Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3300
The Year 218 AH
[وَفَاةُ الْمَأْمُونِ] وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ: تُوُفِّيَ الْمَأْمُونُ وَبُويِعَ لِلْمُعْتَصِمِ. بَابُ خِلَافَةِ الْمُعْتَصِمِ وَاسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الرَّشِيدُ، وَيُكَنَّى أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ، وَأُمُّهُ أُمُّ وَلَدٍ مِنْ مُوَلَّدَاتِ الْكُوفَةِ، تُسَمَّى مَارِدَةَ، لَمْ تُدْرِكْ خِلَافَتَهُ، وَكَانَتْ أَحْظَى النِّسَاءِ عِنْدَ الرَّشِيدِ. وَكَانَ أَبْيَضَ أَصْهَبَ اللِّحْيَةِ طَوِيلَهَا، مَرْبُوعًا مُشَرَّبَ اللَّوْنِ، حَسَنَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، وَهُوَ يُسَمَّى الثَّمَانِيَ. قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْبَرَاءِ: الْمُعْتَصِمُ بِاللَّهِ، أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الرَّشِيدِ، وُلِدَ بِالْخُلْدِ فِي سَنَةِ ثَمَانِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّامِنِ، وَهُوَ ثَامِنُ الْخُلَفَاءِ، وَالثَّامِنُ مِنْ وَلَدِ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَفَتَحَ ثَمَانِيَةَ فُتُوحٍ، وَوُلِدَ [لَهُ] ثَمَانِيَةُ بَنِينَ، وَثَمَانِي بَنَاتٍ، وَمَاتَ بِالْخَاقَانِيِّ مِنْ سُرَّ مَنْ رَأَى، وَكَانَ عُمْرُهُ ثَمَانِيًا وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، وَخِلَافَتُهُ ثَمَانِيَ سِنِينَ، وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَشْهُرٍ [وَيَوْمَيْنِ. وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصُّولِيُّ]: وَثَمَانِيَةُ أَيَّامٍ. وَخَلَّفَ مِنَ الْعَيْنِ ثَمَانِيَةَ آلَافِ أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ وَمِثْلُهَا وَرِقًا، وَتُوُفِّيَ لِثَمَانٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ، وَفُتُوحُهُ الْمَشْهُورَةُ ثَمَانِيَةٌ. قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَرَفَةَ: وَكَانَ الْمُعْتَصِمُ ثَامِنَ الْخُلَفَاءِ مِنْ بَنِي الْعَبَّاسِ، وَثَامِنَ أُمَرَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَمَلَكَ ثَمَانِيَ سِنِينَ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، وَفَتَحَ ثَمَانِيَةَ فُتُوحٍ: بِلَادُ بَابِكَ عَلَى يَدِ الْأَفْشَيْنَ، وَفَتَحَ عَمُّورِيَّةَ بِنَفْسِهِ، وَالزُّطَّ بِعُجَيْفٍ، وَبَحْرَ الْبَصْرَةِ، وَقَلْعَةَ الْأَحْرَافِ، وَأَعْرَابَ دِيَارِ رَبِيعَةَ، وَالشَّارِيَ، وَفَتْحَ مِصْرَ، وَقَتَلَ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَعْدَاءٍ: بَابَكَ، وَمَازَيَارَ، [وَبَاطَسَ، وَرَئِيسَ الزَّنَادِقَةِ، وَالْأَفْشِينَ، وَعُجَيْفًا، وَقَارِنَ، وَقَائِدَ الرَّافِضَةِ. وَيَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ ثَامِنَ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ: الْمُعْتَصِمُ بْنُ الرَّشِيدِ بْنِ الْمَهْدِيِّ بْنِ الْمَنْصُورِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلَبِ]. وَحَكَى [أَبُو بَكْرٍ] الصُّولِيُّ: أَنَّهُ لَمْ تَجْتَمِعِ الْمُلُوكُ بِبَابِ أَحَدٍ قَطُّ اجْتِمَاعَهَا بِبَابِ الْمُعْتَصِمِ، وَلَا ظَفَرَ مَلِكٌ كَظَفَرِهِ، أَسَرَ بَابِكُ مَلِكَ أَذْرِبِيجَانَ، وَالْمَازِيَارَ مَلِكَ طَبَرِسْتَانَ، وَبَاطِسَ مَلِكَ عَمُّورِيَّةَ وَالْأَفْشِينَ مَلِكَ أَشْرَوْسَنَةَ، وَعُجَيْفًا - وَهُوَ مَلِكٌ - وَصَارَ إِلَى بَابِهِ مَلِكُ فِرْغَانَةَ، وَمَلِكُ أَسِيشَابَ، وَمَلِكُ طَخَارِسْتَانَ، وَمَلِكُ أَصْبَهَانَ، وَمَلِكُ الصَّغْدِ، وَمَلِكُ كَابُلَ وَبَاطِيسَ وَرَئِيسُ الزَّنَادِقَةِ، وَالْأَفْشِينَ وَعُجَيْفًا، وَقَارَنَ، وَقَائِدَ الرَّافِضَةِ. . وَلَمَّا بُويِعَ لَهُ شَغَبَ الْجُنْدُ، وَنَادَوْا بِاسِمِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ الْمَأْمُونِ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ الْمُعْتَصِمُ فَأَحْضَرَهُ، فَبَايَعَهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْجُنْدِ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا الْحُبُّ الْبَارِدُ ؟ قَدْ بَايَعْتُ عَمِّي، فَسَكَتُوا، وَانْصَرَفَ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ، وَمَعَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْمَأْمُونِ، فَقَدِمَهَا مُسْتَهَلَّ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ.
Translation
✧ [The Death of al-Maʾmūn] In this year: al-Maʾmūn died, and allegiance was pledged to al-Muʿtaṣim. Chapter on the Caliphate of al-Muʿtaṣim His name is Muḥammad b. Hārūn al-Rashīd, and he was given the kunya Abū Isḥāq. His mother was an umm walad from among the women born in al-Kūfa, named Mārida; she did not live to see his caliphate, and she was the most favored of women with al-Rashīd. He was fair-skinned, with a reddish-blond beard that was long, of medium height, ruddy-complexioned, with handsome eyes. He was called “the Eighth.” Aḥmad b. al-Barāʾ said: al-Muʿtaṣim bi-llāh, Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad b. al-Rashīd, was born in al-Khuld in the year 180 AH, in the eighth month. He was the eighth of the caliphs, and the eighth of the descendants of al-ʿAbbās. He achieved eight conquests, and eight sons and eight daughters were born to him. He died at al-Khāqānī in Surra man raʾā, and his age was forty-eight years. His caliphate lasted eight years and eight months [and two days. Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī said]: and eight days. He left in gold eight thousand thousand dinars and the like in silver. He died with eight nights remaining of Rabīʿ al-Awwal, and his famous conquests were eight. Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿArafa said: al-Muʿtaṣim was the eighth of the caliphs of the Banū al-ʿAbbās, and the eighth of the commanders of the faithful from the Banū ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib. He ruled eight years and eight months, and achieved eight conquests: the land of Bābak at the hand of al-Afshīn, he conquered ʿAmmūriyya in person, the Zutt by ʿUjayf, the Sea of al-Baṣra, the fortress of al-Aḥrāf, the Arabs of Diyār Rabīʿa, al-Shārī, and the conquest of Egypt. He killed eight enemies: Bābak, Māzyār, [Bāṭas, the chief of the zanādiqa, al-Afshīn, ʿUjayf, Qārin, and the leader of the Rāfiḍa. He ought to be the eighth of the Banū ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib because he is: al-Muʿtaṣim b. al-Rashīd b. al-Mahdī b. al-Manṣūr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib]. Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī related that the kings never assembled at the gate of anyone as they assembled at the gate of al-Muʿtaṣim, nor did any king attain such victories as his: he captured Bābak, king of Adharbayjān; al-Māzyār, king of Ṭabaristān; Bāṭis, king of ʿAmmūriyya; al-Afshīn, king of Ashrūsana; and ʿUjayf—who was a king. To his gate came the king of Farghāna, the king of Asīshāb, the king of Ṭakhāristān, the king of Aṣbahān, the king of al-Ṣughd, the king of Kābul; and Bāṭīs, the chief of the zanādiqa, al-Afshīn, ʿUjayf, Qārin, and the leader of the Rāfiḍa. When allegiance was pledged to him, the troops rioted and called out the name of al-ʿAbbās b. al-Maʾmūn. Al-Muʿtaṣim sent for him and brought him, and he pledged allegiance to him. Then he went out to the troops and said: “What is this lukewarm affection? I have pledged allegiance to my uncle.” So they fell silent, and he departed to Baghdād, accompanied by al-ʿAbbās b. al-Maʾmūn, and arrived there at the beginning of the month of Ramaḍān.
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