Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3585
The Year 279 AH
وَفَاةِ الْمُعْتَمِدِ وَفِي سنة تسع وسبعين ومائتين تُوُفِّيَ الْمُعْتَمِدُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَيْلَةَ الِاثْنَيْنِ لِإِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ بَقِيَتْ مِنْ رَجَبٍ بِبَغْدَاذَ وهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْمُعْتَمِدُ عَلَى اللَّهِ ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَلَى اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُعْتَصِمِ بْنِ الرَّشِيدِ وَاسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ الرَّشِيدِ بْنِ الْمَهْدِيِّ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَكَانَ أَسَنَّ مِنْ أَخِيهِ أَبِي أَحْمَدَ الْمُوَفَّقِ بِسِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَتَأَخَّرَ بَعْدَهُ أَقَلَّ مِنْ سَنَةٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ الْأَمْرُ كُلُّهُ فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِتَدْبِيرِ الْخِلَافَةِ إِلَى الْمُوَفَّقِ. وَكَانَ قَدْ شَرِبَ عَلَى الشَّطِّ فِي الْحَسَنِيِّ بِبَغْدَاذَ، يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ، شَرَابًا كَثِيرًا، وَتَعَشَّى فَأَكْثَرَ، فَمَاتَ لَيْلًا، وَأَحْضَرَ الْمُعْتَضِدُ الْقُضَاةَ وَأَعْيَانَ النَّاسِ، فَنَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ، وَحُمِلَ إِلَى سَامَرَّا فَدُفِنَ بِهَا. وَكَانَ عُمْرُهُ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةٍ وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ، وَكَانَ أَسَنَّ مِنَ الْمُوَفَّقِ بِسِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ، وَكَانَتْ خِلَافَتُهُ ثَلَاثًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ. وَكَانَ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ مَحْكُومًا عَلَيْهِ، قَدْ تَحَكَّمَ عَلَيْهِ أَخُوهُ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمُوَفَّقُ، وَضَيَّقَ عَلَيْهِ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ احْتَاجَ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَوْقَاتِ، إِلَى ثَلَاثِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ، فَلَمْ يَجِدْهَا ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتَ، فَقَالَ: أَلَيْسَ فِي الْعَجَائِبِ أَنَّ مِثْلِي يَرَى مَا قَلَّ مُمْتَنِعًا عَلَيْهِ وَتُؤْخَذُ بِاسْمِهِ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا وَمَا مِنْ ذَاكَ شَيْءٌ فِي يَدَيْهِ إِلَيْهِ تُحْمَلُ الْأَمْوَالُ طُرًّا وَيُمْنَعُ بَعْضَ مَا يُجْبَى إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ أَوَّلُ الْخُلَفَاءِ انْتَقَلَ مِنْ سُرَّ مَنْ رَأَى، مُذْ بُنِيَتْ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَعُدْ إِلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ. وَرَثَاهُ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ بِقَوْلِهِ: لَقَدْ قَرَّ طَرَفُ الزَّمَانِ النَّكِدْ وَكَانَ سَخِينًا كَلِيلًا رَمِدْ وَبُلِّغَتِ الْحَادِثَاتُ الْمُنَى بِمَوْتِ إِمَامِ الْهُدَى الْمُعْتَمِدْ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِي حَذَرٌ بَعْدَهُ فَدُونَ الْمَصَائِبِ فَلْتَجْتَهِدْ
Translation
✧ The death of al-Muʿtamid In the year two hundred and seventy-nine, al-Muʿtamid ʿalā Allāh died on the night of Monday, when eleven nights remained of Rajab, in Baghdādh. He was the Commander of the Faithful al-Muʿtamid ʿalā Allāh, son of al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh, son of al-Muʿtaṣim, son of al-Rashīd. His name was Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Hārūn al-Rashīd b. al-Mahdī Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh Abī Jaʿfar al-Manṣūr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās. He was older than his brother Abū Aḥmad al-Muwaffaq by six months, and he remained after him for less than a year. None of the authority was his; rather, all authority relating to the management of the caliphate belonged to al-Muwaffaq. He had drunk on the riverbank in al-Ḥasanī in Baghdādh, on Sunday, much drink, and he had supper and ate much, and he died at night. Al-Muʿtaḍid brought the judges and the notables of the people, and they looked at him, and he was carried to Sāmarrā and buried there. His age was fifty years and six months, and he was older than al-Muwaffaq by six months, and his caliphate was twenty-three years and six months. During his caliphate he was under constraint; his brother Abū Aḥmad al-Muwaffaq exercised control over him and restricted him, until he was in need at some times of three hundred dinars, and he could not find them at that time. He said: Is it not among the wonders that one like me sees what little is withheld from him, while the whole world is taken in his name? And none of that is in his hands; to him all wealth is brought, yet he is denied some of what is levied for him. He was the first of the caliphs to move from Surra man raʾā since it was built, and after him none of them returned to it. Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥasan b. Saʿīd al-Naysābūrī mourned him, saying: The eye of miserable time has become cool, though it was hot, weak, and sore; And calamities have attained their desires by the death of the Imam of guidance, al-Muʿtamid. No caution remains for me after him; so before calamities, let them strive.
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