Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3020
The year 181 AH
ذِكْرُ عِدَّةِ حَوَادِثَ وَفِي سَنَةُ إِحْدَى وَثَمَانِينَ وَمِائَةٍ غَزَا الرَّشِيدُ أَرْضَ الرُّومِ، فَافْتَتَحَ حِصْنَ الصَّفْصَافِ . فَقَالَ فِي ذَلِكَ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ: إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْمُصْطَفَى قَدْ تَرَكَ الصَّفْصَافَ قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا وَفِيهَا غَزَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ أَرْضَ الرُّومِ، فَبَلَغَ أَنْقِرَةَ، وَافْتَتَحَ مَطْمُورَةَ. وَفِيهَا تَغَلَّبَتِ الْمُحَمِّرَةُ عَلَى جُرْجَانَ. وَفِيهَا أَمَرَ الرَّشِيدُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ فِي صُدُورِ الرَّسَائِلِ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ الثَّنَاءِ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. وَفِيهَا حَجَّ بِالنَّاسِ الرَّشِيدُ وَتَعَجَّلَ فِي النَّفْرِ، وَسَأَلَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَنْ يُعْفِيَهُ مِنَ الْوِلَايَةِ، فَأَعْفَاهُ وَأَقَامَ يَحْيَى بِمَكَّةَ. وفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ كَانَ الْفِدَاءُ بَيْنَ الرُّومِ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ فِدَاءٍ كَانَ أَيَّامَ بَنِي الْعَبَّاسِ، وَكَانَ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الرَّشِيدِ هُوَ الْمُتَوَلِّي لَهُ، ( وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ نِقْفُورَ )، ( فَفَرِحَ بِذَلِكَ النَّاسُ )، فَفُودِيَ بِكُلِّ أَسِيرٍ فِي بِلَادِ الرُّومِ، وَكَانَ الْفِدَاءُ بِاللَّامِسِ، عَلَى جَانِبِ الْبَحْرِ، بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ طَرَسُوسَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ فَرْسَخًا، وَحَضَرَ ثَلَاثُونَ أَلْفًا مِنَ الْمُرْتَزِقَةِ مَعَ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، فَخَرَجَ الْخَادِمُ، مُتَوَلِّي طَرَسُوسَ، وَخَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الثُّغُورِ، وَغَيْرُهُمْ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَالْأَعْيَانِ، وَكَانَ عِدَّةُ الْأَسْرَى ثَلَاثَةَ آلَافٍ وَسَبْعَمِائَةٍ، وَقِيلَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.
Translation
✧ Mention of several events In the year one hundred and eighty-one, al-Rashīd undertook a military expedition into Byzantine territory and conquered the fortress of al-Ṣafṣāf. Marwān b. Abī Ḥafṣah said of that: Indeed the Commander of the Faithful, the chosen one, has left al-Ṣafṣāf a level plain, an empty tract. In it ʿAbd al-Malik b. Ṣāliḥ raided Byzantine territory, reaching Anqirah (Ankara), and conquered Maṭmūrah. In it the Muḥammirah gained control over Jurjān. In it al-Rashīd commanded that at the beginning of letters, after praise of God Almighty, prayers be written upon the Messenger of God ﷺ. In it al-Rashīd led the people in the pilgrimage and hastened during the departure from Minā. Yaḥyā b. Khālid asked him to be relieved of the governorship, so he relieved him, and Yaḥyā remained in Makkah. In this year the ransom exchange took place between the Byzantines and the Muslims. It was the first ransom exchange in the days of the Banū al-ʿAbbās, and al-Qāsim b. al-Rashīd was the one in charge of it. The king was Niqfūr, and the people rejoiced at that. Every captive in Byzantine lands was ransomed. The ransom exchange took place at al-Lāmis, on the seacoast, twelve farsakhs between it and Ṭarsūs. Thirty thousand regular troops attended with Abū Sulaymān. The eunuch, governor of Ṭarsūs, came out, along with a great many people from the frontier fortresses and others, including scholars and notables. The number of captives was three thousand seven hundred, and it is said more than that.
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