Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3364
The Year 246 AH
ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ سَنَةُ سِتٍّ وَأَرْبَعِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ وَفِيهَا غَزَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَقْطَعُ الصَّائِفَةَ ، فَأَخْرَجَ سَبْعَةَ ( عَشَرَ ) أَلْفَ رَأْسٍ. وَغَزَا قَرْيَبَاسَ، وَأَخْرَجَ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ رَأْسٍ. وَغَزَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ قَارَنَ بَحْرًا فِي عِشْرِينَ مَرْكِبًا، فَافْتَتَحَ حِصْنَ أَنْطَاكِيَةَ. وَعَزَا بِلْكَاجُورَ، فَغَنِمَ، وَسَبَى. وَغَزَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيُّ، فَأَخْرَجَ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ رَأْسٍ، وَمِنَ الدَّوَابِّ، وَالرَّمَكِ، وَالْحَمِيرِ، نَحْوًا مِنْ عَشَرَةِ آلَافِ رَأْسٍ. ( وَفِيهَا تَحَوَّلَ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ إِلَى الْجَعْفَرِيَّةِ ). وَفِيهَا كَانَ الْفِدَاءُ عَلَى يَدِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْأَرْمَنِيِّ، فَفُودِيَ بِأَلْفَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ وَسَبْعَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ نَفْسًا. وَفِيهَا مُطِرَ أَهْلُ بَغْدَادَ نَيِّفًا وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا، حَتَّى نَبَتَ الْعُشْبُ فَوْقَ الْأَجَاجِيرِ، وَصَلَّى الْمُتَوَكِّلُ صَلَاةَ الْفِطْرِ بِالْجَعْفَرِيَّةِ. وَوَرَدَ الْخَبَرُ أَنَّ سِكَّةً بِنَاحِيَةِ بَلْخٍ تُعْرَفُ بِسِكَّةِ الدَّهَّاقِينِ مُطِرَتْ دَمًا عَبِيطًا. من حج بالناس هذه السنة وَحَجَّ بِالنَّاسِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الزَّيْنَبِيُّ. وَضَحَّى أَهْلُ سَامَرَّا يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ عَلَى الرُّؤْيَةِ، وَأَهْلُ مَكَّةَ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ. مسير محمد بن عبد الرحمن إلى بلد بنبلونة ( وَفِيهَا سَارَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، صَاحِبُ الْأَنْدَلُسِ، فِي جُيُوشٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وَأُهْبَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، إِلَى بَلَدِ بَنبَلُونَةَ، فَوَطِئَ بِلَادَهَا، وَدَوَّخَهَا، وَخَرَّبَهَا، وَنَهَبَهَا وَقَتَلَ فِيهَا، فَأَكْثَرَ، وَافْتَتَحَ حِصْنَ فَيْرُوسَ، وَحِصْنَ فَالْحُسْنَ ( ؟ )، وَحِصْنَ الْقَشْتَلِ، وَأَصَابَ فِيهِ فُرْتُونُ بْنُ غَرْسِيَه، فَحَبَسَهُ بِقُرْطُبَةَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، وَكَانَ عُمْرُهُ لَمَّا مَاتَ سِتًّا وَتِسْعِينَ سَنَةً. وَكَانَ مُقَامُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِأَرْضِ بَنْبَلُونَةَ اثْنَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِينَ يَوْمًا ). وَفِي سَنَةِ سِتٍّ وَأَرْبَعِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ نَكَثَ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ قِلَاعِ صِقِلِّيَّةَ وَهِيَ: سَطْرُ، وَابِلًا، وابلاطنوا، وَقَلْعَةُ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ، وَقَلْعَةُ الْبَلُّوطِ، وَقَلْعَةُ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ، وَغَيْرُهَا مِنِ الْقِلَاعِ، فَخَرَجَ الْعَبَّاسُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَلَقِيَهُمْ عَسَاكِرُ الرُّومِ، فَاقْتَتَلُوا، فَانْهَزَمَ الرُّومُ، وَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ كَثِيرٌ. وَسَارَ إِلَى قَلْعَةِ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَقَلْعَةِ ابلاطنوا، فَحَصَرَهَا، فَأَتَاهُ الْخَبَرُ ( بِأَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْ عَسَاكِرِ الرُّومِ قَدْ وَصَلَتْ )، فَرَحَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَالْتَقَوْا بجفلودي، وَجَرَى بَيْنَهُمْ قِتَالٌ شَدِيدٌ، فَانْهَزَمَتِ الرُّومُ، وَعَادُوا إِلَى سَرْقُوسَةَ، وَعَادَ الْعَبَّاسُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَعَمَّرَ قَصْرُيَانَه، وَحَصَّنَهَا، وَشَحَنَهَا بِالْعَسَاكِرِ. وَفِي سَنَةِ سَبْعٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ سَارَ الْعَبَّاسُ إِلَى سَرْقُوسَةَ، فَغَنِمَ وَسَارَ إِلَى غَيْرَانَ قَرْقَنَةَ، فَاعْتَلَّ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ، وَمَاتَ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، ثَالِثَ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ، فَدُفِنَ هُنَاكَ، فَنَبَشَهُ الرُّومُ، وَأَحْرَقُوهُ، وَكَانَتْ وِلَايَتُهُ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَأَدَامَ الْجِهَادَ شِتَاءً وَصَيْفًا، وَغَزَا أَرْضَ قِلْورَيَةَ، وانكبرده وَأَسْكَنَهَا الْمُسْلِمِينَ.
Translation
✧ Then the year 246 AH began. In it, ʿAmr b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Aqṭaʿ raided the summer expedition, and brought out seventeen thousand captives. He raided Qaryabās, and brought out five thousand captives. Al-Faḍl b. Qārin raided by sea with twenty vessels, and conquered the fortress of Antioch. He raided Bilkājūr, and took booty and captives. ʿAlī b. Yaḥyā al-Armanī raided, and brought out five thousand captives, and of beasts, mares, and donkeys, about ten thousand heads. In it, al-Mutawakkil moved to al-Jaʿfariyyah. In it, the ransom took place at the hand of ʿAlī b. Yaḥyā al-Armanī, and two thousand three hundred and sixty-seven souls were ransomed. In it, the people of Baghdad were rained upon for more than twenty days, until grass grew on top of the ovens, and al-Mutawakkil prayed the prayer of the Breaking of the Fast in al-Jaʿfariyyah. News arrived that a street in the district of Balkh known as the Street of the Village Headmen was rained upon with fresh blood. Who led the people in pilgrimage this year Muḥammad b. Sulaymān al-Zaynabī led the people in pilgrimage this year. The people of Sāmarrāʾ sacrificed on Monday according to the sighting, and the people of Makkah on Tuesday. The march of Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān to the land of Banbalūnah In it, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, lord of al-Andalus, marched with great armies and much equipment to the land of Banbalūnah, and he trod its lands, subdued them, laid them waste, plundered them, and killed therein, abundantly, and conquered the fortress of Fayrūs, the fortress of Fālḥusn (?), and the fortress of al-Qashtal. In it, Furtūn b. Gharsiyah was captured, and he imprisoned him in Córdoba for twenty years. His age when he died was ninety-six years. The stay of Muḥammad in the land of Banbalūnah was thirty-two days. In the year 246 AH, many of the fortresses of Sicily broke their truce, namely: Saṭr, Abilā, Ablāṭanū, the fortress of ʿAbd al-Muʾmin, the fortress of al-Ballūṭ, the fortress of Abū Thawr, and other fortresses. Al-ʿAbbās went out to them, and the armies of the Byzantines met him, and they fought, and the Byzantines were defeated, and many of them were killed. He marched to the fortress of ʿAbd al-Muʾmin and the fortress of Ablāṭanū, and besieged them. News came to him that many of the armies of the Byzantines had arrived, so he departed to them, and they met at Jaflūdī. A fierce battle took place between them, and the Byzantines were defeated, and they returned to Syracuse. Al-ʿAbbās returned to the city, and he rebuilt Qaṣryānah, fortified it, and filled it with troops. In the year 247 AH, al-ʿAbbās marched to Syracuse, and took booty. He marched to the caves of Qarqanah, and fell ill that day, and died after three days, on the third of Jumādā al-Ākhirah, and was buried there. The Byzantines exhumed him and burned him. His governorship lasted eleven years, and he continued the struggle winter and summer, and raided the land of Qilūriyah and Ankabardah, and settled Muslims there.
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