Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2600
Then the Year 125 AH Began
وَفِي جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ شَهْرَيْنِ مِنْ وِلَايَتِهِ عَقَدَ الْبَيْعَةَ لِابْنَيْهِ الْحَكَمِ وَعُثْمَانَ بَعْدَهُ، وَجَعَلَهُمَا وَلِيَّيْ عَهْدِهِ، أَحَدَهُمَا بَعْدَ الْآخَرِ، [وَجَعَلَ الْحَكَمَ مُقَدَّمًا عَلَى عُثْمَانَ]، وَقَلَّدَ الْحَكَمَ الشَّامَ، وَعُثْمَانَ حِمْصَ، وَكَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى الْأَمْصَارِ، وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ بِذَلِكَ يُوسُفُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، وَهُوَ عَامِلُ الْوَلِيدِ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى الْعِرَاقِ، وَكَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ يُوسُفُ إِلَى نَصْرِ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ لِيُبَايِعَ النَّاسُ لَهُمَا.
Translation
✧ In Jumādā al-Ākhirah of this year, and that was two months after his accession, he concluded the oath of allegiance for his two sons, al-Ḥakam and ʿUthmān, after him, and made them his heirs apparent, one after the other, [and he placed al-Ḥakam before ʿUthmān]. He entrusted al-Ḥakam with Syria and ʿUthmān with Ḥimṣ. He wrote about that to the provincial capitals. Among those to whom he wrote about that was Yūsuf b. ʿUmar, who was al-Walīd's governor over Iraq at that time. Yūsuf wrote about that to Naṣr b. Sayyār so that the people would pledge allegiance to the two of them.
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