Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2478
The Year 104
عَزْلِ سَعِيدٍ الْحَرَشِيِّ وَفِي سنة أربع ومائة عَزَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ سَعِيدًا الْحَرَشِيَّ عَنْ خُرَاسَانَ، وَوَلَّاهَا مُسْلِمَ بْنَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ بْنِ زُرْعَةَ الْكِلَابِيَّ. وَكَانَ السَّبَبُ فِي ذَلِكَ مَا كَانَ كَتَبَهُ ابْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ إِلَى الْحَرَشِيِّ بِإِطْلَاقِ الدَّيْوَشْتَى، فَقَتَلَهُ، وَكَانَ يَسْتَخِفُّ بِابْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ وَيَذْكُرُهُ بِأَبِي الْمُثَنَّى، [ وَلَا يَقُولُ الْأَمِيرُ ] فَيَقُولُ: [ قَالَ ] أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى، ( وَفَعَلَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ، فَأَرْسَلَ جَمِيلَ بْنَ عِمْرَانَ ; لِيَعْلَمَ حَالَ الْحَرَشِيِّ، وَأَظْهَرَ أَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ فِي الدَّوَاوِينِ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَى الْحَرَشِيِّ، قَالَ: كَيْفَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ) ؟ فَقِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ جَمِيلًا لَمْ يَقْدَمْ إِلَّا لِيَعْلَمَ عِلْمَكَ. فَسَمَّ بَطِّيخَةً وَبَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ، فَأَكَلَهَا، وَمَرِضَ، وَسَقَطَ شَعْرُهُ، وَرَجَعَ إِلَى ابْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ، وَقَدْ عُولِجَ، فَصَحَّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: الْأَمْرُ أَعْظَمُ مِمَّا بَلَغَكَ، مَا يَرَى الْحَرَشِيُّ إِلَّا أَنَّكَ عَامِلٌ لَهُ، فَغَضِبَ وَعَزَلَهُ، وَنَفْحَ فِي بَطْنِهِ النَّمْلَ، وَعَذَّبَهُ حَتَّى أَدَّى الْأَمْوَالَ. وَسَمَرَ لَيْلَةً ابْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ سَيِّدُ قَيْسٍ ؟ فَقَالُوا: الْأَمِيرُ. قَالَ: دَعُوا هَذَا: سَيِّدُ قَيْسٍ: الْكَوْثَرُ بْنُ زُفَرَ، لَوْ ثَوَّرَ بِلَيْلٍ لَوَافَاهُ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفًا لَا يَقُولُونَ لِمَ دَعَوْتَنَا، وَفَارِسُهَا هَذَا الْحِمَارُ الَّذِي فِي الْحَبْسِ، وَقَدْ أَمَرْتُ بِقَتْلِهِ، يَعْنِي الْحَرَشِيَّ، فَأَمَّا خَيْرُ قَيْسٍ لَهَا فَعَسَى أَنْ أَكُونَهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ مِنْ بَنِي فَزَارَةَ: لَوْ كُنْتَ كَمَا تَقُولُ مَا أَمَرْتَ بِقَتْلِ فَارِسِهَا. فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَعْقِلِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ أَنْ كُفَّ عَنْ قَتْلِهِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ سَلَّمَهُ إِلَيْهِ لِيَقْتُلَهُ، ( وَكَانَ ابْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ لَمَّا وَلَّى مُسْلِمَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ خُرَاسَانَ أَمَرَهُ بِأَخْذِ الْحَرَشِيِّ وَتَقْيِيدِهِ ) وَإِنْفَاذِهِ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَدِمَ مُسْلِمٌ دَارَ الْإِمَارَةِ، فَرَأَى الْبَابَ مُغْلَقًا، فَقِيلَ لِلْحَرَشِيِّ: قَدِمَ مُسْلِمٌ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ: أَقَدِمْتَ أَمِيرًا أَوْ وَزِيرًا أَوْ زَائِرًا ؟ فَقَالَ: مِثْلِي لَا يَقْدَمُ زَائِرًا وَلَا وَزِيرًا. فَأَتَاهُ الْحَرَشِيُّ فَشَتَمَهُ وَقَيَّدَهُ وَأَمَّرَ بِحَبْسِهِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ صَاحِبَ الْحَبْسِ أَنْ يَزِيدَهُ قَيْدًا، فَأُخْبِرَ الْحَرَشِيُّ بِذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لِكَاتِبِهِ: اكْتُبْ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ صَاحِبَ سِجْنِكَ ذَكَرَ أَنَّكَ أَمَرْتَهُ أَنْ يَزِيدَنِي قَيْدًا، فَإِنْ كَانَ أَمْرًا فَوْقَكَ فَسَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً، وَإِنْ كَانَ رَأْيًا رَأَيْتَهُ فَسَيْرُكَ الْحَقْحَقَةِ ! وَهِيَ أَشَدُّ السِّيَرِ، وَتَمَثَّلَ: فَإِمَّا تَثْقَفُونِي فَاقْتُلُونِي وَمَنْ يُثَقَفْ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ خُلُودُ هُمُ الْأَعْدَاءُ إِنْ شَهِدُوا وَغَابُوا أُولُوا الْأَحْقَادِ وَالْأَكْبَادُ سُودُ فَلَمَّا هَرَبَ ابْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ عَنِ الْعِرَاقِ أَرْسَلَ خَالِدٌ الْقَسْرِيُّ فِي طَلَبِ الْحَرَشِيِّ، فَأَدْرَكَهُ عَلَى الْفُرَاتِ، فَقَالَ: مَا ظَنُّكَ بِي ؟ قَالَ: ظَنِّي بِكَ أَنَّكَ لَا تَدْفَعُ رَجُلًا مِنْ قَوْمِكَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَيْسٍ. فَقَالَ: هُوَ ذَاكَ.
Translation
✧ The dismissal of Saʿīd al-Ḥarashī In the year 104, ʿUmar b. Hubayrah dismissed Saʿīd al-Ḥarashī from Khurāsān and appointed Muslim b. Saʿīd b. Aslam b. Zurʿah al-Kilābī over it. The reason for that was that Ibn Hubayrah had written to al-Ḥarashī ordering him to release al-Daywashtā, but he killed him. He used to belittle Ibn Hubayrah and refer to him as Abū al-Muthannā, not saying “the governor,” saying: “Abū al-Muthannā said,” and “Abū al-Muthannā did.” This reached Ibn Hubayrah, so he sent Jamīl b. ʿImrān to find out al-Ḥarashī’s situation, while making it appear that he was inspecting the registers. When he came to al-Ḥarashī, he said: “How is Abū al-Muthannā?” It was said to him: “Jamīl has come only to learn about you.” So he poisoned a melon and sent it to him. He ate it, fell ill, and his hair fell out. He returned to Ibn Hubayrah after being treated and recovering. Ibn Hubayrah said to him: “The matter is greater than what reached you. Al-Ḥarashī sees you only as his agent.” He became angry, dismissed him, blew ants into his belly, and tortured him until he paid over the funds. One night Ibn Hubayrah stayed up conversing and said: “Who is the chief of Qays?” They said: “The governor.” He said: “Leave that aside. The chief of Qays is al-Kawthar b. Zufar. If he were to stir at night, twenty thousand would come to him without asking, ‘Why did you call us?’ And its horseman is this donkey in prison, and I have ordered his execution,” meaning al-Ḥarashī. “As for the best of Qays for it, perhaps I may be that.” A bedouin from Banū Fazārah said to him: “If you were as you say, you would not have ordered the execution of its horseman.” So he sent to Maʿqil b. ʿUrwah: “Refrain from killing him,” for he had handed him over to him to kill him. When Ibn Hubayrah appointed Muslim b. Saʿīd over Khurāsān, he ordered him to seize al-Ḥarashī, put him in chains, and send him to him. Muslim arrived at the governor’s residence and found the gate closed. It was said to al-Ḥarashī: “Muslim has arrived.” He sent to him: “Have you come as governor, vizier, or visitor?” He said: “Someone like me does not come as a visitor or vizier.” Al-Ḥarashī came to him, insulted him, put him in chains, and ordered his imprisonment. Then he ordered the prison warden to add another chain. Al-Ḥarashī was told of that, and he said to his scribe: “Write to him: Your prison warden mentioned that you ordered him to add another chain for me. If it is an order from above you, then hearing and obedience; if it is an opinion you hold, then your course is the hardest pace!” And he recited: If you capture me, then kill me; for whoever is captured has no immortality. They are the enemies, whether present or absent, People of rancor whose livers are black. When Ibn Hubayrah fled from Iraq, Khālid al-Qasrī sent someone to seek al-Ḥarashī. He caught up with him on the Euphrates and said: “What do you think of me?” He said: “I think of you that you would not hand over a man of your own people to a man of Qays.” He said: “So it is.”
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