Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3001
The year 178 AH
خُرُوجِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ الْخَارِجِيِّ وفي سَنَةُ ثَمَانٍ وَسَبْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ خَرَجَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ طَرِيفٍ التَّغْلِبِيُّ بِالْجَزِيرَةِ، فَفَتَكَ بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ خَازِمِ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ بِنَصِيبِينَ، ثُمَّ قَوِيَتْ شَوْكَةُ الْوَلِيدِ، فَدَخَلَ إِلَى أَرْمِينِيَّةَ، وَحَصَرَ خِلَاطَ عِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا، فَافْتَدَوْا مِنْهُ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفًا. ثُمَّ سَارَ إِلَى أَذْرَبِيجَانَ، ثُمَّ إِلَى حُلْوَانَ وَأَرْضِ السَّوَادِ، ثُمَّ عَبَرَ إِلَى غَرْبِ دِجْلَةَ، وَقَصَدَ مَدِينَةَ بَلَدَ، فَافْتَدَوْا مِنْهُ بِمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ، وَعَاثَ فِي أَرْضِ الْجَزِيرَةِ، فَسَيَّرَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّشِيدُ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مَزْيَدِ بْنِ زَائِدَةَ الشَّيْبَانِيَّ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَخِي مَعْنِ بْنِ زَائِدَةَ. فَقَالَ الْوَلِيدُ: سَتَعْلَمُ يَا يَزِيدُ إِذَا الْتَقَيْنَا بِشَطِّ الزَّابِ أَيُّ فَتًى يَكُونُ. فَجَعَلَ يَزِيدُ يَخْتَالُهُ وَيُمَاكِرُهُ، وَكَانَتِ الْبَرَامِكَةُ مُنْحَرِفَةً عَنْ يَزِيدَ فَقَالُوا لِلرَّشِيدِ: إِنَّمَا يَتَجَافَى يَزِيدُ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ لِلرَّحِمِ، لِأَنَّهُمَا كِلَاهُمَا مِنْ وَائِلٍ، وَهَوَّنُوا أَمْرَ الْوَلِيدِ. فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّشِيدُ كِتَابَ مُغْضَبٍ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: لَوْ وَجَّهْتَ أَحَدَ الْخَدَمِ لَقَامَ بِأَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَقُومُ بِهِ، وَلَكِنَّكَ مُدَاهِنٌ، مُتَعَصِّبٌ، وَأُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ إِنْ أَخَّرْتَ مُنَاجَزَتَهُ لَأُوَجِّهَنَّ إِلَيْكَ مَنْ يَحْمِلُ رَأْسَكَ. فَلَقِيَ الْوَلِيدَ عَشِيَّةَ خَمِيسٍ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَسَبْعِينَ، فَيُقَالُ: جَهِدَ عَطَشًا حَتَّى رَمَى بِخَاتَمِهِ فِي فِيهِ، وَجَعَلَ يَلُوكُهُ وَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهَا شِدَّةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، فَاسْتُرْهَا ! وَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: فِدَاكُمْ أَبِي وَأُمِّي إِنَّمَا هِيَ الْخَوَارِجُ، وَلَهُمْ حَمْلَةٌ، فَاثْبُتُوا، فَإِذَا انْقَضَتْ حَمْلَتُهُ فَاحْمِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ إِذَا انْهَزَمُوا لَمْ يَرْجِعُوا. فَكَانَ كَمَا قَالَ، حَمَلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَمْلَةً، فَثَبَتَ يَزِيدُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ عَشِيرَتِهِ، ثُمَّ حَمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَانْكَشَفُوا، فَيُقَالُ: إِنَّ أَسَدَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ كَانَ شَبِيهًا بِأَبِيهِ جِدًّا لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا ضَرْبَةٌ فِي وَجْهِ يَزِيدَ تَأْخُذُ مِنْ قَصَاصِ شَعْرِهِ، مُنْحَرِفَةً عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ، فَكَانَ أَسَدُ يَتَمَنَّى مِثْلَهَا، فَهَوَتْ إِلَيْهِ ضَرْبَةٌ، فَأَخْرَجَ وَجْهَهُ مِنَ التُّرْسِ، فَأَصَابَتْهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ، فَيُقَالُ لَوْ خُطَّتْ عَلَى ضَرْبَةِ أَبِيهِ مَا عَدَا. وَاتَّبَعَ يَزِيدُ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ طَرِيفٍ، فَلَحِقَهُ فَاحْتَزَّ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الشُّعَرَاءِ: وَائِلٌ بَعْضُهُمْ يَقْتُلُ بَعْضًا لَا يَفُلُّ الْحَدِيدَ إِلَّا الْحَدِيدُ . فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ الْوَلِيدُ صَبَّحَتْهُمْ أُخْتُهُ لَيْلَى بِنْتُ الطَّرِيفِ، مُسْتَعِدَّةً، عَلَيْهَا الدِّرْعُ، فَجَعَلَتْ تَحْمِلُ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَعُرِفَتْ، فَقَالَ يَزِيدُ: دَعُوهَا ! ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيْهَا فَضَرَبَ بِالرُّمْحِ قَطَاةَ فَرَسِهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اعْزُبِي عَزَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ، فَقَدْ فَضَحَتِ الْعَشِيرَةَ. فَاسْتَحْيَتْ وَانْصَرَفَتْ وَهِيَ تَقُولُ تَرْثِي الْوَلِيدَ: بِتَلِّ تَبَاثَا رَسْمُ قَبْرٍ كَأَنَّهُ عَلَى عَلَمٍ فَوْقَ الْجِبَالِ مُنِيفِ تَضَمَّنَ جُودًا حَاتِمِيًّا وَنَائِلًا وَسَوْرَةَ مِقْدَامٍ وَقَلْبَ حَصِيفِ أَلَا قَاتَلَ اللَّهُ الْجُثَى كَيْفَ أَضْمَرَتْ فَتًى كَانَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ غَيْرَ عَفِيفِ فَإِنْ يَكُ أَرْدَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَزْيَدٍ فَيَا رُبَّ خَيْلٍ فَضَّهَا وَصُفُوفِ أَلَا يَا لَقَوْمِي لِلنَّوَائِبِ وَالرَّدَى وَدَهْرٍ مُلِحٍّ بِالْكِرَامِ عَنِيفِ وَلَلْبَدْرِ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْكَوَاكِبِ قَدْ هَوَى وَلَلشَّمْسِ هَمَّتْ بَعْدَهُ بِكُسُوفِ فَيَا شَجَرَ الْخَابُورِ مَا لَكَ مُورِقًا كَأَنَّكَ لَمْ تَجْزَعْ عَلَى ابْنِ طَرِيفِ فَتًى لَا يُحِبُّ الزَّادَ إِلَّا مِنَ التُّقَى وَلَا الْمَالَ إِلَّا مِنْ قَنَا وَسُيُوفِ وَلَا الْخَيْلَ إِلَّا كُلَّ جَرْدَاءَ شَطَبَةٍ وَكُلَّ حِصَانٍ بِالْيَدَيْنِ عَرُوفِ فَلَا تَجْزَعَا يَا ابْنَيْ طَرِيفٍ فَإِنَّنِي أَرَى الْمَوْتَ نَزَّالًا بِكُلِّ شَرِيفِ فَقَدْنَاكَ فُقْدَانَ الرَّبِيعِ فَلَيْتَنَا فَدَيْنَاكَ مِنْ دَهْمَائِنَا بِأُلُوفِ . وَقَالَ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فِي قَتْلِ الْوَلِيدِ وَرِفْقِ يَزِيدَ فِي قِتَالِهِ مِنْ قَصِيدَةِ هَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتِ: يَفْتَرُّ عِنْدَ افْتِرَارِ الْحَرْبِ مُبْتَسِمًا إِذَا تَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُ الْفَارِسِ الْبَطَلِ مُوفٍ عَلَى مُهَجٍ فِي يَوْمِ ذِي رَهَجٍ كَأَنَّهُ أَجَلٌ يَسْعَى إِلَى أَمَلِ يَنَالُ بِالرِّفْقِ مَا يَعْيَا الرِّجَالُ بِهِ كَالْمَوْتِ مُسْتَعْجِلًا يَأْتِي عَلَى مَهَلِ ( وَهِيَ حَسَنَةٌ جِدًّا ).
Translation
✧ The outbreak of al-Walīd b. Ṭarīf the Khārijite In the year one hundred and seventy-eight, al-Walīd b. Ṭarīf al-Taghlibī rose in al-Jazīrah, and he slew Ibrāhīm b. Khāzim b. Khuzaymah at Naṣībīn. Then al-Walīd's power strengthened, and he entered Armenia and besieged Khilāṭ for twenty days, and they ransomed themselves from him with thirty thousand. Then he marched to Adharbayjān, then to Ḥulwān and the land of al-Sawād, then he crossed to the west of the Tigris and made for the city of Balad, and they ransomed themselves from him with one hundred thousand. He wrought havoc in the land of al-Jazīrah, so al-Rashīd sent against him Yazīd b. Mazyad b. Zāʾidah al-Shaybānī, who was the nephew of Maʿn b. Zāʾidah. Al-Walīd said: You will know, O Yazīd, when we meet on the bank of al-Zāb, which young man shall prevail. Yazīd began to draw him out and play for time with him. The Barāmikah were ill-disposed toward Yazīd, so they said to al-Rashīd: "Yazīd is only holding back from al-Walīd because of kinship, for both of them are of Wāʾil," and they belittled the affair of al-Walīd. So al-Rashīd wrote him an angry letter, saying to him: "Had you dispatched one of the servants, he would have done more than you are doing. But you are dissembling and partisan. I swear by God, if you delay engaging him, I shall send against you one who will bring me your head." He met al-Walīd on the evening of a Thursday in the month of Ramaḍān in the year one hundred and seventy-nine. It is said that he suffered extreme thirst until he put his signet ring in his mouth and began to chew it, saying: "O God, it is a severe hardship, so conceal it!" And he said to his companions: "May my father and mother be your ransom. They are only Khārijites, and they have one charge. So stand firm. When their charge is spent, then charge upon them, for if they are routed they will not return." It was as he said. They made a charge upon them, and Yazīd and those of his kinsmen with him stood firm. Then he charged upon them and they were scattered. It is said that Asad b. Yazīd was very much like his father, and nothing distinguished between them except a blow on Yazīd's face that ran from the hairline of his head, slanting across his forehead. Asad used to wish for one like it, and a blow fell upon him, and he put his face out from the shield, and it struck him in that very place. It is said that had it been traced against the blow of his father, it would not have exceeded it. Yazīd pursued al-Walīd b. Ṭarīf and overtook him and struck off his head. Some poet said: Wāʾil, some of them kill others; nothing blunts iron except iron. When al-Walīd was killed, his sister Laylā bt. al-Ṭarīf came upon them at dawn, equipped, with the coat of mail upon her. She began charging upon the people, and she was recognized. Yazīd said: "Leave her!" Then he went out to her and struck with the spear the croup of her horse, then said: "Go away, may God make you distant! You have disgraced the clan." She was ashamed and withdrew, saying in elegy for al-Walīd: At Tall Tabāthā is the trace of a grave, as though it were upon a lofty peak above the mountains. It enfolded Ḥātimī generosity and bounty, and the assault of a bold one and a discerning heart. Indeed, may God curse the miserly, how they concealed a youth who was not niggardly in kindness. If Yazīd b. Mazyad brought him down, how many horses and ranks did he scatter! Oh, alas for my people, for calamities and ruin, and a time that presses hard upon the noble and is harsh! The full moon has fallen from among the stars, and the sun was about to be eclipsed after him. O trees of al-Khābūr, why are you in leaf, as though you did not grieve for Ibn Ṭarīf? A youth who loved no provision except from piety, and no wealth except from spears and swords, And no horses except every smooth, lean, marked mare, and every stallion known for his forelegs. Do not grieve, O two sons of Ṭarīf, for I see death descending upon every noble one. We have lost you as one loses the spring; would that we had ransomed you from our dark multitude with thousands. Muslim b. al-Walīd said concerning the killing of al-Walīd and the gentleness of Yazīd in fighting him, among a qaṣīdah of his, these verses: He smiles when war bares its teeth, smiling when the face of the brave horseman changes. Standing over souls on a day of dust, as though he were a fate hastening toward a hope. He attains by gentleness what men weary of, like death, hastening, yet coming at leisure. (These are very fine.)
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