Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3480
The Year 262 AH
أَخْبَارِ الزَّنْجِ وَفِي سَنَةُ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسِتِّينَ ومائتين نَفَّذَ قَائِدُ الزَّنْجِ جُيُوشَهُ إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ الْبَطِيحَةِ وَدِسْتَ مَيْسَانَ. وَكَانَ سَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ تِلْكَ النَّوَاحِيَ، لَمَّا خَلَتْ مِنَ الْعَسَاكِرِ السُّلْطَانِيَّةِ بِسَبَبِ عَوْدِ مَسْرُورٍ لِحَرْبِ يَعْقُوبَ، بَثَّ صَاحِبُ الزَّنْجِ سَرَايَاهُ فِيهَا، تَنْهَبُ، وَتُخَرِّبُ. وَأَتَتْهُ الْأَخْبَارُ بِخُلُوِّ الْبَطِيحَةِ مِنْ جُنْدِ السُّلْطَانِ، فَأَمَرَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ جَامِعٍ، وَجَمَاعَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ بِالْمَسِيرِ إِلَى الْحَوَانِيتِ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ مُوسَى بِالْمَسِيرِ إِلَى الْقَادِسِيَّةِ. وَقَدِمَ ابْنُ التُّرْكِيِّ فِي ثَلَاثِينَ شَذَاةٍ يُرِيدُ عَسْكَرَ الزَّنْجِ، فَنَهَبَ، وَأَحْرَقَ، فَكَتَبَ الْخَبِيثُ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى يَأْمُرُهُ بِمَنْعِهِ مِنَ الْعُبُورِ، فَأَخَذَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَيْهِ الطَّرِيقَ، فَقَاتَلَهُمْ شَهْرًا حَتَّى تَخَلَّصَ، وَانْحَازَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ جَامِعٍ مِنْ مَذْكُورِي الْبِلَالِيَّةِ، وَأَنْجَادِهِمْ، جَمْعٌ كَثِيرٌ فِي خَمْسِينَ وَمِائَةِ سُمَيْرِيَّةٍ، وَكَانَ مَسْرُورٌ قَدْ وَجَّهَ قَبْلَ مَسِيرِهِ عَنْ وَاسِطَ إِلَى الْمُعْتَمِدِ جَمَاعَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ فِي شَذَوَاتٍ، فَظَفِرَ بِهِمْ سُلَيْمَانُ وَهَزَمَهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعَ شَذَوَاتٍ وَقَتَلَ مَنْ أُسِرَ مِنْهُمْ. وَأَشَارَ الْبَاهِلِيُّونَ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ أَنْ يَتَحَصَّنَ فِي عَقْرَ، مَا وَرَاءَ طَهْثَا، وَالْأَدْغَالِ الَّتِي فِيهَا، كَرِهُوا خُرُوجَهُ عَنْهُمْ لِمُوَافَقَتِهِ فِي فِعْلِهِ، وَخَافُوا السُّلْطَانَ، فَسَارَ إِلَيْهِ، فَنَزَلَ بِقَرْيَةِ مَرْوَانَ، بِالْجَانِبِ الشَّرْقِيِّ مِنْ نَهْرِ طَهْثَا، وَجَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ رُؤَسَاءَ الْبَاهِلِيِّينَ، وَكَتَبَ إِلَى الْخَبِيثِ يُعْلِمُهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يُصَوِّبُ رَأْيَهُ، وَيَأْمُرُ بِإِنْفَاذِ مَا عِنْدَهُ مِنْ مِيرَةٍ وَنَعَمٍ، فَأَنْفَذَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ. وَوَرَدَ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ أَنَّ أَغْرَتْمِشَ، وَحَشِيشًا قَدْ أَقْبَلَا فِي الْخَيْلِ وَالرِّجَالِ، وَالسُّمَيْرِيَّاتِ، وَالشَّذَا يُرِيدُونَ حَرْبَهُ، فَجَزِعَ جَزَعًا شَدِيدًا ; فَلَمَّا أَشْرَفُوا عَلَيْهِ وَرَآهُمْ أَخَذَ جَمْعًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَسَارَ رَاجِلًا، وَاسْتَدْبَرَ أَغْرَتْمِشَ، وَجَدَّ أَغْرَتْمِشَ فِي الْمَسِيرِ إِلَى عَسْكَرِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَكَانَ سُلَيْمَانُ قَدْ أَمَرَ الَّذِي اسْتَخْلَفَهُ مِنْ جَيْشِهِ أَنْ لَا يَظْهَرَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ لِأَصْحَابِ أَغْرَتْمِشَ، وَأَنْ يُخْفُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ مَا قَدَرُوا إِلَى أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا أَصْوَاتَ طُبُولِهِمْ، فَإِذَا سَمِعُوهَا خَرَجُوا عَلَيْهِ. وَأَقْبَلَ أَغْرَتْمِشُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَجَزِعَ أَصْحَابُ سُلَيْمَانَ جَزَعًا عَظِيمًا، فَتَفَرَّقُوا، وَنَهَضَتْ شِرْذِمَةٌ مِنْهُمْ، فَوَاقَعُوهُمْ، وَشَغَلُوهُمْ عَنْ دُخُولِ الْعَسْكَرِ، وَعَادَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ، وَضَرَبَ طُبُولَهُ، وَأَلْقَوْا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي الْمَاءِ لِلْعُبُورِ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَانْهَزَمَ أَغْرَتْمِشَ وَظَهَرَ مَنْ كَانَ مِنَ السُّودَانِ بِطَهْثَا، وَوَضَعُوا السُّيُوفَ فِيهِمْ، وَقُتِلَ حَشِيشٌ، وَانْهَزَمَ أَغْرَتْمِشَ، وَتَبِعَهُ الزُّنُوجُ إِلَى عَسْكَرِهِ، فَنَالُوا حَاجَاتِهِمْ مِنْهُ، وَأَخَذُوا مِنْهُمْ شَذَوَاتٍ فِيهَا مَالٌ، وَغَيْرُهُ، فَعَادَ أَغْرَتْمِشَ فَانْتَزَعَهَا مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ، فَعَادَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَقَدْ ظَفِرَ وَغَنِمَ، وَكَتَبَ إِلَى صَاحِبِ ( الزَّنْجِ بِالْخَبَرِ، وَسَيَّرَ إِلَيْهِ رَأْسَ حَشِيشٍ، فَسَيَّرَهُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبَانٍ، وَهُوَ بِنَوَاحِي ) الْأَهْوَازِ، وَسَيَّرَ سُلَيْمَانُ سَرِيَّةً، فَظَفِرُوا بِإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ شَذَاةً، وَقَتَلُوا أَصْحَابَهَا.
Translation
✧ Reports on the Zanj In the year two hundred and sixty-two, the leader of the Zanj dispatched his armies to the region of al-Baṭīḥah and Dasht Maysān. The reason for that was that when those regions became empty of the sultan's troops because of Masrūr's return to fight Yaʿqūb, the master of the Zanj sent out his raiding parties into them, plundering and destroying. News reached him that al-Baṭīḥah was devoid of the sultan's soldiers, so he ordered Sulaymān b. Jāmiʿ and a group of his companions to march to al-Ḥawānīt, and Sulaymān b. Mūsā to march to al-Qādisiyyah. Ibn al-Turkī arrived in thirty shadhas (boats), intending the Zanj camp, and he plundered and burned. So the villain wrote to Sulaymān b. Mūsā ordering him to prevent him from crossing. Sulaymān took the road against him and fought them for a month until he broke through. Sulaymān b. Jāmiʿ withdrew from the aforementioned al-Bilāliyyah and their champions, a large group, in one hundred and fifty sumayriyyahs (boats). Masrūr had, before his departure from Wāsiṭ, sent to al-Muʿtamid a group of his companions to Sulaymān in shadhas, but Sulaymān captured them and routed them, taking seven shadhas from them and killing those of them who were taken prisoner. The Bāhilīs advised Sulaymān to fortify himself in ʿAqr, beyond Ṭahthā, and the thickets therein. They disliked his leaving them because he agreed with their conduct, and they feared the sultan. So he marched there and encamped at the village of Marwān, on the eastern side of the river of Ṭahthā, and gathered to himself the chiefs of the Bāhilīs. He wrote to the villain informing him of what he had done. The villain wrote back approving his opinion and ordering him to send what he had of provisions and livestock, so he sent that to him. It was reported to Sulaymān that Aghratmish and Ḥashīsh had advanced with cavalry, infantry, sumayriyyahs, and shadhas, intending to fight him. He was greatly alarmed. When they came in sight of him and he saw them, he took a group of his companions and marched on foot, going around behind Aghratmish. Aghratmish pressed on toward Sulaymān's camp. Sulaymān had ordered the one he left in charge of his army that none of them should show himself to Aghratmish's men, and that they should conceal themselves as much as they could until they heard the sound of their drums; when they heard them, they were to come out against him. Aghratmish advanced toward them, and Sulaymān's men were greatly alarmed, so they scattered. A band of them rose up and engaged them, occupying them from entering the camp. Sulaymān returned from behind them, beat his drums, and they threw themselves into the water to cross over to them. Aghratmish was routed, and those of the blacks who were at Ṭahthā appeared, putting the swords to them. Ḥashīsh was killed, Aghratmish fled, and the Zanj pursued him to his camp, obtaining what they wanted from it. They took from them shadhas containing money and other things. Aghratmish returned and snatched them from their hands. Then Sulaymān returned, victorious and laden with booty. He wrote to the master of the Zanj with the news and sent him the head of Ḥashīsh, who sent it on to ʿAlī b. Abān, who was in the regions of al-Ahwāz. Sulaymān also sent out a raiding party, and they captured eleven shadhas and killed their crews.
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