Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3174
The Year 203 AH
ذِكْرُ خَلْعِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْمَهْدِيِّ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ خَلَعَ أَهْلُ بَغْدَاذَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ الْمَهْدِيِّ، وَكَانَ سَبَبَ ذَلِكَ مَا ذَكَرْنَا مِنْ قَبْضِهِ عَلَى عِيسَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَلَى مَا تَقَدَّمَ، فَلَمَّا كَاتَبَ أَصْحَابُهُ وَمِنْهُمُ الْعَبَّاسُ - حُمَيْدًا بِالْقُدُومِ عَلَيْهِمْ، سَارَ حَتَّى أَتَى نَهْرَ صَرْصَرٍ فَنَزَلَ عِنْدَهُ. وَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ الْعَبَّاسُ وَقُوَّادُ أَهْلِ بَغْدَاذَ، فَلَقُوهُ، وَكَانُوا قَدْ شَرَطُوا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ كُلَّ جُنْدِيٍّ خَمْسِينَ دِرْهَمًا، فَأَجَابَهُمْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، وَوَعَدَهُمْ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ لَهُمُ الْعَطَاءَ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ ( فِي الْيَاسِرِيَّةِ ) عَلَى أَنْ يَدْعُوَ لِلْمَأْمُونِ بِالْخِلَافَةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمْعَةَ، وَيَخْلَعُوا إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَأَجَابُوهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ. وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْخَبَرُ أَخْرَجَ عِيسَى وَمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِ مِنَ الْحَبْسِ، وَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، وَيَكْفِيَهُ أَمْرَ هَذَا الْجَانِبِ، فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ أَحْضَرَ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ الْفَقِيهَ، فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ الْجُمُعَةَ، وَدَعَا لِلْمَأْمُونِ بِالْخِلَافَةِ، وَجَاءَ حُمَيْدٌ إِلَى الْيَاسِرِيَّةِ، فَعَرَضَ جُنْدَ بَغْدَاذَ، وَأَعْطَاهُمُ الْخَمْسِينَ الَّتِي وَعَدَهُمْ، فَسَأَلُوهُ أَنْ يُنْقِصَهُمْ عَشَرَةً عَشَرَةً لِمَا تَشَاءَمُوا بِهِ مِنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ هِشَامٍ حِينَ أَعْطَاهُمُ الْخَمْسِينَ وَقَطَعَ الْعَطَاءَ عَنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ حُمَيْدٌ: بَلْ أَزِيدُكُمْ عَشَرَةً، وَأُعْطِيكُمْ سِتِّينَ دِرْهَمًا لِكُلِّ رَجُلٍ. فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ دَعَا عِيسَى وَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يُقَاتِلَ حُمَيْدًا، فَأَجَابَهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ كُفَلَاءَ، وَكَلَّمَ عِيسَى الْجُنْدَ، وَوَعَدَهُمْ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمْ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَاهُمْ حُمَيْدٌ، فَأَبَوْا ذَلِكَ، فَعَبَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ عِيسَى وَقُوَّادُ الْجَانِبِ الشَّرْقِيِّ، وَوَعَدَ أُولَئِكَ الْجُنْدَ أَنْ يَزِيدَهُمْ عَلَى السِتِّينَ، فَشَتَمُوهُ وَأَصْحَابَهُ، وَقَالُوا: لَا نُرِيدُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. فَقَاتَلَهُمْ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ أَلْقَى نَفْسَهُ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ، حَتَّى أَخَذُوهُ شِبْهَ الْأَسِيرِ، فَأَخَذَهُ بَعْضُ قُوَّادِهِ، فَأَتَى بِهِ مَنْزِلَهُ، وَرَجَعَ الْبَاقُونَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَأَخْبَرُوهُ الْخَبَرَ، فَاغْتَمَّ لِذَلِكَ. وَكَانَ الْمُطَّلِبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَدِ اخْتَفَى مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، كَمَا ذَكَرْنَا، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ حُمَيْدٌ أَرَادَ الْعُبُورَ إِلَيْهِ، فَعَلِمُوا بِهِ فَأَخَذُوهُ، وَأَحْضَرُوهُ عِنْدَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَحَبَسَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، ثُمَّ خَلَّى عَنْهُ لِلَيْلَةٍ خَلَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ. ذِكْرُ اخْتِفَاءِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْمَهْدِيِّ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ اخْتَفَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمَهْدِيِّ، وَكَانَ سَبَبَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ حُمَيْدًا تَحَوَّلَ فَنَزَلَ عِنْدَ أَرْحَاءِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَصْحَابُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَقُوَّادُهُ ذَلِكَ تَسَلَّلُوا إِلَيْهِ، فَصَارَ عَامَّتُهُمْ عِنْدَهُ، وَأَخَذُوا لَهُ الْمَدَائِنَ. فَلَمَّا رَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ فِعْلَهُمْ أَخْرَجَ جَمِيعَ مَنْ بَقِيَ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلُوا، فَالْتَقَوْا عَلَى جِسْرِ نَهْرِ دَيَالَى، فَاقْتَتَلُوا، فَهَزَمَهُمْ حُمَيْدٌ، وَتَبِعَهُمْ أَصْحَابُهُ، حَتَّى دَخَلُوا بَغْدَاذَ، وَذَلِكَ سَلْخَ ذِي الْقِعْدَةِ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْأَضْحَى اخْتَفَى الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلَ إِلَى حُمَيْدٍ، وَجَعَلَ الْهَاشِمِيُّونَ وَالْقَوَّادُ يَأْتُونَ حُمَيْدًا وَاحِدًا بَعْدَ وَاحِدٍ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ سُقِطَ فِي يَدَيْهِ، وَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَاتَبَ الْمُطَّلِبُ حُمَيْدًا لِيُسَلِّمَ إِلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ الْجَانِبَ، وَكَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ السَّاجُورِ، وَأَبُو الْبَطِّ وَغَيْرُهُمَا، يُكَاتِبُونَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ هِشَامٍ عَلَى أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَلَمَّا عَلِمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِأَمْرِهِمْ، وَمَا اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، جَعَلَ يُدَارِيهِمْ، فَلَمَّا جَنَّهُ اللَّيْلُ اخْتَفَى لَيْلَةَ الْأَرْبَعَاءِ لِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ بَقِيَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ. وَبَعَثَ الْمُطَّلِبُ إِلَى حُمَيْدٍ يُعْلِمُهُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَحْدَقَ بِدَارِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَكَتَبَ ابْنُ السَّاجُورِ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، فَرَكِبَ حُمَيْدٌ مِنْ سَاعَتِهِ مِنْ أَرْحَاءِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَأَتَى بَابَ الْجِسْرِ، وَجَاءَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَتَّى نَزَلَ نَهْرَ بَيْنَ، ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ كَوْثَرٍ، وَأَقْبَلَ حُمَيْدٌ إِلَى دَارِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَطَلَبُوهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ فِيهَا، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُتَوَارِيًا حَتَّى جَاءَ الْمَأْمُونُ، وَبَعْدَ مَا قَدِمَ، حَتَّى كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا كَانَ. وَكَانَتْ أَيَّامُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ سَنَةً وَأَحَدَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا وَاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا، وَكَانَ بَعْدَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَلَى شَرْقِيِّ بَغْدَاذَ، وَحُمَيْدٌ عَلَى غَرْبِيِّهَا. وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَدْ أَطْلَقَ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَلَامَةَ مِنَ الْحَبْسِ، وَكَانَ النَّاسُ يَظُنُّونَهُ قَدْ قُتِلَ، فَكَانَ يَدْعُو فِي مَسْجِدِ الرُّصَافَةِ إِلَى مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا جَاءَ اللَّيْلُ يُرَدُّ إِلَى حَبْسِهِ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَطْلَقَهُ، وَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ لِلَيْلَةٍ خَلَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ، فَذَهَبَ، فَاخْتَفَى، ثُمَّ ظَهَرَ بَعْدَ هَرَبِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَقَرَّبَهُ حُمَيْدٌ وَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِ، وَرَدَّهُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْمَأْمُونُ أَجَازَهُ وَوَصَلَهُ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the deposition of Ibrāhīm b. al-Mahdī In this year the people of Baghdādh deposed Ibrāhīm b. al-Mahdī. The reason for that was what we have mentioned of his seizure of ʿĪsā b. Muḥammad, as previously related. When his associates, among them al-ʿAbbās, wrote to Ḥumayd to come to them, he marched until he reached the Nahr Ṣarṣar and encamped by it. Al-ʿAbbās and the commanders of the people of Baghdādh went out to him and met him. They had stipulated to him that he give every soldier fifty dirhams. He agreed to that and promised them that he would make the payment to them on Saturday in al-Yāsiriyyah, on condition that he be proclaimed for al-Maʾmūn as caliph on Friday and that they depose Ibrāhīm. They agreed to that. When the news reached Ibrāhīm, he brought out ʿĪsā and his brothers who were with him from prison, and asked him to return to his house and to suffice him in the matter of this side, but he refused. When Friday came, he brought al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad b. Abī Rajāʾ the jurist, and he led the people in the Friday prayer and proclaimed al-Maʾmūn as caliph. Ḥumayd came to al-Yāsiriyyah and reviewed the army of Baghdādh and gave them the fifty he had promised them. They asked him to reduce it by ten at a time because of the ill omen they associated with ʿAlī b. Hishām when he gave them the fifty and then cut off their pay. Ḥumayd said: Rather, I will increase you by ten and give you sixty dirhams for each man. When that reached Ibrāhīm, he summoned ʿĪsā and asked him to fight Ḥumayd. He agreed to that, so he released him and took sureties from him. ʿĪsā spoke to the troops and promised them that he would give them the like of what Ḥumayd had given them, but they refused that. So ʿĪsā and the commanders of the eastern side crossed over to them and promised those troops that he would increase them over the sixty. But they reviled him and his companions and said: We do not want Ibrāhīm. He fought them for a while, then threw himself into their midst until they took him like a captive. One of his commanders took him and brought him to his house, and the rest returned to Ibrāhīm and told him the news, and he was grieved by that. Al-Muṭṭalib b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Mālik had gone into hiding from Ibrāhīm, as we have mentioned. When Ḥumayd arrived, he wanted to cross over to him, but they learned of him and seized him and brought him before Ibrāhīm, who imprisoned him for three days, then released him on the night of the first of Dhū al-Ḥijjah. Mention of the hiding of Ibrāhīm b. al-Mahdī In this year Ibrāhīm b. al-Mahdī went into hiding. The reason for that was that Ḥumayd moved and encamped at the mills of ʿAbd Allāh b. Mālik. When Ibrāhīm's companions and commanders saw that, they slipped away to him, and most of them came to be with him, and they seized al-Madāʾin for him. When Ibrāhīm saw their action, he sent out all who remained with him to fight. They met at the bridge of Nahr Dayālā and fought, and Ḥumayd defeated them. His companions pursued them until they entered Baghdādh, and that was on the last day of Dhū al-Qaʿdah. On the Day of Sacrifice, al-Faḍl b. al-Rabīʿ went into hiding, then went over to Ḥumayd. The Hāshimites and the commanders began coming to Ḥumayd one after another. When Ibrāhīm saw that, he was at a loss and it distressed him. Al-Muṭṭalib wrote to Ḥumayd to hand over that side to him. Saʿīd b. al-Sājūr, Abū al-Baṭṭ, and others were writing to ʿAlī b. Hishām to seize Ibrāhīm for him. When Ibrāhīm learned of their affair and of what every group of his companions had agreed upon, he began to conciliate them. But when night fell, he went into hiding on Wednesday night, thirteen nights remaining of Dhū al-Ḥijjah. Al-Muṭṭalib sent to Ḥumayd informing him that he had surrounded Ibrāhīm's house. Ibn al-Sājūr wrote to ʿAlī b. Hishām. Ḥumayd rode immediately from the mills of ʿAbd Allāh and came to Bāb al-Jisr, and ʿAlī b. Hishām came and encamped at Nahr Bayn, then advanced to the mosque of Kawthar. Ḥumayd approached Ibrāhīm's house, and they searched for him but did not find him there. Ibrāhīm remained in hiding until al-Maʾmūn came, and even after he arrived, until his affair came to what it came to. Ibrāhīm's days were one year, eleven months, and twelve days. After him, ʿAlī b. Hishām was over eastern Baghdādh and Ḥumayd over its western side. Ibrāhīm had released Sahl b. Salāmah from prison, and people had thought he had been killed. He used to call in the mosque of al-Ruṣāfah to what he was upon, and when night came he was returned to his prison. Then he released him and let him go on the night of the first of Dhū al-Ḥijjah, and he went and hid. Then he appeared after Ibrāhīm's flight, and Ḥumayd brought him near and treated him well and returned him to his family. When al-Maʾmūn came, he rewarded him and gave him gifts.
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