Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3495
The Year 264 AH
الْفِتْنَةِ بِبِلَادِ الصِّينَ وَفِي سنة أربع وستين ومائتين ظَهَرَ بِبِلَادِ الصِّينِ إِنْسَانٌ لَا يُعْرَفُ، فَجَمَعَ جَمْعًا كَثِيرًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْفَسَادِ وَالْعَامَّةِ، فَأَهْمَلَ الْمَلِكُ أَمْرَهُ اسْتِصْغَارًا لِشَأْنِهِ، فَقَوِيَ، وَظَهَرَ حَالُهُ، وَكَثُفَ جَمْعُهُ، وَقَصَدَهُ أَهْلُ الشَّرِّ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ، فَأَغَارَ عَلَى الْبِلَادِ وَأَخْرَبَهَا، وَنَزَلَ عَلَى مَدِينَةِ خَانْقُوَا، وَحَصَرَهَا وَهِيَ حَصِينَةٌ، وَلَهَا نَهْرٌ عَظِيمٌ، وَبِهَا عَالَمٌ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَالنَّصَارَى، وَالْيَهُودِ، وَالْمَجُوسِ، وَغَيْرِهِمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصِّينِ، فَلَمَّا حَصَرَ الْبَلَدَ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَسَاكِرُ الْمَلِكِ، وَقَصَدَتْهُ، فَهَزَمَهَا، وَافْتَتَحَ الْمَدِينَةَ عَنْوَةً، وَبَذَلَ السَّيْفَ، فَقَتَلَ مِنْهُمْ مَا لَا يُحْصَى كَثْرَةً. ثُمَّ سَارَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا الْمَلِكُ، وَأَرَادُوا حَصْرَهَا، فَالْتَقَاهُ مَلِكُ الصِّينِ، وَدَامَتِ الْحَرْبُ بَيْنَهُمْ نَحْوُ سَنَةٍ، ثُمَّ انْهَزَمَ الْمَلِكُ، وَتَبِعَهُ الْخَارِجِيُّ إِلَى أَنْ تَحَصَّنَ مِنْهُ فِي مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ أَطْرَافِ بِلَادِهِ، وَاسْتَوْلَى الْخَارِجِيُّ عَلَى أَكْثَرِ الْبِلَادِ، وَالْخَزَائِنِ، وَعَلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَا بَقَاءَ لَهُ فِي الْمُلْكِ إِذْ لَيْسَ هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، فَأَخْرَبَ الْبِلَادَ وَنَهَبَ الْأَمْوَالَ، وَسَفَكَ الدِّمَاءَ. فَكَاتَبَ مَلِكُ الصِّينِ مُلُوكَ الْهِنْدِ يَسْتَمِدُّهُمْ، فَأَمَدُّوهُ بِالْعَسَاكِرِ، فَسَارَ إِلَى الْخَارِجِيِّ، فَالْتَقَوْا، وَاقْتَتَلُوا نَحْوَ سَنَةٍ أَيْضًا، وَصَبَرَ الْفَرِيقَانِ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْخَارِجِيَّ عُدِمَ، فَقِيلَ: إِنَّهُ قُتِلَ، وَقِيلَ بَلْ غَرِقَ، وَظَفِرَ الْمَلِكُ بِأَصْحَابِهِ، وَعَادَ إِلَى مَمْلَكَتِهِ. وَلَقَبُ مُلُوكِ الصِّينِ: يَعْفُورُ، وَمَعْنَاهُ ابْنُ السَّمَاءِ تَعْظِيمًا لِشَأْنِهِ ; وَتَفَرَّقَ الْمُلْكُ عَلَيْهِ، وَتَغَلَّبَتْ كُلُّ طَائِفَةٍ عَلَى طَرَفٍ مِنَ الْبِلَادِ، وَصَارَ الصِّينُ عَلَى مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مُلُوكُ الطَّوَائِفِ، يُظْهِرُونَ لَهُ الطَّاعَةَ، وَقَنَعَ مِنْهُمْ بِذَلِكَ، وَبَقِيَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً.
Translation
✧ The sedition in the lands of China In the year two hundred and sixty-four there appeared in the lands of China a man who was not known. He gathered a large following of corrupt people and commoners. The king neglected his affair, deeming his importance small, but he grew strong, his situation became manifest, and his following became dense. People of evil came to him from every direction. He raided the lands and ruined them, and he encamped at the city of Khānqūā and besieged it. It was a fortified city with a great river, and in it were many people, including Muslims, Christians, Jews, Magians, and others from the people of China. When he besieged the town, the king's armies assembled and advanced against him, but he routed them and conquered the city by force. He put it to the sword and killed a number beyond counting. Then he marched to the city in which the king was, and they intended to besiege it. The king of China met him, and war between them lasted about a year. Then the king was defeated, and the rebel pursued him until he fortified himself against him in a city on the fringes of his lands. The rebel took control of most of the lands and treasuries, and he knew that he could not endure in kingship since he was not of its people, so he ruined the lands, plundered wealth, and shed blood. The king of China wrote to the kings of India seeking their aid, and they reinforced him with armies. He marched against the rebel, and they met and fought for about another year as well, and both parties endured patiently. Then the rebel perished: it is said that he was killed, and it is said rather that he drowned. The king triumphed over his companions and returned to his kingdom. The title of the kings of China is Yaʿfūr, meaning "son of heaven," in exaltation of his status. Kingship became divided over him, and each faction overpowered one edge of the lands. China became as it had been under the kings of the factions: they showed him obedience, and he was content with that from them, and it remained so for a long time.
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