Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3473
The Year 261 AH
تَجْهِيزَ أَبِي أَحْمَدَ لِلْمَسِيرِ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ وَفِي سنة إحدى وستين ومائتين، فِي شَوَّالٍ جَلَسَ الْمُعْتَمِدُ فِي دَارِ الْعَامَّةِ، فَوَلَّى ابْنَهُ جَعْفَرًا الْعَهْدَ، وَلَقَّبَهُ الْمُفَوِّضَ إِلَى اللَّهِ، وَضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ مُوسَى بْنَ بُغَا، فَوَلَّاهُ إِفْرِيقِيَّةَ، وَمِصْرَ، وَالشَّامَ، وَالْجَزِيرَةَ، وَالْمَوْصِلَ، ( وَأَرْمِينِيَّةَ )، وَطَرِيقَ خُرَاسَانَ وَمِهْرَجَانِقَذَقَ، وَوَلَّى أَخَاهُ أَبَا أَحْمَدَ الْعَهْدَ بَعْدَ جَعْفَرٍ، وَلَقَّبَهُ النَّاصِرَ لِدِينِ اللَّهِ الْمُوَفَّقَ، وَوَلَّاهُ الْمَشْرِقَ، وَبَغْدَاذَ، وَالسَّوَادَ وَالْكُوفَةَ، وَطَرِيقَ مَكَّةَ، وَالْمَدِينَةَ، وَالْيَمَنَ، وَكُسْكَرَ، وَكُوَرَ دِجْلَةَ، الْأَهْوَازَ، وَفَارِسَ، وَأَصْبَهَانَ، وَقُمَّ، وَكَرَجَ، وَدِينَوَرَ، وَالرَّيَّ، وَزَنْجَانَ وَالسِّنْدَ، وَعَقَدَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا لِوَاءَيْنِ: أَسْوَدَ وَأَبْيَضَ، وَشَرَطَ إِنْ حَدَثَ بِهِ الْمَوْتُ، وَجَعْفَرٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ، أَنْ يَكُونَ الْأَمْرُ لِلْمُوَفَّقِ، ثُمَّ لِجَعْفَرٍ بَعْدَهُ، وَأُخِذَتِ الْبَيْعَةُ بِذَلِكَ. وَفُرِّقَتْ نُسَخُ الْكِتَابِ بِذَلِكَ، وَبُعِثَتْ نُسْخَةٌ مَعَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ لِيُعَلِّقَهَا فِي الْكَعْبَةِ. فَعَقَدَ جَعْفَرٌ لِمُوسَى عَلَى الْمَغْرِبِ، وَأُمِرَ الْمُوَفَّقَ أَنْ يَسِيرَ إِلَى حَرْبِ الزَّنْجِ فَوَلَّى الْمُوَفَّقُ الْأَهْوَازَ وَالْبَصْرَةَ، وَكُوَرَ دِجْلَةَ مَسْرُورًا الْبَلْخِيَّ، وَسَيَّرَهُ فِي مُقَدِّمَتِهِ فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ. وَعَزَمَ عَلَى الْمَسِيرِ بَعْدَهُ، فَحَدَثَ مِنْ أَمْرِ يَعْقُوبَ الصَّفَّارِ مَا مَنَعَهُ عَنِ الْمَسِيرِ.
Translation
✧ The preparation of Abū Aḥmad for marching to al-Baṣrah In the year 261 AH, in Shawwāl, al-Muʿtamid sat in the public court and appointed his son Jaʿfar as heir, giving him the title al-Mufawwiḍ ilā Allāh. He attached Mūsā b. Bughā to him and appointed him over Ifrīqīyah, Egypt, Syria, al-Jazīrah, al-Mawṣil, Armenia, the Khurāsān road, and Mihrajānqadhaq. He appointed his brother Abū Aḥmad as heir after Jaʿfar, giving him the title al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh al-Muwaffaq, and appointed him over the East, Baghdādh, the Sawād, al-Kūfah, the Makkah road, al-Madīnah, Yemen, Kaskar, the districts of the Tigris, al-Ahwāz, Fāris, Iṣbahān, Qumm, Karaj, Dīnawar, al-Rayy, Zanjān, and al-Sind. He gave each of them two banners: a black one and a white one, and stipulated that if death befell him while Jaʿfar was still a minor, authority would go to al-Muwaffaq, then to Jaʿfar after him. The oath of allegiance was taken to that effect. Copies of the document were distributed, and a copy was sent with al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Abī al-Shawārib to be hung in the Kaʿbah. Jaʿfar then appointed Mūsā over the Maghrib, and al-Muwaffaq was ordered to march to fight the Zanj. Al-Muwaffaq appointed Masrūr al-Balkhī over al-Ahwāz, al-Baṣrah, and the districts of the Tigris, and sent him in his vanguard in Dhū al-Ḥijjah. He resolved to march after him, but then there occurred the matter of Yaʿqūb al-Ṣaffār, which prevented him from marching.
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