Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3299
The Year 218 AH
ذِكْرُ وَفَاةِ الْمَأْمُونِ وَعُمْرِهِ وَصِفَتِهِ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ تُوُفِّيَ الْمَأْمُونُ لِاثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً بَقِيَتْ مِنْ رَجَبٍ، فَلَمَّا اشْتَدَّ مَرَضُهُ وَحَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ، كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَنْ يُلَقِّنُهُ، فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّهَادَةَ وَعِنْدَهُ ابْنُ مَاسَوْيَهِ الطَّبِيبُ، فَقَالَ لِذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ: دَعْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُفَرِّقُ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَالِ بَيْنَ رَبِّهِ وَمَانِي. فَفَتَحَ الْمَأْمُونُ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْطِشَ بِهِ، فَعَجَزَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، وَأَرَادَ الْكَلَامَ فَعَجَزَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ تَكَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا مَنْ لَا يَمُوتُ ارْحَمْ مَنْ يَمُوتُ. ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ مِنْ سَاعَتِهِ. وَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ حَمَلَهُ ابْنُهُ الْعَبَّاسُ، وَأَخُوهُ الْمُعْتَصِمُ إِلَى طَرَسُوسَ، فَدَفَنَاهُ بِدَارِ خَاقَانَ خَادِمِ الرَّشِيدِ، وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ الْمُعْتَصِمُ، وَوَكَّلُوا بِهِ حَرَسًا مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أَهْلِ طَرَسُوسَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ، مِائَةَ رَجُلٍ، وَأُجْرِيَ عَلَى كُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ تِسْعُونَ دِرْهَمًا. وَكَانَتْ خِلَافَتُهُ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَخَمْسَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا، سِوَى سِنِينَ كَانَ دُعِيَ لَهُ فِيهَا بِمَكَّةَ، وَأَخُوهُ الْأَمِينُ مَحْصُورٌ بِبَغْدَاذَ، وَكَانَ مُوْلِدُهُ لِلنِّصْفِ مِنْ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ سَنَةَ سَبْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، وَكَانَتْ كُنْيَتُهُ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ، وَكَانَ رَبْعَةً، أَبْيَضَ، جَمِيلًا، طَوِيلَ اللِّحْيَةِ رَقِيقَهَا، قَدْ وَخَطَهَا الشَّيْبُ. وَقِيلَ: كَانَ أَسْمَرَ، تَعْلُوهُ صُفْرَةٌ، أَجْنَى، أَعْيَنَ، ضَيِّقَ الْبَلْجَةِ، بِخَدِّهِ خَالٌ أَسْوَدُ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the death of al-Maʾmūn, his age, and his description In this year, al-Maʾmūn died with twelve nights remaining of Rajab. When his illness became severe and death attended him, there was someone with him to prompt him, and he offered him the shahādah while Ibn Māsawayh the physician was with him. He said to that man: 'Leave him, for in this state he does not distinguish between his Lord and Mānī.' Al-Maʾmūn opened his eyes and wanted to strike him, but he was unable to do so. He wanted to speak, but he was unable. Then he spoke and said: 'O You who does not die, have mercy on one who dies.' Then he died on the spot. When he died, his son al-ʿAbbās and his brother al-Muʿtaṣim carried him to Ṭarsūs, and they buried him in the house of Khāqān, the servant of al-Rashīd. Al-Muʿtaṣim prayed over him, and they appointed a guard over him from the sons of the people of Ṭarsūs and others, one hundred men, and each man among them was given ninety dirhams. His caliphate lasted twenty years, five months, and twenty days, excluding the years in which he was proclaimed in Makkah while his brother al-Amīn was besieged in Baghdādh. He was born on the middle of Rabīʿ al-Awwal in the year one hundred and seventy. His kunyah was Abū al-ʿAbbās. He was of medium height, fair-skinned, handsome, with a long, thin beard which greyness had streaked. It was also said: he was brown, with a yellowish tinge, with a hooked nose, wide-eyed, with a narrow forehead, and on his cheek was a black mole.
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