Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2656
Then the Year 131 AH Began
ذِكْرُ قَتْلِ عَامِرِ بْنِ ضُبَارَةَ وَدُخُولِ قَحْطَبَةَ أَصْبَهَانَ وَكَانَ سَبَبُ قَتْلِهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ لَمَّا هَزَمَهُ ابْنُ ضُبَارَةَ مَضَى هَارِبًا نَحْوَ خُرَاسَانَ، وَسَلَكَ إِلَيْهَا طَرِيقَ كَرْمَانَ وَسَارَ عَامِرٌ فِي أَثَرِهِ. وَبَلَغَ ابْنَ هُبَيْرَةَ مَقْتَلُ نَبَاتَةَ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ بِجُرْجَانَ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهُ خَبَرُهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى ابْنِ ضُبَارَةَ وَإِلَى ابْنِهِ دَاوُدَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ أَنْ يَسِيرَا إِلَى قَحْطَبَةَ، وَكَانَا بِكَرْمَانَ، فَسَارَا فِي خَمْسِينَ أَلْفًا، فَنَزَلُوا بِأَصْبَهَانَ، وَكَانَ يُقَالُ لِعَسْكَرِ ابْنِ ضُبَارَةَ عَسْكَرُ الْعَسَاكِرِ. فَبَعَثَ قَحْطَبَةُ إِلَيْهِمْ جَمَاعَةً مِنَ الْقُوَّادِ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ جَمِيعًا مُقَاتِلُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ الْعَكِّيُّ، فَسَارُوا حَتَّى نَزَلُوا قُمَّ. وَبَلَغَ ابْنَ ضُبَارَةَ نُزُولُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قَحْطَبَةَ بِنَهَاوَنْدَ فَسَارَ لِيُعِينَ مَنْ بِهَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مَرْوَانَ، فَأَرْسَلَ الْعَكِّيُّ مِنْ قُمَّ إِلَى قَحْطَبَةَ يُعْلِمُهُ بِذَلِكَ، فَأَقْبَلَ قَحْطَبَةُ مِنَ الرَّيِّ حَتَّى لَحِقَ مُقَاتِلَ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ الْعَكِّيَّ، ثُمَّ سَارَ فَالْتَقَوْا هُمْ وَابْنُ ضُبَارَةَ وَدَاوُدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ، وَكَانَ عَسْكَرُ قَحْطَبَةَ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا، فِيهِمْ خَالِدُ بْنُ بَرْمَكَ ! وَكَانَ عَسْكَرُ ابْنُ ضُبَارَةَ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ، وَقِيلَ: خَمْسِينَ وَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ، فَأَمَرَ قَحْطَبَةُ بِمُصْحَفٍ فَنُصِبَ عَلَى رُمْحٍ، وَنَادَى: يَا أَهْلَ الشَّامِ ! إِنَّا نَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى مَا فِي هَذَا الْمُصْحَفِ ! فَشَتَمُوهُ وَأَفْحَشُوهُ فِي الْقَوْلِ. فَأَرْسَلَ قَحْطَبَةُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْحَمْلَةِ، فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَكِّيُّ، وَتَهَايَجَ النَّاسُ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَهُمْ كَثِيرُ قِتَالٍ، حَتَّى انْهَزَمَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ وَقُتِلُوا قَتْلًا ذَرِيعًا، وَانْهَزَمَ ابْنُ ضُبَارَةَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَسْكَرَهُ وَتَبِعَهُ قَحْطَبَةُ، فَنَزَلَ ابْنُ ضُبَارَةَ وَنَادَى: إِلَيَّ إِلَيَّ ! فَانْهَزَمَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ وَانْهَزَمَ دَاوُدُ بْنُ هُبَيْرَةَ، فَسَأَلَ عَنِ ابْنِ ضُبَارَةَ فَقِيلَ: انْهَزَمَ. فَقَالَ: لَعَنَ اللَّهُ شَرَّنَا مُنْقَلَبًا ! وَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ. وَأَصَابُوا عَسْكَرَهُ، وَأَخَذُوا مِنْهُ مَا لَا يُعْلَمُ قَدْرُهُ مِنَ السِّلَاحِ وَالْمَتَاعِ وَالرَّقِيقِ وَالْخَيْلِ، وَمَا رُئِيَ عَسْكَرٌ قَطُّ كَانَ فِيهِ مِنْ أَصْنَافِ الْأَشْيَاءِ مَا فِي هَذَا الْعَسْكَرِ كَأَنَّهُ مَدِينَةٌ. وَكَانَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْبَرَابِطِ وَالطَّنَابِيرِ وَالْمَزَامِيرِ وَالْخَمْرِ مَا لَا يُحْصَى. وَأَرْسَلَ قَحْطَبَةُ بِالظَّفَرِ إِلَى ابْنِهِ الْحَسَنِ وَهُوَ بِنَهَاوَنْدَ، وَكَانَتِ الْوَقْعَةُ بِنَوَاحِي أَصْبَهَانَ فِي رَجَبٍ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the killing of ʿĀmir b. Ḍubārah and the entry of Qaḥṭabah into Iṣbahān The reason for his killing was that when ʿAbd Allāh b. Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar was defeated by Ibn Ḍubārah, he fled towards Khurāsān, taking the road to Kirmān, and ʿĀmir marched in his pursuit. The news of the killing of Nubātah b. Ḥanẓalah at Jurjān reached Ibn Hubayrah. When he learned of it, he wrote to Ibn Ḍubārah and to his son Dāwūd b. Yazīd b. ʿUmar b. Hubayrah, ordering them to march against Qaḥṭabah. They were in Kirmān, so they marched with fifty thousand and encamped at Iṣbahān. The army of Ibn Ḍubārah was called the Army of Armies. Qaḥṭabah sent against them a group of commanders, all under Muqātil b. Ḥakīm al-ʿAkkī, and they marched until they encamped at Qumm. Ibn Ḍubārah learned that al-Ḥasan b. Qaḥṭabah had encamped at Nihāwand, so he marched to reinforce those of Marwān’s companions who were there. Al-ʿAkkī sent word from Qumm to Qaḥṭabah informing him of that, so Qaḥṭabah advanced from al-Rayy until he joined Muqātil b. Ḥakīm al-ʿAkkī. Then they marched and met Ibn Ḍubārah and Dāwūd b. Yazīd b. Hubayrah. Qaḥṭabah’s army was twenty thousand, among them Khālid b. Barmak, while Ibn Ḍubārah’s army was one hundred thousand, or it is said one hundred and fifty thousand. Qaḥṭabah ordered that a muṣḥaf be raised on a lance, and he called out: “O people of Syria! We call you to what is in this muṣḥaf!” But they reviled him and used foul language against him. So Qaḥṭabah sent to his companions ordering them to charge. Al-ʿAkkī charged at them, and the people clashed. There was not much fighting between them before the Syrians were routed and killed in great slaughter. Ibn Ḍubārah fled until he entered his camp, and Qaḥṭabah followed him. Ibn Ḍubārah dismounted and called out: “To me, to me!” But the people fled from him, and Dāwūd b. Hubayrah fled. He asked about Ibn Ḍubārah and was told that he had fled. He said: “May God curse the worst of us in retreat!” and he fought until he was killed. They seized his camp and took from it incalculable amounts of weapons, goods, slaves, and horses. Never was a camp seen that contained such varieties of things as this camp; it was like a city. It contained countless lutes, ṭunbūrs, reed pipes, and wine. Qaḥṭabah sent word of the victory to his son al-Ḥasan, who was at Nihāwand. The battle took place in the environs of Iṣbahān in Rajab.
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