Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2947
Then the year 165 AH began
غَزْوَةُ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْمَهْدِيِّ الصَّائِفَةَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الرُّومِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ سَنَةُ خَمْسٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَمِائَةٍ فَمِنَ الْحَوَادِثِ فِيهَا: غَزْوَةُ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْمَهْدِيِّ الصَّائِفَةَ مِنْ أَرْضِ الرُّومِ، وَجَّهَهُ أَبُوهُ فِي يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ لِإِحْدَى [عَشْرَةَ] لَيْلَةً بَقِيَتْ مِنْ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ غَازِيًا إِلَى بِلَادِ الرُّومِ، وَضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ الرَّبِيعَ مَوْلَاهُ فَأَوْغَلَ هَارُونُ فِي بِلَادِ الرُّومِ فَلَقِيَتْهُ خُيُولٌ فَقَاتَلَهَا فَانْهَزَمَتْ، وَسَارَ هَارُونُ فِي خَمْسَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ أَلْفًا وَسَبْعِمِائَةٍ وَثَلَاثَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ، وَحَمَلَ مِنَ الْفَيْءِ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ وَثَلَاثَةً وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَ مِائَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ دِينَارًا، وَمِنَ الْوَرِقِ أَحَدٌ وَعِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ أَلْفٍ وَأَرْبَعُمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ وَأَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا وَثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَسَارَ هَارُونُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ خَلِيجَ الْبَحْرِ الَّذِي عَلَى الْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةِ، وَصَاحِبُ الرُّومِ يَوْمَئِذٍ امْرَأَةُ أَلْيُونَ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا هَلَكَ وَابْنَهَا صَغِيرٌ، [فَكَانَ] فِي حِجْرِهَا فَجَرَتْ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ هَارُونَ رُسُلٌ وَسُفَرَاءُ فِي طَلَبِ الصُّلْحِ وَالْمُوَادَعَةِ وَإِعْطَاءِ الْفِدْيَةِ. فَقَبِلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا هَارُونُ، وَشَرَطَ عَلَيْهَا الْوَفَاءَ بِمَا أَعْطَتْ، وَأَنْ تُقِيمَ لَهُ الْأَدِلَّاءَ وَالْأَسْوَاقَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَدْخَلًا ضَيِّقًا مَخُوفًا عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَأَجَابَتْهُ إِلَى مَا سَأَلَ، وَالَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ الصُّلْحُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ تُؤَدِّيهَا فِي نِيسَانَ فِي أَوَّلِ سَنَةٍ، وَفِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فِي حُزَيْرَانَ، فَقَبِلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا، وَكَتَبُوا كِتَابَ الْهُدْنَةِ إِلَى ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ، وَسَلَّمَتِ الْأُسَارَى، فَكَانَ الَّذِي أَفَاءَ اللَّهُ عَلَى هَارُونَ إِلَى أَنْ أَذْعَنَتِ الرُّومُ بِالْجِزْيَةِ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ رَأْسٍ وَسِتَّمِائَةٍ وَثَلَاثَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ رَأْسًا، وَقُتِلَ مِنَ الْأُسَارَى أَلْفَانِ وَسَبْعُونَ أَسِيرًا [صَبْرًا]، وَأَفَاءَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الدَّوَابِّ الذُّلُلِ بِأَدَوَاتِهَا عِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا، وَذَبَحَ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ، وَكَانَتِ الْمُرْتَزِقَةُ سِوَى الْمُطَّوِّعَةِ وَأَهْلِ الْأَسْوَاقِ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ. تولية عيسى مولى جعفر على الري وَفِيهَا: عُزِلَ خَلَفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الرَّيِّ وَوَلِيَهَا عِيسَى مَوْلَى جَعْفَرٍ. زواج هارون الرشيد بزبيدة بنت جعفر وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ: تَزَوَّجَ الرَّشِيدُ زُبَيْدَةَ بِنْتَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الْمَنْصُورِ وَبَنَى بِهَا، وَسَقَطَ بِبَغْدَادَ ثَلْجٌ قَامَ فِي الْأَرْضِ نَحْوَ ذِرَاعَيْنِ. من حج بالناس هذه السنة وَفِيهَا: حَجَّ بِالنَّاسِ صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورِ، وَكَانَتْ عُمَّالُ الْأَمْصَارِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ عُمَّالَهَا فِي السَّنَةِ الْمَاضِيَةِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْعَامِلَ عَلَى أَحْدَاثِ الْبَصْرَةِ وَالصَّلَاةِ بِأَهْلِهَا كَانَ رَوْحَ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ، وَعَلَى كُوَرِ دِجْلَةَ، وَالْبَحْرَيْنِ، وَعُمَانَ، وَكَسْكَرَ، وَكُوَرِ الْأَهْوَازِ، وَفَارِسَ، وَكِرْمَانَ الْمُعَلَّى مَوْلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَعَلَى السِّنْدِ اللَّيْثُ مَوْلَى الْمَهْدِيِّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.
Translation
✧ The summer expedition of Hārūn b. al-Mahdī into Byzantine territory Then the year 165 AH began. Among the events of this year: The summer expedition of Hārūn b. al-Mahdī into Byzantine territory. His father dispatched him on Saturday, when eleven nights remained of Jumādā al-Ākhirah, as a raider against the lands of the Byzantines, and attached to him al-Rabīʿ, his client. Hārūn penetrated deep into Byzantine territory, where cavalry met him; he fought them and they were defeated. Hārūn proceeded with 95,793 men and carried off as spoils 100,000 dinars and 73,450 dinars, and of silver 21,400,000 and 14,800 dirhams. Hārūn marched until he reached the sea inlet that lies by Constantinople. The ruler of the Byzantines at that time was a woman, Alyūn, because her husband had perished and her son was young and in her care. Messengers and envoys went back and forth between her and Hārūn seeking peace, a truce, and the payment of ransom. Hārūn accepted that from her, and stipulated that she fulfill what she had given and provide guides and markets along his route, because he had entered through a narrow, perilous pass for the Muslims. She agreed to what he asked. The peace concluded between him and her was seventy thousand dinars, to be paid in Nīsān in the first year, and in Ḥuzayrān every year. He accepted that from her, and they wrote a truce document for three years, and she handed over the captives. What God granted Hārūn as spoils until the Byzantines submitted to the jizyah was 5,643 heads, and of the captives 2,070 were executed patiently. God granted him as spoils 20,000 docile riding beasts with their gear, and he slaughtered 100,000 cattle and sheep. The regular troops, apart from volunteers and market people, numbered 100,000. The appointment of ʿĪsā, client of Jaʿfar, over al-Rayy In this year, Khalaf b. ʿAbd Allāh was dismissed from al-Rayy, and ʿĪsā, client of Jaʿfar, was appointed over it. The marriage of Hārūn al-Rashīd to Zubaydah bt. Jaʿfar In this year, al-Rashīd married Zubaydah bt. Jaʿfar b. al-Manṣūr and consummated the marriage with her. Snow fell in Baghdad and stood on the ground about two cubits deep. Who led the people in pilgrimage this year In this year, Ṣāliḥ b. Abī Jaʿfar al-Manṣūr led the people in pilgrimage. The governors of the amṣār in this year were the same as in the previous year, except that the governor over the events of al-Baṣrah and the prayer for its people was Rawḥ b. Ḥātim; over the districts of the Tigris, al-Baḥrayn, ʿUmān, Kaskar, the districts of al-Ahwāz, Fāris, and Kirmān was al-Muʿallā, client of the Commander of the Faithful; and over al-Sind was al-Layth, client of al-Mahdī, Commander of the Faithful.
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