Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3500
The Year 265 AH
اسْتِعْمَالِ مَسْرُورٍ الْبَلْخِيِّ عَلَى الْأَهْوَازِ وَانْهِزَامِ الزَّنْجِ مِنْهُ وَفِيهَا اسْتَعْمَلَ الْمُوَفَّقُ مَسْرُورًا الْبَلْخِيَّ عَلَى كُوَرِ الْأَهْوَازِ، فَوَلَّى مَسْرُورٌ ذَلِكَ تِكِينَ الْبُخَارِيَّ، فَسَارَ إِلَيْهَا تِكِينُ، وَكَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبَانٍ، وَالزَّنْجُ قَدْ أَحَاطُوا بِتَسْتُرَ، فَخَافَ أَهْلُهَا، وَعَزَمُوا عَلَى تَسْلِيمِهَا إِلَيْهِمْ، فَوَافَاهُمْ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَالِ تِكِينُ الْبُخَارِيُّ، فَوَاقَعَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبَانٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِعَ ثِيَابَهُ، فَانْهَزَمَ عَلِيٌّ، وَالزَّنْجُ، وَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ كَثِيرٌ، وَتَفَرَّقُوا، وَنَزَلَ تِكِينُ بِتَسْتُرَ، وَهَذِهِ الْوَاقِعَةُ تُعْرَفُ بِوَقْعَةِ بَابِ كُورَكَ ، وَهِيَ مَشْهُورَةٌ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلِيًّا قَدَّمَ عَلَيْهَا جَمَاعَةً مِنْ قُوَّادِ الزَّنْجِ، فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالْمُقَامِ بِقَنْطَرَةِ فَارِسَ، فَهَرَبَ مِنْهُمْ غُلَامٌ رُومِيٌّ إِلَى تِكِينَ، وَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمُقَامِهِمْ بِالْقَنْطَرَةِ، وَتَشَاغُلِهِمْ بِالنَّبِيذِ، وَتَفَرُّقِهِمْ فِي جَمْعِ الطَّعَامِ، فَسَارَ تِكِينُ إِلَيْهِمْ لَيْلًا، فَأَوْقَعَ بِهِمْ، وَقَتَلَ مِنْ قُوَّادِهِمْ جَمَاعَةً، فَانْهَزَمَ الْبَاقُونَ. وَسَارَ تِكِينُ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبَانٍ، فَلَمْ يَقِفْ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ، وَانْهَزَمَ، وَأُسِرَ غُلَامٌ لَهُ يُعْرَفُ بِجَعْفَرَوَيْهِ، وَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْأَهْوَازِ، وَرَجَعَ تِكِينُ إِلَى تَسْتُرَ، وَكَتَبَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَى تِكِينَ يَسْأَلُهُ الْكَفَّ عَنْ قَتْلِ غُلَامِهِ، فَحَبَسَهُ. ثُمَّ تَرَاسَلَ عَلِيٌّ، وَتِكِينُ، وَتَهَادَيَا، فَبَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ مَسْرُورًا بِمَيْلِ تِكِينَ إِلَى الزَّنْجِ، فَسَارَ حَتَّى وَافَى تِكِينَ، وَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ، وَحَبَسَهُ عِنْدَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ جُعْلَانَ، حَتَّى مَاتَ، وَتَفَرَّقَ أَصْحَابُ تِكِينَ، فَفِرْقَةٌ سَارَتْ إِلَى الزَّنْجِ، وَفِرَقَةٌ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُرْدِيِّ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ مَسْرُورًا فَأَمَّنَهُمْ، فَجَاءَهُ مِنْهُمُ الْبَاقُونَ. وَكَانَ بَعْضُ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ مَسْرُورٍ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَسِتِّينَ، وَبَعْضُهُ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَسِتِّينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ.
Translation
✧ The appointment of Masrūr al-Balkhī over al-Ahwāz and the defeat of the Zanj by him In this year, al-Muwaffaq appointed Masrūr al-Balkhī over the districts of al-Ahwāz. Masrūr delegated that appointment to Takīn al-Bukhārī. Takīn marched there, while ʿAlī b. Abān and the Zanj had surrounded Tustar. Its people feared and resolved to surrender it to them. In that situation Takīn al-Bukhārī came upon them and engaged ʿAlī b. Abān before even taking off his clothes. ʿAlī and the Zanj were routed, many of them were killed, and they scattered. Takīn encamped at Tustar. This battle is known as the Battle of Bāb Kūrak, and it is famous. Then ʿAlī sent ahead to it a group of Zanj commanders and ordered them to stay at the bridge of Fāris. A Byzantine slave boy fled from them to Takīn and informed him of their stay at the bridge, their preoccupation with date wine, and their dispersal to gather food. Takīn marched against them by night, fell upon them, and killed a group of their commanders. The rest were routed. Takīn then marched against ʿAlī b. Abān. ʿAlī did not stand firm before him and was routed. A slave boy of his known as Jaʿfarawayh was captured. He returned to al-Ahwāz, and Takīn returned to Tustar. ʿAlī wrote to Takīn asking him to refrain from killing his slave boy, so he imprisoned him. Then ʿAlī and Takīn exchanged messages and gifts. News of Takīn's inclination toward the Zanj reached Masrūr, so he marched until he came upon Takīn, seized him, and imprisoned him with Ibrāhīm b. Juʿlān until he died. Takīn's companions scattered: one group went over to the Zanj, and another group to Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd Allāh al-Kurdī. That reached Masrūr, so he granted them safety, and the rest of them came to him. Some of what we have mentioned concerning Masrūr took place in the year sixty-five, and some of it in the year two hundred and sixty-six.
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