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Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2935

Then the year 159 AH began

ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ سَنَةُ تِسْعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَمِائَةٍ ذِكْرُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ   فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ حَوَّلَ الْمَهْدِيُّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مِنْ مَحْبِسِهِ. وَسَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَحْبُوسًا مَعَ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَلَمَّا أُطْلِقَ يَعْقُوبُ وَبَقِيَ هُوَ سَاءَ ظَنُّهُ، فَالْتَمَسَ مَخْرَجًا، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى بَعْضِ مَنْ يَثِقُ بِهِ، فَحَفَرَ سِرْبًا إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي هُوَ فِيهِ. فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ يَعْقُوبَ، فَأَتَى ابْنَ عُلَاثَةَ الْقَاضِي، وَكَانَ قَدِ اتَّصَلَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ: عِنْدِي نَصِيحَةٌ لِلْمَهْدِيِّ، وَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ إِيصَالَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ وَزِيرِهِ، لِيَرْفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ، فَأَحْضَرَهُ عِنْدَهُ، فَلَمَّا سَأَلَهُ عَنْ نَصِيحَتِهِ، سَأَلَهُ عَنْ إِيصَالِهِ إِلَى الْمَهْدِيِّ لِيُعْلِمَهُ بِهَا، فَأَوْصَلَهُ إِلَيْهِ، فَاسْتَخْلَاهُ، فَأَعْلَمَهُ الْمَهْدِيُّ ثِقَتَهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ وَابْنِ عُلَاثَةَ، فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا، حَتَّى قَامَا، فَأَخْبَرَهُ خَبَرَ الْحَسَنِ، فَأَنْفَذَ مَنْ يَثِقُ بِهِ، فَأَتَاهُ بِتَحْقِيقِ الْحَالِ، فَأَمَرَ بِتَحْوِيلِ الْحَسَنِ، فَحُوِّلَ. ثُمَّ احْتِيلَ لَهُ فِيمَا بَعْدُ، فَهَرَبَ وَطُلِبَ، فَلَمْ يُظْفَرْ بِهِ، فَأَحْضَرَ الْمَهْدِيُّ يَعْقُوبَ وَسَأَلَهُ عَنْهُ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَكَانَهُ، وَأَنَّهُ إِنْ أَعْطَاهُ الْأَمَانَ أَتَاهُ بِهِ فَآمَنَهُ وَضَمِنَ لَهُ الْإِحْسَانَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: اتْرُكْ طَلَبَهُ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُوحِشُهُ، فَتَرَكَ طَلَبَهُ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ يَعْقُوبَ تَقَدَّمَ عِنْدَ الْمَهْدِيِّ، فَأُحْضِرَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عِنْدَهُ. ذِكْرُ تَقَدُّمِ يَعْقُوبَ عِنْدَ الْمَهْدِيِّ   قَدْ تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُ وُصُولِهِ إِلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا أَحْضَرَهُ الْمَهْدِيُّ عِنْدَهُ فِي أَمْرِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ، قَالَ لَهُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ! إِنَّكَ قَدْ بَسَطْتَ عَدْلَكَ لِرَعِيَّتِكَ، وَأَنْصَفْتَهُمْ، وَأَحْسَنْتَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَعَظُمَ رَجَاؤُهُمْ، وَقَدْ بَقِيَتْ أَشْيَاءُ لَوْ ذَكَرْتُهَا لَكَ لَمْ تَدَعِ النَّظَرَ فِيهَا، وَأَشْيَاءُ خَلْفَ بَابِكَ تَعْمَلُ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْلَمُ بِهَا، فَإِنْ جَعَلْتَ إِلَيَّ السَّبِيلَ إِلَيْكَ وَرَفَعْتُهَا. فَأَمَرَ بِذَلِكَ، فَكَانَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّمَا أَرَادَ، وَيَرْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ النَّصَائِحَ فِي الْأُمُورِ الْحَسَنَةِ الْجَمِيلَةِ، مِنْ أَمْرِ الثُّغُورِ، وَبِنَاءِ الْحُصُونِ، وَتَقْوِيَةِ الْغُزَاةِ وَتَزْوِيجِ الْعُزَّابِ، وَفِكَاكِ الْأَسْرَى وَالْمَحْبُوسِينَ، وَالْقَضَاءِ عَنِ الْغَارِمِينَ، وَالصَّدَقَةِ عَلَى الْمُتَعَفِّفِينَ، فَحَظِيَ عِنْدَهُ بِذَلِكَ، وَعَلَتْ مَنْزِلَتُهُ، حَتَّى سَقَطَتْ مَنْزِلَةُ أَبِي عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، وَحُبِسَ، وَكَتَبَ الْمَهْدِيُّ تَوْقِيعًا قَدِ اتَّخَذَهُ أَخًا فِي اللَّهِ، وَوَصَلَهُ بِمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ. ذِكْرُ ظُهُورِ الْمُقَنَّعِ بِخُرَاسَانَ   وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ قَحْطَبَةَ، ظَهَرَ الْمُقَنَّعُ بِخُرَاسَانَ، وَكَانَ رُجَلًا أَعْوَرَ، قَصِيرًا، مِنْ أَهْلِ مَرْوٍ، وَيُسَمَّى حَكِيمًا، وَكَانَ اتَّخَذَ وَجْهًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ لِئَلَّا يُرَى، فَسُمِّيَ الْمُقَنَّعَ وَادَّعَى الْأُلُوهِيَّةَ، وَلَمْ يُظْهِرْ ذَلِكَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ أَصْحَابِهِ. وَكَانَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ، فَتَحَوَّلَ فِي صُورَتِهِ، ثُمَّ فِي صُورَةِ نُوحٍ، وَهَكَذَا هَلُمَّ جَرًّا إِلَى أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ، ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلَ إِلَى هَاشِمٍ، وَهَاشِمٌ فِي دَعْوَاهُ، هُوَ الْمُقَنَّعُ، وَيَقُولُ بِالتَّنَاسُخِ، وَتَابَعَهُ خَلْقٌ مِنْ ضُلَّالِ النَّاسِ، وَكَانُوا يَسْجُدُونَ لَهُ مِنْ أَيِّ النَّوَاحِي كَانُوا، وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ فِي الْحَرْبِ: يَا هَاشِمُ أَعِنَّا. وَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ، وَتَحَصَّنُوا فِي قَلْعَةِ بَسْنَامَ، وَسَنْجَرْدَةَ، وَهِيَ مِنْ رَسَاتِيقِ كِشَّ، وَظَهَرَتِ الْمُبَيِّضَةُ بِبُخَارَى وَالصُّغْدِ مُعَاوِنِينَ لَهُ، وَأَعَانَهُ كُفَّارُ الْأَتْرَاكِ، وَأَغَارُوا عَلَى أَمْوَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ. وَكَانَ يَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ أَبَا مُسْلِمٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكَانَ يُنْكِرُ قَتْلَ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَيْدٍ، وَادَّعَى أَنَّهُ يَقْتُلُ قَاتِلِيهِ. وَاجْتَمَعُوا بَكِشَّ، وَغَلَبُوا عَلَى بَعْضِ قُصُورِهَا، وَعَلَى قَلْعَةِ نُواكِثَ، وَحَارَبَهُمْ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، وَالْجُنَيْدُ، وَلَيْثُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ، وَقَتَلُوا حَسَّانَ بْنَ تَمِيمِ بْنِ نَصْرِ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ، وَمُحَمَّدَ بْنَ نَصْرٍ وَغَيْرَهُمَا. وَأَنْفَذَ إِلَيْهِمْ جِبْرَائِيلَ بْنَ يَحْيَى وَأَخَاهُ يَزِيدَ، فَاشْتَغَلُوا بِالْمُبَيِّضَةِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا بِبُخَارَى، فَقَاتَلُوهُمْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي مَدِينَةِ بُومِجَكْثَ، وَنَقَبَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَتَلَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعَمِائَةٍ، وَقَتَلَ الْحَكَمَ، وَلَحِقَ مُنْهَزِمُوهُمْ بِالْمُقَنَّعِ، وَتَبِعَهُمْ جِبْرَائِيلُ، وَحَارَبَهُمْ. ثُمَّ سَيَّرَ الْمَهْدِيُّ أَبَا عَوْنٍ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْمُقَنَّعِ، فَلَمْ يُبَالِغْ فِي قِتَالِهِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ مُعَاذَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ. ذِكْرُ عِدَّةِ حَوَادِثَ   فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ عَزَلَ الْمَهْدِيُّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْكُوفَةِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهَا إِسْحَاقَ بْنَ الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنْدِيَّ ثُمَّ الْأَشْعَثِيَّ، وَقِيلَ عِيسَى بْنُ لُقْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَاطِبٍ الْجُمَحِيَّ. وَفِيهَا عَزَلَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ دَعْلَجٍ عَنْ أَحْدَاثِ الْبَصْرَةِ، وَعُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ مَكَانَهُمَا عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ ظَبْيَانَ النُّمَيْرِيَّ، وَأَمَرَهُ بِإِنْصَافِ مَنْ تَظَلَّمَ مِنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ دَعْلَجٍ، ثُمَّ صُرِفَتِ الْأَحْدَاثُ فِيهَا إِلَى عُمَارَةَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ فَوَلَّاهَا الْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَاهِلِيَّ. وَفِيهَا عَزَلَ قُثَمَ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنِ الْيَمَامَةِ، فَوَصَلَ كِتَابُ عَزْلِهِ وَقَدْ مَاتَ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ مَكَانَهُ بِشْرَ بْنَ الْمُنْذِرِ الْبَجَلِيَّ. وَفِيهَا عَزَلَ الْهَيْثَمَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْجَزِيرَةِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهَا الْفَضْلَ بْنَ صَالِحٍ. وَفِيهَا أَعْتَقَ الْمَهْدِيُّ الْخَيْزُرَانَ أُمَّ وَلَدِهِ، وَتَزَوَّجَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِنْتَ صَالِحِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ أُخْتَ الْفَضْلِ وَعَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ. وَفِيهَا احْتَرَقَتِ السُّفُنُ عِنْدَ قَصْرِ عِيسَى بِبَغْدَاذَ بِمَا فِيهَا، وَاحْتَرَقَ نَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ. وَفِيهَا عُزِلَ مَطَرٌ مَوْلَى الْمَنْصُورِ عَنْ مِصْرَ، وَاسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْهَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ. وَفِيهَا غَزَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّائِفَةَ الرُّومِيَّةَ، وَعَلَى الْمُقَدِّمَةِ الْحَسَنُ الْوَصِيفُ، فَبَلَغُوا أَنْقَرَةَ، وَفَتَحُوا مَدِينَةً لِلرُّومِ، وَمَطْمُورَةَ، وَلَمْ يُصَبْ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَحَدٌ، وَرَجَعُوا سَالِمِينَ. وَفِيهَا وَلِيَ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى سِجِسْتَانَ، وَجِبْرَائِيلُ بْنُ يَحْيَى سَمَرْقَنْدَ، فَبَنَى سُورَهَا، وَحَفَرَ خَنْدَقَهَا. عَزَلَ عَبْدَ الصَّمَدِ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَفِيهَا عَزَلَ عَبْدَ الصَّمَدِ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهَا مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكَثِيرِيَّ، ثُمَّ عَزَلَهُ وَاسْتَعْمَلَ مَكَانَهُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ الْجُمَحِيَّ. بناء سور رصافة وَفِيهَا بَنَى الْمَهْدِيُّ سُورَ الرُّصَافَةِ وَمَسْجِدَهَا، وَحَفَرَ خَنْدَقَهَا. إطلاق المهدي من كان في حبس المنصور وَفِيهَا أَطْلَقَ الْمَهْدِيُّ مَنْ كَانَ فِي حُبُوسِ الْمَنْصُورِ، إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ تَبِعَةٌ مِنْ دَمٍ أَوْ مَالٍ، أَوْ مَنْ يَسْعَى فِي الْأَرْضِ بِالْفَسَادِ، وَكَانَ فِيمَنْ أَطْلَقَ يَعْقُوبَ بْنَ دَاوُدَ، مَوْلَى بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ. من حج في هذه السنة وَحَجَّ بِالنَّاسِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ خَالُ الْمَهْدِيِّ، عِنْدَ قُدُومِهِ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ، وَكَانَ الْمَهْدِيُّ قَدْ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ بِالْقُدُومِ عَلَيْهِ وَتَوْلِيَتِهِ الْمَوْسِمَ. وَكَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ: عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ صَفْوَانَ الْجُمَحِيَّ، وَعَلَى أَحْدَاثِ الْكُوفَةِ: إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنْدِيُّ، وَعَلَى خَرَاجِهَا: ثَابِتُ بْنُ مُوسَى، وَعَلَى قَضَائِهَا: شَرِيكٌ، وَعَلَى صَلَاةِ الْبَصْرَةِ: عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَعَلَى أَحْدَاثِهَا: عُمَارَةُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، وَعَلَى قَضَائِهَا: عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، وَعَلَى كُوَرِ دِجْلَةَ وَكُوَرِ الْأَهْوَازِ وَكُوَرِ فَارِسَ: ( عُمَارَةُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ). وَعَلَى السِّنْدِ بِسْطَامُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، وَعَلَى الْيَمَنِ رَجَاءُ بْنُ رَوْحٍ، وَعَلَى الْيَمَامَةِ بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، وَعَلَى خُرَاسَانَ أَبُو عَوْنٍ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، وَكَانَ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ قَدْ مَاتَ فِيهَا، فَوَلَّى الْمَهْدِيُّ أَبَا عَوْنٍ. وَكَانَ عَلَى الْجَزِيرَةِ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، وَعَلَى إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، وَعَلَى مِصْرَ أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ. بعث عبد الرحمن إلى شقنا في شنت برية ( وَفِيهَا كَانَ شَقْنَا قَدِ انْتَشَرَ فِي نَوَاحِي شَنْتَ بَرِيَّةَ، فَسَيَّرَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، صَاحِبُ الْأَنْدَلُسِ، جَيْشًا، فَفَارَقَ مَكَانَهُ، وَصَعِدَ الْجِبَالَ كَعَادَتِهِ فَعَادَ الْجَيْشُ عَنْهُ ). مبايعة المهدي بولاية العهد للهادي ثم الرشيد وَلَمَّا وَلِيَ الْمَهْدِيُّ سَأَلَ عِيسَى بْنَ مُوسَى - وَكَانَ وَلِيَّ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْمَهْدِيِّ - أَنْ يَخْلَعَ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ، فَامْتَنَعَ عَلَى الْمَهْدِيِّ، وَسَأَلَ أَنْ يُقِيمَ بِأَرْضِ الْكُوفَةِ فِي ضَيْعَةٍ لَهُ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، وَكَانَ قَدِ اسْتَقَرَّ عَلَى إِمْرَةِ الْكُوفَةِ رَوْحُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَى الْمَهْدِيِّ: إِنَّ عِيسَى بْنَ مُوسَى لَا يَأْتِي الْجُمْعَةَ وَلَا الْجَمَاعَةَ مَعَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا شَهْرَيْنِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ، وَإِنَّهُ إِذَا جَاءَ يَدْخُلُ بِدَوَابِّهِ إِلَى دَاخِلِ بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَتَرُوثُ دَوَابُّهُ حَيْثُ يُصَلِّي النَّاسُ. فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَهْدِيُّ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ خَشَبًا عَلَى أَفْوَاهِ السِّكَكِ; حَتَّى لَا يَصِلَ النَّاسُ إِلَى الْجَامِعِ إِلَّا مُشَاةً، فَعَلِمَ بِذَلِكَ عِيسَى بْنُ مُوسَى، فَاشْتَرَى قَبْلَ الْجُمْعَةِ دَارَ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ مِنْ وَرَثَتِهِ، وَكَانَتْ مُلَاصِقَةَ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَكَانَ يَأْتِي إِلَيْهَا مِنْ يَوْمِ الْخَمِيسِ، فَإِذَا كَانَ وَقْتُ الْجُمْعَةِ رَكِبَ حِمَارًا إِلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَنَزَلَ عَنْهُ، وَشَهِدَ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ النَّاسِ، وَأَقَامَ بِالْكُلِّيَّةِ فِي الْكُوفَةِ بِأَهْلِهِ، ثُمَّ أَلَحَّ الْمَهْدِيُّ عَلَى عِيسَى بْنِ مُوسَى فِي أَنْ يَخْلَعَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ وِلَايَةِ الْعَهْدِ، وَتَوَعَّدَهُ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ، وَوَعَدَهُ إِنْ فَعَلَ، فَأَجَابَهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، فَأَعْطَاهُ أَقْطَاعًا عَظِيمَةً، وَجَعَلَ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَالِ عَشَرَةَ آلَافِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَقِيلَ: عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ أَلْفٍ. وَبَايَعَ الْمَهْدِيُّ لِوَلَدَيْهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ; مُوسَى الْهَادِي، ثُمَّ لِهَارُونَ الرَّشِيدِ. وَفِيهَا: حَجَّ الْمَهْدِيُّ فَأَنْهَى إِلَيْهِ حَجَبَةُ الْكَعْبَةِ: أَنَّهُمْ يَخَافُونَ هَدْمَهَا; لِكَثْرَةِ مَا عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْأَسْتَارِ، فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَجُرِّدَتْ وَاقْتُصِرَ عَلَى كُسْوَةِ الْمَهْدِيِّ، وَحَمَلَ إِلَى الْمَهْدِيِّ الثَّلْجَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، قَالَ الذَّهَبِيُّ: (وَلَمْ يَتَهَيَّأْ ذَلِكَ لِمَلِكٍ قَطُّ ).

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✧ Then the year 159 AH began Mention of al-Ḥasan b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd Allāh In this year al-Mahdī transferred al-Ḥasan b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī from his prison. The reason for that is that he was imprisoned together with Yaʿqūb b. Dāwūd in one place. When Yaʿqūb was released and he remained, his suspicion worsened, so he sought a way out. He sent to someone he trusted, and that person dug a tunnel to the place where he was. That reached Yaʿqūb, so he went to Ibn ʿUlāthah the judge, with whom he had established contact, and said: I have sincere counsel for al-Mahdī. He asked him to convey him to Abū ʿUbayd Allāh his vizier so that he might raise it to him. So he brought him before him, and when he asked him about his counsel, he asked him to convey him to al-Mahdī so that he might inform him of it. So he conveyed him to him, and he asked for a private audience. Al-Mahdī informed him of his trust in his vizier and Ibn ʿUlāthah, but he did not say anything until the two of them rose. Then he told him the news of al-Ḥasan, and he sent someone he trusted, and he came to him with verification of the situation. So he ordered that al-Ḥasan be transferred, and he was transferred. Then a ruse was contrived for him afterwards, and he fled and was sought, but he was not caught. Al-Mahdī summoned Yaʿqūb and asked him about him, and he informed him that he did not know his location, and that if he granted him amnesty, he would bring him to him. So he granted him amnesty and guaranteed him good treatment. Then he said to him: Leave off seeking him, for that will alarm him. So he left off seeking him. Then Yaʿqūb advanced in favor with al-Mahdī, and al-Ḥasan b. Ibrāhīm was brought before him. Mention of Yaʿqūb's advancement in favor with al-Mahdī His arrival to him has already been mentioned. When al-Mahdī brought him before him concerning the matter of al-Ḥasan b. Ibrāhīm, as has preceded, he said to him: O Commander of the Faithful! You have extended your justice to your subjects, dealt fairly with them, and treated them well, so their hopes have become great. But there remain matters which, if I mentioned them to you, you would not abandon looking into them, and matters behind your door that are being done without your knowledge. If you grant me access to you, I will raise them. So he commanded that, and he would enter upon him whenever he wished, and raise to him counsels regarding good and noble matters, such as the affairs of the frontiers, the building of fortresses, the strengthening of warriors, the marriage of unmarried men, the ransoming of captives and prisoners, the payment of debts on behalf of debtors, and charity to the self-restrained poor. Thus he gained favor with him, and his status rose, until the status of Abū ʿUbayd Allāh fell, and he was imprisoned. Al-Mahdī wrote a rescript stating that he had taken him as a brother in God, and he gave him a gift of one hundred thousand. Mention of the appearance of al-Muqannaʿ in Khurāsān In this year, before the death of Ḥumayd b. Qaḥṭabah, al-Muqannaʿ appeared in Khurāsān. He was a one-eyed, short man from the people of Marw, called Ḥakīm. He had a face made of gold and put it over his face so that he would not be seen, so he was called al-Muqannaʿ. He claimed divinity, but he did not reveal that to all his companions. He used to say: God created Adam, then He transformed into his form, then into the form of Noah, and so on down to Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī, then He transformed into Hāshim, and Hāshim in his claim is al-Muqannaʿ. He held the doctrine of metempsychosis, and a host of misguided people followed him. They would prostrate to him from whatever direction they were, and they would say in battle: O Hāshim, help us. A great many people gathered to him, and they fortified themselves in the fortress of Basnām and Sanjardah, which is among the rural districts of Kish. The Mubayyiḍah appeared in Bukhārā and al-Ṣughd as supporters of him, and the infidel Turks aided him, and they raided the property of the Muslims. He used to believe that Abū Muslim was superior to the Prophet ﷺ, and he condemned the killing of Yaḥyā b. Zayd, claiming that he would kill his killers. They gathered at Kish and seized some of its castles and the fortress of Nūwākith. Abū al-Nuʿmān, al-Junayd, and Layth b. Naṣr fought them time after time, and they killed Ḥassān b. Tamīm b. Naṣr b. Sayyār and Muḥammad b. Naṣr and others. Jibrāʾīl b. Yaḥyā and his brother Yazīd were sent against them, but they were occupied with the Mubayyiḍah who were in Bukhārā. They fought them for four months in the city of Būmijkath, and he breached its walls against them, killing seven hundred of them, and he killed al-Ḥakam. Their defeated remnants joined al-Muqannaʿ, and Jibrāʾīl pursued them and fought them. Then al-Mahdī dispatched Abū ʿAwn to fight al-Muqannaʿ, but he did not exert himself fully in fighting him, and he appointed Muʿādh b. Muslim. Mention of several events In this year al-Mahdī dismissed Ismāʿīl from al-Kūfah and appointed over it Isḥāq b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī then al-Ashʿathī. It is also said: ʿĪsā b. Luqmān b. Muḥammad b. Ḥāṭib al-Jumaḥī. In it he dismissed Saʿīd b. Daʿlaj from the police of al-Baṣrah and ʿUbayd Allāh b. al-Ḥasan from the prayer, and appointed in their place ʿAbd al-Malik b. Ayyūb b. Ẓabyān al-Numayrī, and ordered him to give justice to those who complained of injustice from Saʿīd b. Daʿlaj. Then the police in it were transferred to ʿUmārah b. Ḥamzah, and he appointed over it al-Miswar b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Bāhilī. In it he dismissed Qutham b. al-ʿAbbās from al-Yamāmah, and the letter of his dismissal arrived after he had died, and he appointed in his place Bishr b. al-Mundhir al-Bajalī. In it he dismissed al-Haytham b. Saʿīd from al-Jazīrah and appointed over it al-Faḍl b. Ṣāliḥ. In it al-Mahdī manumitted al-Khayzurān, the mother of his child, and married her, and he married Umm ʿAbd Allāh bt. Ṣāliḥ b. ʿAlī, the sister of al-Faḍl and ʿAbd al-Malik. In it ships burned at the palace of ʿĪsā in Baghdādh with what was in them, and many people burned. In it Maṭar, the freedman of al-Manṣūr, was dismissed from Miṣr, and Abū Ḍamrah Muḥammad b. Sulaymān was appointed over it. In it al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad raided the Roman summer expedition, with al-Ḥasan al-Waṣīf in command of the vanguard. They reached Anqarah and conquered a city of the Romans and a subterranean prison. No one of the Muslims was harmed, and they returned safe. In it Ḥamzah b. Yaḥyā governed Sijistān, and Jibrāʾīl b. Yaḥyā governed Samarqand, and he built its wall and dug its moat. Dismissal of ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAlī from al-Madīnah In it he dismissed ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAlī from al-Madīnah and appointed over it Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Kathīrī. Then he dismissed him and appointed in his place Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd Allāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Ṣafwān al-Jumaḥī. Building of the wall of al-Ruṣāfah In it al-Mahdī built the wall of al-Ruṣāfah and its mosque, and dug its moat. Al-Mahdī's release of those who were in al-Manṣūr's prisons In it al-Mahdī released those who were in al-Manṣūr's prisons, except those who had a claim against them of blood or property, or those who spread corruption in the land. Among those he released was Yaʿqūb b. Dāwūd, a freedman of Banū Sulaym. Those who led the pilgrimage this year This year Yazīd b. Manṣūr, the maternal uncle of al-Mahdī, led the people in the pilgrimage upon his arrival from al-Yaman. Al-Mahdī had written to him to come to him and to take charge of the pilgrimage season. The governor of al-Madīnah was ʿAbd Allāh b. Ṣafwān al-Jumaḥī; over the police of al-Kūfah was Isḥāq b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī; over its land tax was Thābit b. Mūsā; over its judiciary was Sharīk; over the prayer of al-Baṣrah was ʿAbd al-Malik b. Ayyūb; over its police was ʿUmārah b. Ḥamzah; over its judiciary was ʿUbayd Allāh b. al-Ḥasan; over the districts of Dijlah, the districts of al-Ahwāz, and the districts of Fāris was ʿUmārah b. Ḥamzah. Over al-Sind was Bisṭām b. ʿAmr; over al-Yaman was Rajāʾ b. Rawḥ; over al-Yamāmah was Bishr b. al-Mundhir; over Khurāsān was Abū ʿAwn ʿAbd al-Malik b. Yazīd. Ḥumayd b. Qaḥṭabah had died in it, so al-Mahdī appointed Abū ʿAwn. Over al-Jazīrah was al-Faḍl b. Ṣāliḥ; over Ifrīqiyah was Yazīd b. Ḥātim; over Miṣr was Abū Ḍamrah Muḥammad b. Sulaymān. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān's dispatch to Shaqnā in Shant Barriyyah (In it Shaqnā had spread throughout the regions of Shant Barriyyah, so ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, the ruler of al-Andalus, dispatched an army against him. He left his place and climbed the mountains as was his custom, so the army returned from him.) Al-Mahdī's receiving the oath of allegiance for the succession to al-Hādī then al-Rashīd When al-Mahdī took office, he asked ʿĪsā b. Mūsā—who was the heir apparent after al-Mahdī—to remove himself from the succession, but he refused al-Mahdī. He asked to reside in the land of al-Kūfah at an estate of his, and he gave him permission. Rawḥ b. Ḥātim had been established over the governorship of al-Kūfah, and he wrote to al-Mahdī: ʿĪsā b. Mūsā does not attend the Friday prayer or the congregational prayer with the people except two months of the year, and when he comes, he enters with his mounts into the interior of the gate of the mosque, and his mounts drop dung where the people pray. Al-Mahdī wrote to him to place timber at the mouths of the streets so that the people could not reach the congregational mosque except on foot. ʿĪsā b. Mūsā learned of that, so before Friday he bought the house of al-Mukhtār b. Abī ʿUbayd from his heirs, and it was adjacent to the mosque. He would come to it from Thursday, and when it was time for the Friday prayer, he would ride a donkey to the gate of the mosque, dismount, attend the prayer with the people, and reside permanently in al-Kūfah with his family. Then al-Mahdī pressed ʿĪsā b. Mūsā to remove himself from the succession, threatening him if he did not do it and promising him if he did. So he answered him to that, and he gave him great fiefs and granted him ten million dirhams—it is also said twenty million. Al-Mahdī received the oath of allegiance for his two sons after him: Mūsā al-Hādī, then Hārūn al-Rashīd. In it al-Mahdī performed the pilgrimage, and the custodians of the Kaʿbah reported to him that they feared its demolition because of the many coverings upon it. So he commanded that it be stripped, and they limited it to the covering of al-Mahdī. Ice was transported to al-Mahdī in Makkah. Al-Dhahabī said: (That was never accomplished for any king ever.)

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