Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3089
The year 195 AH
ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ سَنَةُ خَمْسٍ وَتِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فَمِنَ الْحَوَادِثِ فِيهَا: أَنَّ الْأَمِينَ أَمَرَ بِإِسْقَاطِ الدَّرَاهِمِ وَالدَّنَانِيرِ الَّتِي ضُرِبَتْ لِأَخِيهِ بِخُرَاسَانَ فِي سَنَةِ أَرْبَعٍ وَتِسْعِينَ، وَسَبَبُ ذَلِكَ: أَنَّ الْمَأْمُونَ أَمَرَ أَنْ لَا يُثْبَتَ فِيهَا اسْمُ مُحَمَّدٍ، فَكَانَتْ لَا تَجُوزُ حِينًا. وَفِيهَا: نَهَى عَنِ الدُّعَاءِ عَلَى الْمَنَابِرِ فِي عَمَلِهِ كُلِّهِ لِلْمَأْمُونِ وَالْقَاسِمِ، وَأَمَرَ بِالدُّعَاءِ لِنَفْسِهِ، ثُمَّ لِابْنِهِ مُوسَى، وَذَلِكَ فِي صَفَرٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَكَانَ مُوسَى طِفْلًا صَغِيرًا، وَذَلِكَ عَنْ رَأْيِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الْمَأْمُونَ، فَسُمِّيَ بِإِمَامِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَكُوتِبَ بِذَلِكَ. وَلَمَّا عَزَمَ مُحَمَّدٌ عَلَى خَلْعِ الْمَأْمُونِ قَالَ لَهُ الْفَضْلُ: أَلَا تَعْذُرَ إِلَيْهِ [يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ] لَعَلَّهُ يُسَلِّمُ الْأَمْرَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ، فَتَكْتُبُ إِلَيْهِ كِتَابًا فَتَسْأَلُهُ الصَّفْحَ عَمَّا فِي يَدَيْهِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ صُبَيْحٍ: هَذَا تَقْوِيَةٌ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَلَكِنِ اكْتُبْ إِلَيْهِ فَأَعْلِمْهُ حُبَّكَ لِقُرْبِهِ. فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّ قُرْبَكَ لِتُعَاوِنَنِي. فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ: إِنَّ مَكَانِي أَعودُ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. ثُمَّ دَعَا الْفَضْلَ فَقَالَ: مَا تَرَى ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تُمْسِكَ مَوْضِعَكَ قَالَ: كَيْفَ ؟ مَعَ مُخَالَفَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَالْمَالُ وَالْجُنْدُ مَعَهُ، وَالْمُلُوكُ حَوْلِي كُلُّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي. قَالَ: تُصْلِحُ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ، فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ الْأَمِينُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَأْتِيهِ وَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ عِصْمَةَ بْنَ حَمَّادٍ، وَأَمَرَهُ بِقَطْعِ الْمِيرَةِ عَنْ خُرَاسَانَ.
Translation
✧ Then the year 195 AH began. Among the events in it: That al-Amīn ordered the dropping of the dirhams and dinars that had been struck for his brother in Khurasan in the year 194. The reason for that was that al-Maʾmūn ordered that the name of Muḥammad not be inscribed on them, so they were not valid for a time. In it: he forbade supplication from the pulpits in all his realm for al-Maʾmūn and al-Qāsim, and ordered supplication for himself, then for his son Mūsā, and that was in Ṣafar of this year. Mūsā was a small child, and that was according to the opinion of al-Faḍl b. al-Rabīʿ. That reached al-Maʾmūn, so he was called Imām of the Believers, and correspondence was made with that. When Muḥammad resolved to depose al-Maʾmūn, al-Faḍl said to him: Will you not make an excuse to him [O Commander of the Believers] perhaps he will surrender the matter in safety, so you write him a letter and ask him for pardon for what is in his hands. Ismāʿīl b. Ṣubayḥ said to him: This is a strengthening to them, but write to him and inform him of your love for his nearness. So he wrote to him: I love your nearness so that you may assist me. He wrote to him: My place is more beneficial to the Commander of the Believers. Then he summoned al-Faḍl and said: What do you think? He said: That you keep your position. He said: How? With the opposition of Muḥammad, and the wealth and the army are with him, and the kings around me are all enemies to me. He said: You reconcile between me and them. When al-Amīn knew that he would not come to him, he sent ʿIṣma b. Ḥammād to him and ordered him to cut off provisions from Khurasan.
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