Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3082
The year 194 AH
ذِكْرُ عِصْيَانِ أَهْلِ مَارِدَةَ وَغَزْوِ الْحَكَمِ بِلَادَ الْفِرِنْجِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ عَاوَدَ أَهْلُ مَارِدَةَ الْخِلَافَ عَلَى الْحَكَمِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، أَمِيرِ الْأَنْدَلُسِ، وَعَصَوْا عَلَيْهِ ، فَسَارَ بِنَفْسِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَقَاتَلَهُمْ، وَلَمْ تَزَلْ سَرَايَاهُ وَجُيُوشُهُ تَتَرَدَّدُ وَتُقَاتِلُهُمْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ، وَسَنَةَ خَمْسٍ، وَسَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَتِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ. وَطَمِعَ الْفِرِنْجُ فِي ثُغُورِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ، وَقَصَدُوهَا بِالْغَارَةِ وَالْقَتْلِ، وَالنَّهْبِ وَالسَّبْيِ، وَكَانَ الْحَكَمُ مَشْغُولًا بِأَهْلِ مَارِدَةَ، فَلَمْ يَتَفَرَّغْ لِلْفِرِنْجِ، فَأَتَاهُ الْخَبَرُ بِشِدَّةِ الْأَمْرِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الثَّغْرِ، وَمَا بَلَغَ الْعَدُوُّ مِنْهُمْ، وَسَمِعَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مُسْلِمَةً أُخِذَتْ سَبِيَّةً، فَنَادَتْ: وَاغَوْثَاهُ يَا حَكَمُ ! فَعَظُمَ الْأَمْرُ عَلَيْهِ، وَجَمَعَ عَسْكَرَهُ وَاسْتَعَدَّ وَحَشَدَ وَسَارَ إِلَى بَلَدِ الْفِرِنْجِ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَتِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، وَأَثْخَنَ فِي بِلَادِهِمْ، وَافْتَتَحَ عِدَّةَ حُصُونٍ، وَخَرَّبَ الْبِلَادَ، وَنَهَبَهَا، وَقَتَلَ الرِّجَالَ، وَسَبَى الْحَرِيمَ، وَنَهَبَ الْأَمْوَالَ، وَقَصَدَ النَّاحِيَةَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ بِهَا تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةُ، فَأَمَرَ لَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَسْرَى بِمَا يُفَادُونَ بِهِ أَسْرَاهُمْ، وَبَالَغَ فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ فِي تَخْلِيصِ تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةِ، فَتَخَلَّصَتْ مِنَ الْأَسْرِ، وَقَتَلَ بَاقِي الْأَسْرَى، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ غَزَاتِهِ قَالَ لِأَهْلِ الثُّغُورِ: هَلْ أَغَاثَكُمُ الْحَكَمُ ؟ فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ. وَدَعَوْا لَهُ، وَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا، وَعَادَ إِلَى قُرْطُبَةَ مُظَفَّرًا.
Translation
✧ Mention of the rebellion of the people of Mārida and al-Ḥakam’s campaign against the land of the Franks In this year, the people of Mārida renewed their opposition to al-Ḥakam b. Hishām, the amīr of al-Andalus, and rebelled against him. He marched against them in person and fought them. His raiding parties and armies continued to go back and forth and fight them during this year, the year 195, and the year 196. The Franks coveted the Muslims’ frontier regions and attacked them with raiding, killing, plunder, and captivity. Al-Ḥakam was occupied with the people of Mārida and did not have time for the Franks. News reached him of the severity of the situation for the people of the frontier and what the enemy had done to them. He heard that a Muslim woman had been taken captive and called out, “O al-Ḥakam, come to my aid!” The matter weighed heavily on him. He gathered his army, prepared, mustered his forces, and marched to the land of the Franks in the year 196. He wrought havoc in their lands, conquered several fortresses, devastated the country, plundered it, killed the men, took the women captive, and seized the wealth. He made for the area where that woman was. He ordered that prisoners be given to them with which they might ransom their captives. He gave emphatic instructions to secure the release of that woman. She was freed from captivity, and he killed the remaining prisoners. When he had finished his campaign, he said to the people of the frontiers, “Did al-Ḥakam come to your aid?” They said, “Yes.” They prayed for him and praised him greatly. He returned to Córdoba victorious.
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