٌ لِيَسِيرَ إِلَى أَرْمِينِيَّةَ، فَلَمَّا وَدَّعَ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ سَبَبِ مَسِيرِهِ، فَقَالَ وَأَنْشَدَ: وَإِنَّكَ لَا تَرَى طَرْدًا لِحُرٍّ كَإِلْصَاقٍ بِهِ بَعْضَ الْهَوَانِ فَلَوْ كُنَّا بِمَنْزِلَةٍ جَمِيعًا جَرَيْتُ وَأَنْتَ مُضْطَرِبُ الْعِنَانِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ: أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ لَتُقِيمَنَّ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَا رَأَيْتَ مِنِّي مَا تَكْرَهُ، وَصَلُحَ لَهُ، وَلَمَّا أَرَادَ الْوَلِيدُ عَزْلَهُ طَلَبَ مَنْ يَسُدُّ مَكَانَهُ، فَلَمْ يُقْدِمْ أَحَدٌ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ.
Translation
✧ The Death of Muḥammad b. Marwān In the year one hundred and one, Muḥammad b. Marwān b. al-Ḥakam, the brother of ʿAbd al-Malik, died. He had governed al-Jazīrah, Armīniyyah, and Adharbayjān, and he raided the Byzantines and the people of Armīniyyah several times. He was brave and strong, and ʿAbd al-Malik envied him for that. When matters became settled for ʿAbd al-Malik, he showed what was in his heart toward him, so Muḥammad prepared to travel to Armīniyyah. When he bade farewell to ʿAbd al-Malik, he asked him about the reason for his departure, and he said, reciting: You will not see the expulsion of a free man as being like attaching some disgrace to him. If we were together in one place, I would run while you are unsteady in the reins. Then ʿAbd al-Malik said to him: I adjure you to stay, for by Allah, you will not see from me what you dislike. And he was reconciled with him. When al-Walīd wanted to remove him, he sought someone to take his place, but no one advanced against him except Maslamah b. ʿAbd al-Malik.
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