Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2799
Then the year 145 AH began
ذِكْرُ وُثُوبِ السُّودَانِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَفِيهَا ثَارَ السُّودَانُ عَلَى عَامِلِهَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ الْحَارِثِيِّ فَهَرَبَ مِنْهُمْ. وَسَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْمَنْصُورَ اسْتَعْمَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الرَّبِيعِ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَقَدِمَهَا لِخَمْسٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ، فَنَازَعَ جُنْدُهُ التُّجَّارَ فِي بَعْضِ مَا يَشْتَرُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ، فَشَكَا ذَلِكَ التُّجَّارُ إِلَى ابْنِ الرَّبِيعِ، فَانْتَهَرَهُمْ وَشَتَمَهُمْ، فَتَزَايَدَ طَمَعُ الْجُنْدِ فِيهِمْ، فَعَدَوْا عَلَى رَجُلٍ صَيْرَفِيٍّ فَنَازَعُوهُ كِيسَهُ، فَاسْتَعَانَ بِالنَّاسِ فَخَلَّصَ مَالَهُ مِنْهُمْ، وَشَكَا أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ، فَلَمْ يُنْكِرْهُ ابْنُ الرَّبِيعِ. ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْجُنْدِ فَاشْتَرَى مِنْ جَزَّارٍ لَحْمًا يَوْمَ جُمُعَةٍ، وَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ ثَمَنَهُ، وَشَهَرَ عَلَيْهِ السَّيْفَ، فَضَرَبَهُ الْجَزَّارُ بِشَفْرَةٍ فِي خَاصِرَتِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ، وَاجْتَمَعَ الْجَزَّارُونَ، وَتَنَادَى السُّودَانُ عَلَى الْجُنْدِ، وَهُمْ يَرُوحُونَ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَتَلُوهُمْ بِالْعُمُدِ، وَنَفَخُوا فِي بُوقٍ لَهُمْ، فَسَمِعَهُ السُّودَانُ مِنَ الْعَالِيَةِ وَالسَّافِلَةِ فَأَقْبَلُوا وَاجْتَمَعُوا، وَكَانَ رُؤَسَاؤُهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ: وَثِيقٌ، وَيَعْقِلُ، وَزَمْعَةُ، وَلَمْ يَزَالُوا عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَتْلِ الْجُنْدِ حَتَّى أَمْسَوْا. فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ قَصَدُوا ابْنَ الرَّبِيعِ فَهَرَبَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَتَى بَطْنَ نَخْلٍ عَلَى لَيْلَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَنَزَلَ بِهِ، فَانْتَهَبُوا طَعَامًا لِلْمَنْصُورِ وَزَيْتًا وَقَسْبًا فَبَاعُوا حِمْلَ الدَّقِيقِ بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ، وَرَاوِيَةَ الزَّيْتِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ دَرَاهِمَ. وَسَارَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُلَيْحٍ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ إِلَى الْمَنْصُورِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ. وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ فِي الْحَبْسِ قَدْ أُخِذَ مَعَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَضُرِبَ وَحُبِسَ مُقَيَّدًا، فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ السُّودَانِ مَا كَانَ خَرَجَ فِي حَدِيدِهِ مِنَ الْحَبْسِ فَأَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ، وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَغَيْرِهِمَا، فَأَحْضَرَهُمْ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمُ اللَّهَ وَهَذِهِ الْبَلِيَّةُ الَّتِي وَقَعَتْ ! فَوَاللَّهِ إِنْ ثَبَتَتْ عَلَيْنَا عِنْدَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَعْدَ الْفَعْلَةِ الْأُولَى، إِنَّهُ لَهَلَاكُ الْبَلَدِ وَأَهْلِهِ وَالْعَبِيدِ فِي السُّوقِ بِأَجْمَعِهِمْ، فَاذْهَبُوا إِلَيْهِمْ فَكَلِّمُوهُمْ. فَقَالُوا: مَرْحَبًا بِمَوَالِينَا، وَاللَّهِ مَا قُمْنَا إِلَّا أَنَفَةً مِمَّا عُمِلَ بِكُمْ، فَأَمْرُنَا إِلَيْكُمْ، فَأَقْبَلُوا بِهِمْ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَخَطَبَهُمُ ابْنُ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ وَحَثَّهُمْ عَلَى الطَّاعَةِ، فَتَرَاجَعُوا. وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ النَّاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ جُمُعَةً، فَلَمَّا كَانَ وَقْتُ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ لَمْ يُجِبِ الْمُؤَذِّنَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ بِهِمْ، فَقَدِمَ الْأَصْبَغُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، فَلَمَّا وَقَفَ لِلصَّلَاةِ وَاسْتَوَتِ الصُّفُوفُ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِوَجْهِهِ وَنَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: أَنَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ أُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ عَلَى طَاعَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثًا. ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ قَالَ لَهُمُ ابْنُ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ: إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ بِالْأَمْسِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ وَنَهَبْتُمْ طَعَامَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَلَا يَبْقَيَنَّ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا رَدَّهُ، فَرَدُّوهُ، وَرَجَعَ ابْنُ الرَّبِيعِ مِنْ بَطْنِ نَخْلٍ فَقَطَعَ يَدَ وَثِيقٍ وَيَعْقِلَ وَغَيْرِهِمَا.
Translation
✧ Mention of the uprising of the Blacks in Madinah In it the Blacks rose against its governor ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Rabīʿ al-Ḥārithī, and he fled from them. The reason for that was that al-Manṣūr appointed ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Rabīʿ over Madinah, and he arrived there when five nights remained of Shawwāl. His soldiers quarreled with the merchants over some of what they were buying from them. The merchants complained of that to Ibn al-Rabīʿ, but he rebuked them and reviled them. So the soldiers' greed for them increased, and they attacked a money-changer and contended with him over his purse. He sought help from the people and rescued his money from them. The people of Madinah complained of that from them, but Ibn al-Rabīʿ did not disapprove of it. Then a man from the soldiers came and bought meat from a butcher on a Friday and did not give him its price, and he drew his sword against him. The butcher struck him with a knife in his flank and killed him. The butchers gathered, and the Blacks called out against the soldiers while they were going to the Friday prayer, and they killed them with clubs. They blew a horn of theirs, and the Blacks from the highlands and the lowlands heard it and came and gathered. Their leaders were three individuals: Wathīq, Yaʿqil, and Zamʿah. They continued in that manner of killing the soldiers until evening. On the morrow they made for Ibn al-Rabīʿ, and he fled from them and came to Baṭn Nakhl, two nights' journey from Madinah, and alighted there. They plundered food belonging to al-Manṣūr, oil, and dried dates, and they sold a camel-load of flour for two dirhams and a waterskin of oil for four dirhams. Sulaymān b. Mulayḥ traveled that day to al-Manṣūr and informed him. Abū Bakr b. Abī Sabrah was in prison, having been taken with Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh, beaten, and imprisoned in fetters. When what happened with the Blacks happened, he came out in his irons from the prison and went to the mosque. He sent for Muḥammad b. ʿImrān, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, and others, and brought them before him. He said: I adjure you by God, and by this calamity that has occurred! By God, if it is established against us before the Commander of the Faithful after the first deed, it will be the ruin of the town and its people, and the slaves in the market altogether. So go to them and speak with them. They said: Welcome to our masters. By God, we did not rise except out of indignation at what was done to you. Our affair is in your hands. So they brought them to the mosque, and Ibn Abī Sabrah addressed them and urged them to obedience, and they desisted. The people did not pray Friday that day. When the time of the last evening prayer came, no one answered the muezzin to lead them in prayer. Then al-Aṣbagh b. Sufyān b. ʿĀṣim b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Marwān arrived. When he stood for prayer and the rows were straight, he turned his face to them and called out in his loudest voice: I am so-and-so son of so-and-so, and I will lead the people in prayer in obedience to the Commander of the Faithful. He said that twice and three times. Then he advanced and led them in prayer. On the morrow Ibn Abī Sabrah said to them: You know what you did yesterday, and you plundered the food of the Commander of the Faithful. Let nothing of it remain with anyone but that he return it. So they returned it. Ibn al-Rabīʿ returned from Baṭn Nakhl and cut off the hand of Wathīq, Yaʿqil, and others.
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