Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3351
The Year 240 AH
ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ سَنَةُ أَرْبَعِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ ذِكْرُ وُثُوبِ أَهْلِ حِمْصَ بِعَامِلِهِمْ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ وَثَبَ أَهْلُ حِمْصَ بِعَامِلِهِمْ أَبِي الْمُغِيثِ مُوسَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الرَّافِعِيِّ، وَكَانَ قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مِنْ رُؤَسَائِهِمْ، فَقَتَلُوا جَمَاعَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، وَأَخْرَجُوهُ، وَأَخْرَجُوا عَامِلَ الْخَرَاجِ، فَبَعَثَ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ إِلَيْهِمْ عَتَّابَ بْنَ عَتَّابٍ، وَمُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدَوَيْهِ الْأَنْبَارِيَّ، وَقَالَ لِعَتَّابٍ: قُلْ لَهُمْ إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَدْ بَدَّلَكُمْ بِعَامِلِكُمْ، فَإِنْ أَطَاعُوا فَوَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدَوَيْهِ، فَإِنْ أَبَوْ فَأَقِمْ وَأَعْلِمْنِي، حَتَّى أَمُدَّكَ بِرِجَالٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ. فَسَارُوا إِلَيْهِمْ، فَوَصَلُوا فِي رَبِيعٍ الْآخِرِ، فَرَضُوا بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدَوَيْهِ، فَعَمِلَ فِيهِمُ الْأَعَاجِيبَ، حَتَّى أَحْوَجَهُمْ إِلَى مُحَارَبَتِهِ. ذِكْرُ الْحَرْبِ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْفِرِنْجِ بِالْأَنْدَلُسِ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، فِي الْمُحَرَّمِ، كَانَ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْفِرِنْجَ حَرْبٌ شَدِيدَةٌ بِالْأَنْدَلُسِ. وَسَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَهْلَ طُلَيْطِلَةَ كَانُوا عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْنَا مِنَ الْخِلَافِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، صَاحِبِ الْأَنْدَلُسِ، وَعَلَى أَبِيهِ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْآنَ سَارَ مُحَمَّدٌ فِي جُيُوشِهِ إِلَى طُلَيْطِلَةَ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَهْلُهَا بِذَلِكَ أَرْسَلُوا إِلَى مَلِكِ جِلِّيقِيَّةَ يَسْتَمِدُّونَهُ وَإِلَى مَلِكِ بَشْكَنْسَ فَأَمَدَّاهُمْ بِالْعَسَاكِرِ الْكَثِيرَةِ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ مُحَمَّدٌ بِذَلِكَ، وَكَانَ قَدْ قَارَبَ طُلَيْطِلَةَ، عَبَّأَ أَصْحَابَهُ، وَقَدْ كَمَنَ لَهُمُ الْكُمَنَاءُ بِنَاحِيَةِ وَادِي سَلِيطٍ، وَتَقَدَّمَ هُوَ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي قِلَّةٍ مِنَ الْعَسْكَرِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَهْلُ طُلَيْطِلَةَ ذَلِكَ أَعْلَمُوا الْفِرِنْجَ بِقِلَّةِ عَدَدِهِمْ، فَسَارَعُوا إِلَى قِتَالِهِمْ، وَطَمِعُوا فِيهِمْ، فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ، وَانْتَشَبَ الْقِتَالُ، خَرَجَتِ الْكُمَنَاءُ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَهْلِ طُلَيْطِلَةَ، فَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ مَا لَا يُحْصَى، وَجُمِعَ مِنَ الرُّؤُوسِ ثَمَانِيَةُ آلَافِ رَأْسٍ فُرِّقَتْ فِي الْبِلَادِ، فَذَكَرَ أَهْلُ طُلَيْطِلَةَ أَنَّ عِدَّةَ الْقَتْلَى مِنَ الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ قَتِيلٍ، وَبَقِيَتْ جُثَثُ الْقَتْلَى عَلَى وَادِي سَلِيطٍ دَهْرًا طَوِيلًا. ذِكْرُ عِدَّةِ حَوَادِثَ وَفِيهَا وَلِيَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ قَضَاءَ الْقُضَاةِ. وَحَجَّ بِالنَّاسِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ. وَكَانَ عَلَى أَحْدَاثِ الْمَوَاسِمِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ. وَفِيهَا: أَنَّهُ أَخَذَ أَهْلَ الذِّمَّةِ بِتَعْلِيمِ أَوْلَادِهِمُ السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ وَالْعِبْرَانِيَّةَ، وَمُنِعُوا مِنَ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ، وَنَادَى الْمُنَادِي بِذَلِكَ، فَأَسْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ. سَمِعَ أَهْلُ خِلَاطَ صَيْحَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ: سَمِعَ أَهْلُ خِلَاطَ صَيْحَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، فَمَاتَ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ، وَكَانَتْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَخُسِفَ بِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ قَرْيَةً مِنْ قُرَى إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ. وَخَرَجَتْ رِيحٌ مِنْ بِلَادِ التُّرْكِ، فَمَرَّتْ بِمَرْوٍ فَقَتَلَتْ بَشَرًا كَثِيرًا بِالزُّكَامِ، ثُمَّ صَارَتْ إِلَى نَيْسَابُورَ، وَإِلَى الرَّيِّ، ثُمَّ إِلَى هَمَذَانَ وَحُلْوَانَ، ثُمَّ صَارَتْ إِلَى الْعِرَاقِ فَأَصَابَ أَهْلَ سَامُرَّاءَ وَمَدِينَةَ السَّلَامِ حُمَّى وَسُعَالٌ وَزُكَامٌ وَأَشَارَ الْمُتَطَبِّبُونَ بِالْحِجَامَةِ. وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْهَاشِمِيُّ: كَتَبَ تُجَّارُ الْمَغْرِبِ أَنَّ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ قَرْيَةً مِنْ قُرَى الْقَيْرَوَانِ خُسِفَ بِهَا، فَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا إِلَّا اثْنَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا سُودَ الْوُجُوهِ، فَأَتَوُا الْقَيْرَوَانَ فَأَخْرَجَهُمْ أَهْلُهَا، وَقَالُوا: أَنْتُمْ مَسْخُوطٌ عَلَيْكُمْ. فَبَنَى لَهُمُ الْعَامِلُ حَظِيرَةً خَارِجَ [بَابِ ] الْمَدِينَةِ فَنَزَلُوهَا. وُقُوعُ الْجَرَادِ عَلَى بَرِيدٍ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ وَفِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ: وَقَعَ الْجَرَادُ عَلَى بَرِيدٍ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ، فَخَرَجَ النَّاسُ فِي طَلَبِهِ فَأَصَابَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ظُلْمَةٌ وَمَطَرٌ وَرِيحٌ، فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ أَلْفٌ وَثَلَاثُمِائَةِ إِنْسَانٍ، مَا بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ وَصَبِيٍّ. وَفِي هَذَا الشَّهْرِ: وَقَعَ بِبَغْدَادَ بَرَدٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الْجَوْزِ، مِثْلَ بَيْضِ الْحَمَامِ، مَعَ مَطَرٍ شَدِيدٍ، وَسَقَطَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِسَامُرَّاءَ بَرَدٌ مِثْلُ بَيْضِ الدَّجَاجِ.
Translation
✧ Then the year 240 AH commenced. Account of the rising of the people of Homs against their governor In this year, the people of Homs rose against their governor Abū al-Mughīth Mūsā b. Ibrāhīm al-Rāfiʿī. He had killed a man from among their leaders, so they killed a group of his companions and expelled him, and they expelled the tax collector. Al-Mutawakkil sent to them ʿAttāb b. ʿAttāb and Muḥammad b. ʿAbdaweyh al-Anbārī, and he said to ʿAttāb: "Tell them that the Commander of the Faithful has replaced your governor. If they obey, appoint Muḥammad b. ʿAbdaweyh over them; if they refuse, then stay and inform me, so that I may reinforce you with infantry and cavalry." So they marched to them and arrived in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir. They accepted Muḥammad b. ʿAbdaweyh, and he dealt with them in astonishing ways, until he drove them to fight him. Account of the war between the Muslims and the Franks in al-Andalus In this year, in Muḥarram, there was a fierce war between the Muslims and the Franks in al-Andalus. The reason for that was that the people of Toledo were, as we have mentioned, in opposition to Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, the ruler of al-Andalus, and to his father before him. Now Muḥammad marched with his armies to Toledo. When its people heard of that, they sent to the king of Galicia seeking his aid, and to the king of the Basques, and they reinforced them with numerous troops. When Muḥammad heard of that, and he was already close to Toledo, he arrayed his companions. He had placed ambushes for them by the side of the Wādī Salīṭ, and he himself advanced toward them with a small detachment of the army. When the people of Toledo saw that, they informed the Franks of the smallness of their numbers, and they hastened to fight them, thinking they had an easy victory. When the two forces came into view of each other and battle was joined, the ambushers emerged from every direction against the polytheists and the people of Toledo. A countless number of them were killed, and the heads collected were eight thousand, which were distributed among the lands. The people of Toledo mentioned that the number of dead from both groups was twenty thousand, and the corpses of the slain remained on the Wādī Salīṭ for a long time. Account of several events In it, Jaʿfar b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Sulaymān b. ʿAlī was appointed chief judge. The people performed the pilgrimage this year under ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad b. Dāwūd. The commander of the festival security was Jaʿfar b. Dīnār. In it: He compelled the dhimmis to teach their children Syriac and Hebrew, and they were forbidden from Arabic. A crier proclaimed that, and many of them converted to Islam. The people of Khilāṭ heard a cry from the sky In this year, the people of Khilāṭ heard a cry from the sky, and many people died. It lasted three days, and thirteen villages in Ifrīqiya were swallowed up by the earth. A wind came forth from the lands of the Turks, passed through Marw, and killed many people with catarrh. Then it went to Naysābūr, then to al-Rayy, then to Hamadhān and Ḥulwān, then to Iraq. The people of Sāmarrāʾ and Madīnat al-Salām were afflicted with fever, cough, and catarrh, and the physicians recommended cupping. Muḥammad b. Ḥabīb al-Hāshimī said: The merchants of the Maghrib wrote that thirteen villages of al-Qayrawān were swallowed up by the earth, and none of their inhabitants escaped except forty-two men with blackened faces. They came to al-Qayrawān, but its people expelled them, saying: "You are under divine wrath." The governor built for them an enclosure outside the city gate, and they settled there. The falling of locusts on a postal station from al-Baṣra In Dhū al-Qaʿda, locusts fell on a postal station from al-Baṣra. The people went out in pursuit of them, and during the night they were struck by darkness, rain, and wind, so one thousand three hundred persons died, among men, women, and children. In this month, hail larger than walnuts, like pigeon eggs, fell in Baghdad along with heavy rain, and on that day hail like chicken eggs fell in Sāmarrāʾ.
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