Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3464
The Year 260 AH from the Prophetic Emigration
دُخُولِ يَعْقُوبَ طَبَرِسْتَانَ وَفِي سَنَةُ سِتِّينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ وَاقَعَ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ الْعَلَوِيَّ، فَهَزَمَهُ، وَدَخَلَ طَبَرِسْتَانَ. وَكَانَ سَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ السِّجْزِيَّ [ كَانَ ] يُنَازِعُ يَعْقُوبَ الرِّئَاسَةَ بِسِجِسْتَانَ، فَقَهَرَهُ يَعْقُوبُ، فَهَرَبَ مِنْهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِلَى نَيْسَابُورَ، فَلَمَّا سَارَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى نَيْسَابُورَ، كَمَا ذَكَرْنَا، هَرَبَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ بِطَبَرِسْتَانَ، فَسَارَ يَعْقُوبُ فِي أَثَرِهِ، فَلَقِيَهُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ بِقَرْيَةِ سَارِيَةَ. وَكَانَ يَعْقُوبُ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ وَيَرْجِعَ عَنْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ إِنَّمَا جَاءَ لِذَلِكَ، لَا لِحَرْبِهِ، فَلَمْ يُسْلِمْهُ الْحَسَنُ، فَحَارَبَهُ يَعْقُوبُ، فَانْهَزَمَ الْحَسَنُ، وَمَضَى نَحْوَ السِّرِّ وَأَرْضِ الدَّيْلَمِ، وَدَخَلَ يَعْقُوبُ سَارِيَةَ، وَآمُلَ، وَجَبَى أَهْلَهَا خَرَاجَ سَنَةٍ، ثُمَّ سَارَ فِي طَلَبِ الْحَسَنِ، فَسَارَ إِلَى بَعْضِ جِبَالِ طَبَرِسْتَانَ، وَتَتَابَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْأَمْطَارُ نَحْوًا مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا، فَلَمْ يَتَخَلَّصْ إِلَّا بِمَشَقَّةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، وَهَلَكَ عَامَّةُ مَا مَعَهُ مِنَ الظَّهْرِ. ثُمَّ أَرَادَ الدُّخُولَ خَلْفَ الْحَسَنِ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ [ أَنْ ] يَسْلُكَهُ، وَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ بِالْوُقُوفِ، ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ وَحْدَهُ، وَتَأَمَّلَ الطَّرِيقَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالِانْصِرَافِ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ طَرِيقٌ غَيْرُ هَذَا، وَإِلَّا لَا طَرِيقَ إِلَيْهِ. وَكَانَ نِسَاءُ أَهْلِ تِلْكَ النَّاحِيَةِ قُلْنَ لِلرِّجَالِ: دَعُوهُ يَدْخُلْ، فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ دَخَلَ كَفَيْنَاكُمْ أَمْرَهُ، وَعَلَيْنَا أَسْرُهُ لَكُمْ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ مِنْ طَبَرِسْتَانَ عَرَضَ رِجَالَهُ، فَفَقَدَ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفًا، وَذَهَبَ أَكْثَرُ مَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ، وَالْإِبِلِ، وَالْبِغَالِ، وَالْأَثْقَالِ، وَكَتَبَ إِلَى الْخَلِيفَةِ بِمَا فَعَلَهُ مَعَ الْحَسَنِ مِنَ الْهَزِيمَةِ، وَسَارَ إِلَى الرَّيِّ فِي طَلَبِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ قَدْ سَارَ إِلَيْهَا بَعْدَ هَزِيمَةِ الْحَسَنِ، فَلَمَّا قَارَبَهَا يَعْقُوبُ كَتَبَ إِلَى الصَّلَانِيِّ، وَإِلَيْهَا يُخَيِّرُهُ بَيْنَ تَسْلِيمِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِ وَيَنْصَرِفُ عَنْهُ، وَبَيْنَ الْمُحَارِبَةِ، فَسَلَّمَ إِلَيْهِ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ فَرَحَلَ عَنْهُ، وَقَتَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ.
Translation
✧ Yaʿqūb's entry into Ṭabaristān In the year two hundred and sixty, Yaʿqūb b. al-Layth fought al-Ḥasan b. Zayd al-ʿAlawī, defeated him, and entered Ṭabaristān. The reason for that was that ʿAbd Allāh al-Sijzī [was] contending with Yaʿqūb for leadership in Sijistān, and Yaʿqūb overpowered him, so ʿAbd Allāh fled from him to Naysābūr. When Yaʿqūb marched to Naysābūr, as we have mentioned, ʿAbd Allāh fled to al-Ḥasan b. Zayd in Ṭabaristān. Yaʿqūb then marched in pursuit of him, and al-Ḥasan b. Zayd met him at the village of Sāriyah. Yaʿqūb had sent to al-Ḥasan asking him to send ʿAbd Allāh to him and to turn back from him, for he had only come for that, not to fight him. But al-Ḥasan did not hand him over, so Yaʿqūb fought him. Al-Ḥasan was defeated and went toward al-Sirr and the land of al-Daylam, while Yaʿqūb entered Sāriyah and Āmul and collected from their people the kharāj of one year. He then marched in pursuit of al-Ḥasan and went to some of the mountains of Ṭabaristān. Rains fell upon him continuously for about forty days, and he extricated himself only with severe hardship, and most of the mounts he had with him perished. Then he wanted to enter behind al-Ḥasan, so he stopped on the road he intended [to] take and ordered his companions to halt. He then advanced alone, examined the road, returned to them, and ordered them to turn back, saying to them: "There is no other road than this, and otherwise there is no way to him." The women of the people of that region had said to the men: "Let him enter; if he enters, we will suffice you against him, and it is upon us to take him captive for you." When he left Ṭabaristān, he reviewed his men and found missing among them forty thousand, and most of what he had with him of horses, camels, mules, and baggage was gone. He wrote to the caliph about what he had done to al-Ḥasan, namely the defeat, and marched to al-Rayy in pursuit of ʿAbd Allāh, because he had gone there after the defeat of al-Ḥasan. When Yaʿqūb approached it, he wrote to al-Ṣallānī, who was in charge of it, giving him the choice between handing over ʿAbd Allāh to him and his turning away from him, or fighting. So he handed over ʿAbd Allāh to him, and he departed from him, and he killed ʿAbd Allāh.
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