Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3173
The Year 203 AH
ذِكْرُ قَبْضِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْمَهْدِيِّ عَلَى عِيسَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، فِي آخِرِ شَوَّالٍ، حَبَسَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمَهْدِيِّ عِيسَى بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ. وَسَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ عِيسَى كَانَ يُكَاتِبُ حُمَيْدًا وَالْحُسْنَ بْنَ سَهْلٍ، وَكَانَ يُظْهِرُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ الطَّاعَةَ، وَكَانَ كُلَّمَا قَالَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِيَخْرُجَ إِلَى قِتَالِ أَحْمَدَ يَعْتَذِرُ بِأَنَّ الْجُنْدَ يُرِيدُونَ أَرْزَاقَهُمْ، وَمَرَّةً يَقُولُ: حَتَّى تُدْرَكَ الْغَلَّةُ. فَلَمَّا تَوَثَّقَ عِيسَى بِمَا يُرِيدُ، فَارَقَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ يَدْفَعَ إِلَيْهِمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ الْمَهْدِيِّ يَوْمَ الْجُمْعَةِ سَلْخَ شَوَّالٍ. وَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَبْلَغَهُ هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَخُو عِيسَى، وَجَاءَ عِيسَى إِلَى بَابِ الْجِسْرِ، فَقَالَ لِلنَّاسِ: إِنِّي قَدْ سَأَلْتُ حُمَيْدًا أَلَّا يَدْخُلَ عَمَلِي، ( وَلَا أَدْخُلَ عَمَلَهُ )، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِحَفْرِ خَنْدَقٍ بِبَابِ الْجِسْرِ وَبَابِ الشَّامِ. وَبَلَغَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَوْلُهُ وَفِعْلُهُ، وَكَانَ عِيسَى قَدْ سَأَلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْجُمُعَةَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَأَجَابَهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا تَكَلَّمَ عِيسَى بِمَا تَكَلَّمَ حَذِرَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عِيسَى يَسْتَدْعِيهِ، فَاعْتَلَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَتَابَعَ الرُّسُلَ بِذَلِكَ، فَحَضَرَ عِنْدَهُ بِالرُّصَافَةِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَاتَبَهُ سَاعَةً، وَعِيسَى يَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْهِ وَيُنْكِرُ بَعْضَهُ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَضُرِبَ وَحُبِسَ، وَأَخَذَ عِدَّةً مِنْ قُوَّادِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ، فَحَبَسَهُمْ وَنَجَا بَعْضُهُمْ، وَفِيمَنْ نَجَا خَلِيفَتُهُ الْعَبَّاسُ. وَمَشَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِهِ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، وَحَرَّضُوا النَّاسَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَكَانَ أَشَدَّهُمُ الْعَبَّاسُ خَلِيفَةُ عِيسَى، وَكَانَ هُوَ رَأْسُهُمْ، فَاجْتَمَعُوا وَطَرَدُوا عَامِلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَى الْجِسْرِ وَالْكَرْخِ وَغَيْرِهِ، وَظَهَرَ الْفُسَّاقُ وَالشُّطَّارُ، وَكَتَبَ الْعَبَّاسُ إِلَى حُمَيْدٍ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى يُسَلِّمُوا إِلَيْهِ بَغْدَاذَ.
Translation
✧ Mention of Ibrahim b. al-Mahdi's seizure of Isa b. Muhammad In this year, at the end of Shawwal, Ibrahim b. al-Mahdi imprisoned Isa b. Muhammad b. Abi Khalid. The reason for that was that Isa was corresponding with Humayd and al-Hasan b. Sahl, while outwardly showing obedience to Ibrahim. Whenever Ibrahim told him to go out to fight Ahmad, he would excuse himself by saying that the troops wanted their stipends, and at other times he would say: "Until the produce is gathered." When Isa had secured what he wanted, he parted with them on the understanding that they would hand over Ibrahim b. al-Mahdi to him on Friday, the last day of Shawwal. The news reached Ibrahim, conveyed to him by Harun b. Muhammad, the brother of Isa. Isa came to the Bridge Gate and said to the people: "I have asked Humayd not to enter my province, and I will not enter his." Then he ordered the digging of a trench at the Bridge Gate and the Damascus Gate. His words and actions reached Ibrahim. Ibrahim had asked Isa to lead the Friday prayer in the city, and Isa had agreed to that. When Isa spoke as he did, Ibrahim became wary and sent to Isa summoning him. Isa gave an excuse, so Ibrahim continued sending messengers for that purpose, and Isa then came to him at al-Rusafah. When he entered, Ibrahim rebuked him for a while, while Isa offered excuses and denied some of it. Then Ibrahim ordered that he be struck and imprisoned. He also seized a number of his commanders and family members and imprisoned them, while some of them escaped. Among those who escaped was his deputy al-Abbas. Some of his family went to others and incited the people against Ibrahim. The most vehement of them was al-Abbas, Isa's deputy, and he was their leader. They gathered, expelled Ibrahim's governor from the Bridge, al-Karkh, and elsewhere, and the dissolute and the rabble appeared. Al-Abbas wrote to Humayd to come to them so that they might surrender Baghdad to him.
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