Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2919
Then the year 158 AH began
ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ سَنَةُ ثَمَانٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَمِائَةٍ ذِكْرُ عَزْلِ مُوسَى عَنِ الْمَوْصِلِ وَوِلَايَةِ خَالِدِ بْنِ بَرْمَكٍ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ عَزَلَ الْمَنْصُورُ مُوسَى بْنَ كَعْبٍ عَنِ الْمَوْصِلِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ بَلَغَهُ عَنْهُ مَا أَسْخَطَهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَمَرَ ابْنَهُ الْمَهْدِيَّ أَنْ يَسِيرَ إِلَى الرَّقَّةِ، وَأَظْهَرَ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ، وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ طَرِيقَهُ عَلَى الْمَوْصِلِ، فَإِذَا صَارَ بِالْبَلَدِ أَخَذَ مُوسَى وَقَيَّدَهُ وَاسْتَعْمَلَ خَالِدَ بْنَ بَرْمَكٍ. وَكَانَ الْمَنْصُورُ قَدْ أَلْزَمَ خَالِدَ بْنَ بَرْمَكٍ ثَلَاثَةَ آلَافِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَأَجَّلَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَإِنْ أَحْضَرَ الْمَالَ وَإِلَّا قَتَلَهُ، فَقَالَ لِابْنِهِ يَحْيَى: يَا بُنَيَّ الْقَ إِخْوَانَنَا عُمَارَةَ بْنَ حَمْزَةَ، وَمُبَارَكًا التُّرْكِيَّ، وَصَالِحًا صَاحِبَ الْمُصَلَّى ( وَغَيْرَهُمْ ) وَأَعْلِمْهُمْ حَالَنَا. قَالَ يَحْيَى: فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ، فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ مَنَعَنِي الدُّخُولَ عَلَيْهِ وَوَجَّهَ الْمَالَ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ تَجَهَّمَنِي بِالرَّدِّ وَوَجَّهَ الْمَالَ [ سِرًّا إِلَيَّ ]. قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ حَمْزَةَ وَوَجْهُهُ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ، فَمَا أَقْبَلَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ، فَسَلَّمْتُ، فَرَدَّ رَدًّا ضَعِيفًا. وَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَبُوكَ ؟ فَعَرَّفْتُهُ الْحَالَ، وَطَلَبْتُ قَرْضَ مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ أَمْكَنَنِي شَيْءٌ فَسَيَأْتِيكَ، فَانْصَرَفْتُ وَأَنَا أَلْعَنُهُ مِنْ تِيهِهِ، وَحَدَّثْتُ أَبِي بِحَدِيثِهِ، وَإِذْ قَدْ أَنْفَذَ الْمَالَ، قَالَ: فَجَمَعْنَا فِي يَوْمَيْنِ أَلْفَيْ أَلْفٍ وَسَبْعَمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ، وَبَقِيَ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ تُبْطِلُ الْجَمِيعَ بِتَعَذُّرِهَا. قَالَ: فَعَبَرْتُ عَلَى الْجِسْرِ وَأَنَا مَهْمُومٌ، فَوَثَبَ إِلَيَّ زَاجِرٌ فَقَالَ: فَرْخُ الطَّائِرِ أَخْبَرَكَ، فَطَوَيْتُهُ فَلَحِقَنِي، وَأَخَذَ بِلِجَامِ دَابَّتِي، وَقَالَ لِي: أَنْتَ مَهْمُومٌ، وَوَاللَّهِ لَتَفْرَحَنَّ وَلَتَمُرَّنَ غَدًا فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَالدَّوَاءُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ. فَعَجِبْتُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَلِي عَلَيْكَ خَمْسَةُ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ. فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ ! وَأَنَا أَسْتَبْعِدُ ذَلِكَ. وَوَرَدَ عَلَى الْمَنْصُورِ انْتِقَاضُ الْمَوْصِلِ وَالْجَزِيرَةِ، وَانْتِشَارُ الْأَكْرَادِ بِهَا، فَقَالَ: مَنْ لَهَا ؟ فَقَالَ الْمُسَيَّبُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ: عِنْدِي رَأْيٌ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ لَا تَقْبَلُهُ مِنِّي، وَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَرُدُّهُ عَلَيَّ، وَلَكِنِّي لَا أَدَعُ نُصْحَكَ. قَالَ: قُلْ ! قُلْتُ: مَا لَهَا مِثْلُ خَالِدِ بْنِ بَرْمَكٍ. قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ يَصْلُحُ لَنَا بَعْدَ مَا فَعَلْنَا ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا قَوَّمْتَهُ بِذَلِكَ، وَأَنَا الضَّامِنُ لَهُ. قَالَ: فَلْيَحْضُرْنِي غَدًا، فَأَحْضَرَهُ، فَصَفَحَ لَهُ عَنِ الثَّلَاثِمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ الْبَاقِيَةِ، وَعَقَدَ لَهُ، وَعَقَدَ لِابْنِهِ يَحْيَى عَلَى أَذْرَبِيجَانَ. فَاجْتَازَ يَحْيَى بِالزَّاجِرِ، فَأَخَذَهُ مَعَهُ، وَأَعْطَاهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ، وَأَنْفَذَ خَالِدٌ إِلَى عُمَارَةَ بِالْمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ الَّتِي أَخَذَهَا مِنْهُ مَعَ ابْنِهِ يَحْيَى، فَقَالَ لَهُ: صَيْرَفِيًّا كُنْتَ لِأَبِيكَ ؟ قُمْ عَنِّي، لَا قُمْتَ ! فَعَادَ بِالْمَالِ، وَسَارَ مَعَ الْمَهْدِيِّ، فَعَزَلَ مُوسَى بْنَ كَعْبٍ وَوَلَّاهُمَا. فَلَمْ يَزَلْ خَالِدٌ عَلَى الْمَوْصِلِ، وَابْنُهُ يَحْيَى عَلَى أَذْرَبِيجَانَ إِلَى أَنْ تُوُفِّيَ الْمَنْصُورُ، فَذَكَرَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ قَالَ: مَا هِبْنَا أَمِيرًا قَطُّ هَيْبَتَنَا خَالِدًا، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَشْتَدَّ عَلَيْنَا، وَلَكِنْ هَيْبَةً كَانَتْ لَهُ فِي صُدُورِنَا.
Translation
✧ Then the year 158 AH began Account of the dismissal of Mūsā from al-Mawṣil and the appointment of Khālid b. Barmak In this year al-Manṣūr dismissed Mūsā b. Kaʿb from al-Mawṣil, as he had received reports about him that angered him against him. He ordered his son al-Mahdī to proceed to al-Raqqah, while showing that he intended to go to Bayt al-Maqdis, and ordered him to take his route via al-Mawṣil; when he reached the town, he was to seize Mūsā, put him in fetters, and appoint Khālid b. Barmak. Al-Manṣūr had imposed on Khālid b. Barmak three thousand thousand dirhams and given him three days' respite; if he produced the money, well and good, otherwise he would kill him. So Khālid said to his son Yaḥyā: My son, go to our brothers ʿUmārah b. Ḥamzah, Mubārak al-Turkī, Ṣāliḥ the keeper of the prayer-place, and others, and inform them of our situation. Yaḥyā said: I came to them. Some of them prevented me from entering upon them but sent the money; some of them received me with a harsh refusal yet sent the money [secretly to me]. He said: Then I came to ʿUmārah b. Ḥamzah while his face was turned to the wall, and he did not turn toward me. I greeted him, and he returned the greeting weakly. He said: How is your father? I told him the situation and asked for a loan of a hundred thousand. He said: If anything is possible for me, it will come to you. I left cursing him for his pride, and I told my father of his words—and behold, he had already sent the money. He said: In two days we collected two thousand thousand and seven hundred thousand, leaving three hundred thousand, whose difficulty would nullify the whole. He said: I crossed the bridge while distressed, and a diviner leapt toward me and said: The bird's chick has informed you. I brushed him off, but he followed me, took hold of my mount's bridle, and said to me: You are distressed. By God, you will rejoice, and tomorrow you will pass this very spot with the remedy before you. I was astonished at his words, and he said: If that happens, I will have five thousand dirhams from you. I said: Yes—though I thought it far-fetched. News reached al-Manṣūr of the upheaval in al-Mawṣil and al-Jazīrah and the spread of the Kurds there. He said: Who will handle it? Al-Musayyab b. Zuhayr said: I have an opinion that I know you will not accept from me, and I know you will reject it, but I will not refrain from advising you. He said: Speak! I said: No one suits it like Khālid b. Barmak. He said: How can he be fit for us after what we did? He said: By that you have disciplined him, and I am his guarantor. He said: Let him come to me tomorrow. So he brought him, and he pardoned him for the remaining three hundred thousand, appointed him, and appointed his son Yaḥyā over Adharbayjān. Yaḥyā passed by the diviner, took him with him, and gave him fifty thousand dirhams. Khālid sent to ʿUmārah the hundred thousand he had taken from him, with his son Yaḥyā. ʿUmārah said to him: Were you a money-changer for your father? Get away from me—may you never rise! So he returned with the money. Khālid went with al-Mahdī, who dismissed Mūsā b. Kaʿb and appointed them both. Khālid remained over al-Mawṣil, and his son Yaḥyā over Adharbayjān, until al-Manṣūr died. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Sawwār al-Mawṣilī mentioned: We never feared any governor as we feared Khālid, not because he was harsh with us, but because of an awe he had in our hearts.
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