Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2622
Then the Year 126 AH Began
ذِكْرُ اسْتِيلَاءِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَلَى إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ كَانَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ قَدِ انْهَزَمَ لَمَّا قُتِلَ أَبُوهُ وَكُلْثُومُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، وَسَارَ إِلَى الْأَنْدَلُسِ، وَقَدْ ذَكَرْنَاهُ، وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَغَلَّبَ عَلَيْهَا، فَلَمْ يُمْكِنْهُ ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا وَلِيَ حَنْظَلَةُ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ، عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ، وَجَّهَ أَبَا الْخَطَّارِ إِلَى الْأَنْدَلُسِ أَمِيرًا، فَأَيِسَ حِينَئِذٍ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ مِمَّا كَانَ يَرْجُوهُ فَعَادَ إِلَى إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ وَهُوَ خَائِفٌ مِنْ أَبِي الْخَطَّارِ، وَخَرَجَ بِتُونِسَ مِنْ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ فِي جُمَادَى الْأُولَى سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَعِشْرِينَ وَقَدْ وَلِيَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْخِلَافَةَ بِالشَّامِ، فَدَعَا النَّاسَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ، فَأَجَابُوهُ، فَسَارَ بِهِمْ إِلَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ، فَأَرَادَ مَنْ بِهَا قِتَالَهُ فَمَنَعَهُمْ حَنْظَلَةُ، وَكَانَ لَا يَرَى الْقِتَالَ إِلَّا لِكَافِرٍ أَوْ خَارِجِيٍّ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ حَنْظَلَةُ رِسَالَةً مَعَ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ أَعْيَانِ الْقَيْرَوَانِ رُؤَسَاءِ الْقَبَائِلِ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى مُرَاجَعَةِ الطَّاعَةِ، فَقَبَضَهُ وَأَخَذَهُمْ مَعَهُ إِلَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ وَقَالَ: إِنْ رَمَى أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقَيْرَوَانِ بِحَجَرٍ قَتَلْتُ مَنْ عِنْدِي أَجْمَعِينَ، فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلْهُ أَحَدٌ. فَخَرَجَ حَنْظَلَةُ إِلَى الشَّامِ وَلَمَّا خَرَجَ حَنْظَلَةُ إِلَى الشَّامِ دَعَا عَلَى أَهْلِ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، فَاسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ فِيهِمْ، فَوَقَعَ الْوَبَاءُ وَالطَّاعُونُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ، لَمْ يُفَارِقْهُمْ إِلَّا فِي أَوْقَاتٍ مُتَفَرِّقَةٍ
Translation
✧ Mention of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Ḥabīb’s seizure of Ifrīqiyah ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī ʿUbaydah b. ʿUqbah b. Nāfiʿ had fled when his father and Kulthūm b. ʿIyāḍ were killed in the year 122 AH, and he went to al-Andalus, as we have mentioned. He wanted to gain control over it, but he could not do that. When Ḥanẓalah b. Ṣafwān became governor of Ifrīqiyah, as we have mentioned, he sent Abū al-Khaṭṭār to al-Andalus as amir. Then ʿAbd al-Raḥmān despaired of what he had hoped for, so he returned to Ifrīqiyah while fearing Abū al-Khaṭṭār. He went out at Tunis in Ifrīqiyah in Jumādā al-Ūlā of the year 126 AH. Al-Walīd b. Yazīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik had become caliph in Syria, and he called the people to himself, and they answered him. He marched with them to al-Qayrawān. Those who were in it wanted to fight him, but Ḥanẓalah prevented them; he did not consider fighting except against an infidel or a Kharijite. Ḥanẓalah sent him a message with a group of the notables of al-Qayrawān, the chiefs of the tribes, calling him to return to obedience. He seized him and took them with him to al-Qayrawān and said: "If one of the people of al-Qayrawān throws a stone, I will kill all those who are with me." So no one fought him. Ḥanẓalah went out to Syria. When Ḥanẓalah went out to Syria, he prayed against the people of Ifrīqiyah and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, and his prayer was answered against them. Epidemic and plague fell upon them for seven years, not leaving them except at scattered times.
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