Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3016
The year 181 AH
وِلَايَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُقَاتِلٍ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ وَفِي سَنَةُ إِحْدَى وَثَمَانِينَ وَمِائَةٍ اسْتَعْمَلَ الرَّشِيدُ عَلَى إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ الْعَكِّيَّ، لَمَّا اسْتَعْفَى مِنْهَا هَرْثَمَةَ بْنَ أَعْيَنَ، عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ، سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَسَبْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، وَكَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ هَذَا رَضِيعَ الرَّشِيدِ، فَقَدِمَ الْقَيْرَوَانَ أَوَّلَ رَمَضَانَ، فَتَسَلَّمَهَا، وَعَادَ هَرْثَمَةُ إِلَى الرَّشِيدِ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَقَرَّ فِيهَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالْمَحْمُودِ السِّيرَةِ، فَاخْتَلَفَ الْجُنْدُ عَلَيْهِ وَاتَّفَقُوا عَلَى تَقْدِيمِ مَخْلَدِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْأَزْدِيِّ، ( وَاجْتَمَعَ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْجُنْدِ وَالْبَرْبَرِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ، فَسَيَّرَ إِلَيْهِمْ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ جَيْشًا، فَقَاتَلُوهُ، فَانْهَزَمَ مَخْلَدٌ وَاخْتَفَى فِي مَسْجِدٍ، فَأُخِذَ وَذُبِحَ ). وَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِ بِتُونِسَ تَمَّامُ بْنُ تَمِيمٍ فِي جَمْعٍ كَثِيرٍ، وَسَارُوا إِلَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ فِي رَمَضَانَ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَثَمَانِينَ، وَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ الْعَكِّيُّ فِي الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، ( فَاقْتَتَلُوا بِمُنْيَةِ الْخَيْلِ )، فَانْهَزَمَ ابْنُ الْعَكِّيِّ إِلَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ وَسَارَ تَمَّامٌ فَدَخَلَ الْقَيْرَوَانَ وَأَمَّنَ ابْنَ الْعَكِّيِّ، عَلَى أَنْ يَخْرُجَ عَنْ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ، فَسَارَ فِي رَمَضَانَ إِلَى طَرَابُلُسَ. فَجَمَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْأَغْلَبِ التَّمِيمِيُّ جَمْعًا كَثِيرًا، وَسَارَ إِلَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ مُنْكِرًا لِمَا فَعَلَهُ تَمَّامٌ، فَلَمَّا قَارَبَهَا سَارَ عَنْهَا إِلَى تُونِسَ [ فِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ ]، وَدَخَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ، وَكَتَبَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُقَاتِلٍ يُعْلِمُهُ الْخَبَرَ، وَيَسْتَدْعِيهِ إِلَى عَمَلِهِ، فَعَادَ إِلَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ، فَثَقُلَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَلَدِ، وَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ إِلَى تَمَّامٍ، فَجَمَعَ جَمْعًا وَسَارَ إِلَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ، ظَنًّا مِنْهُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ يَكْرَهُونَ مُحَمَّدًا وَيُسَاعِدُونَهُ عَلَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْأَغْلَبِ لِمُحَمَّدٍ: إِنَّ تَمَّامًا انْهَزَمَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا فِي قِلَّةٍ، فَلَمَّا وَصَلْتَ إِلَى الْبِلَادِ تَجَدَّدَ لَهُ طَمَعٌ لِعِلْمِهِ أَنَّ الْجُنْدَ يَخْذُلُونَكَ، وَالرَّأْيُ أَنْ أَسِيرَ أَنَا وَمَنْ مَعِي مِنْ أَصْحَابِي فَنُقَاتِلَهُ، فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ، وَسَارَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَاتَلَهُ، فَانْهَزَمَ تَمَّامٌ، وَقُتِلَ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، وَلَحِقَ بِمَدِينَةِ تُونِسَ، فَسَارَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْأَغْلَبِ إِلَيْهِ لِيَحْصُرَهُ، فَطَلَبَ مِنْهُ الْأَمَانَ فَأَمَّنَهُ.
Translation
✧ The governorship of Muhammad b. Muqatil over Ifriqiya In the year one hundred and eighty-one, al-Rashid appointed Muhammad b. Muqatil b. Hakim al-ʿAkki over Ifriqiya, when Harthama b. Aʿyan sought to be relieved of it, as we have mentioned, in the year one hundred and seventy-seven. This Muhammad was the foster-brother of al-Rashid. He arrived in al-Qayrawan at the beginning of Ramadan, took charge of it, and Harthama returned to al-Rashid. When he settled there, his conduct was not praiseworthy, so the troops disagreed over him and agreed to give precedence to Makhlad b. Murra al-Azdi. (Many of the troops, the Berbers, and others gathered, so Muhammad b. Muqatil sent an army against them, and they fought him. Makhlad was defeated and hid in a mosque, but he was seized and slaughtered.) Tammam b. Tamim rose against him in Tunis with a large gathering, and they marched to al-Qayrawan in Ramadan of the year one hundred and eighty-three. Muhammad b. Muqatil al-ʿAkki went out against him with those who were with him, (and they fought at Munyat al-Khayl). Ibn al-ʿAkki was defeated and fled to al-Qayrawan, and Tammam marched and entered al-Qayrawan and granted safety to Ibn al-ʿAkki, on condition that he leave Ifriqiya. So he marched in Ramadan to Tripoli. Ibrahim b. al-Aghlab al-Tamimi gathered a large force and marched to al-Qayrawan, disapproving of what Tammam had done. When he approached it, Tammam moved away from it to Tunis [in Dhu al-Qaʿda], and Ibrahim entered al-Qayrawan. He wrote to Muhammad b. Muqatil informing him of the news and summoning him back to his post. So he returned to al-Qayrawan, and that weighed heavily on the people of the city. The news reached Tammam, so he gathered a force and marched to al-Qayrawan, thinking that the people disliked Muhammad and would help him against him. When he arrived, Ibn al-Aghlab said to Muhammad: "Tammam was defeated by me when I had few men. Now that you have reached the country, his greed has been renewed, because he knows that the troops will desert you. My view is that I and those of my companions who are with me should march and fight him." He did that, marched against him, and fought him. Tammam was defeated, a group of his companions were killed, and he fled to the city of Tunis. Ibrahim b. al-Aghlab marched against him to besiege him, but he sought a guarantee of safety from him, so he granted him safety.
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