Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3712
The dismissal of b. Wahsudhan from Isfahan
وِزَارَةِ ابْنِ الْفُرَاتِ الثَّانِيَةِ وَعَزْلِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عِيسَى فِي سَنَةُ أَرْبَعٍ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ، فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ، عُزِلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ الْوِزَارَةِ، وَأُعِيدَ إِلَيْهَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْفُرَاتِ. وَكَانَ ( سَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ بْنَ الْفُرَاتِ كَانَ ) مَحْبُوسًا، وَكَانَ الْمُقْتَدِرُ يُشَاوِرُهُ وَهُوَ فِي مَحْبِسِهِ، وَيَرْجِعُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ، وَكَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى يُمَشِّي أَمْرَ الْوِزَارَةِ، وَلَمْ يَتَّبِعْ أَصْحَابَ ابْنِ الْفُرَاتِ وَأَسْبَابَهُ ( وَلَا غَيْرَهُ )، وَكَانَ جَمِيلَ الْمَحْضَرِ ( قَلِيلَ الشَّرِّ )، فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ بْنَ الْفُرَاتِ قَدْ تَحَدَّثَ لَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْخَلِيفَةِ فِي إِعَادَتِهِ إِلَى الْوِزَارَةِ، فَسَارَعَ وَاسْتَعْفَى مِنَ الْوِزَارَةِ، وَسُئِلَ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَأَنْكَرَ الْمُقْتَدِرُ عَلَيْهِ، وَمَنَعَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَسَكَنَ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ آخِرُ ذِي الْقِعْدَةِ جَاءَتْهُ أُمُّ مُوسَى الْقَهْرَمَانَةُ لِتَتَّفِقَ مَعَهُ عَلَى مَا يَحْتَاجُ حُرَمُ الدَّارِ وَالْحَاشِيَةُ الَّتِي لِلدَّارِ مِنَ الْكِسْوَاتِ وَالنَّفَقَاتِ، فَوَصَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ، فَقَالَ لَهَا حَاجِبُهُ: إِنَّهُ نَائِمٌ وَلَا أَجْسُرُ [ أَنْ ] أُوقِظَهُ، فَاجْلِسِي فِي الدَّارِ سَاعَةً حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ، فَغَضِبَتْ مِنْ هَذَا وَعَادَتْ، وَاسْتَيْقَظَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى فِي الْحَالِ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا حَاجِبَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ يَعْتَذِرُ، فَلَمْ يُقْبَلْ مِنْهُ، وَدَخَلَتْ عَلَى الْمُقْتَدِرِ وَتَخَرَّصَتْ عَلَى الْوَزِيرِ عِنْدَهُ وَعِنْدَ أُمِّهِ، فَعَزَلَهُ عَنِ الْوِزَارَةِ، وَقَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ ثَامِنَ ذِي الْقِعْدَةِ. وَأُعِيدَ ابْنُ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَى الْوِزَارَةِ، وَضَمِنَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَالِ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ وَخَمْسَمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ، فَقَبَضَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الْوَزِيرِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عِيسَى وَعَادَ فَقَبَضَ عَلَى الْخَاقَانِيِّ الْوَزِيرِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ، وَاعْتَرَضَ الْعُمَّالَ وَغَيْرَهَمْ، وَعَادَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ عَظِيمَةٍ لِيَقُومَ بِمَا ضَمِنَهُ. وَكَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى قَدْ تَعَجَّلَ بِمَالٍ مِنَ الْخَرَاجِ لِيُنْفِقَهُ فِي الْعِيدِ، فَاتَّسَعَ بِهِ ابْنُ الْفُرَاتِ. وَكَانَ قَدْ كَاتَبَ الْعُمَّالَ بِالْبِلَادِ كَفَارِسَ، وَالْأَهْوَازِ، وَبِلَادِ الْجَبَلِ، وَغَيْرِهِمَا فِي حَمْلِ الْمَالِ، وَحَثَّهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ غَايَةَ الْحَثِّ، فَوَصَلَ بَعْدَ قَبْضِهِ، فَادَّعَى ابْنُ الْفُرَاتِ الْكِفَايَةَ وَالنَّهْضَةَ فِي جَمْعِ الْمَالِ. وَكَانَ أَبُو عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُقْلَةَ مُسْتَخْفِيًا مُذْ قُبِضَ ابْنُ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَى الْآنَ، فَلَمَّا عَادَ ابْنُ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَى الْوِزَارَةِ ظَهَرَ، فَأَشْخَصَهُ ابْنُ الْفُرَاتِ وَقَرَّبَهُ.
Translation
✧ The second vizierate of Ibn al-Furāt and the dismissal of ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā In the year 304, in Dhū al-Ḥijjah, ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā was dismissed from the vizierate, and Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. al-Furāt was restored to it. The reason for that was that Abū al-Ḥasan b. al-Furāt had been imprisoned, and al-Muqtadir used to consult him while he was in his prison and defer to his opinion. Meanwhile, ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā was managing the affairs of the vizierate, and he did not follow the associates and partisans of Ibn al-Furāt (nor anyone else), and he was of good presence (little evil). News reached him that a group of the caliph's retinue had spoken to Abū al-Ḥasan b. al-Furāt about restoring him to the vizierate, so he hastened and asked to be excused from the vizierate. He was asked about that, and al-Muqtadir reproached him and forbade him from it, so he fell silent. When it was the end of Dhū al-Qaʿdah, Umm Mūsā the housekeeper came to him to agree with him on what the women of the palace and the household servants needed in the way of clothing and allowances. She reached him while he was sleeping, and his chamberlain said to her: "He is asleep, and I do not dare to wake him. Sit in the house for a while until he wakes." She became angry at this and went back. ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā woke up immediately and sent his chamberlain and his son to her to apologize, but it was not accepted from him. She entered upon al-Muqtadir and fabricated lies against the vizier before him and his mother, so he dismissed him from the vizierate and seized him on the eighth of Dhū al-Qaʿdah. Ibn al-Furāt was restored to the vizierate, and he guaranteed on his own behalf to deliver every day to the treasury one thousand five hundred dinars. He then seized the associates of the vizier ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā, and he also seized al-Khāqānī the vizier and his associates, and he subjected the tax collectors and others to scrutiny, and he recovered from them vast sums of money in order to fulfill his guarantee. ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā had earlier collected money from the land tax in advance to spend on the festival, and Ibn al-Furāt made use of it. He had also written to the tax collectors in the provinces such as Fārs, al-Ahwāz, the mountain districts, and others, urging them most strongly to send the funds. The money arrived after his seizure, and Ibn al-Furāt claimed competence and ability in gathering wealth. Abū ʿAlī b. Muqlah had been in hiding since Ibn al-Furāt was seized until now. When Ibn al-Furāt returned to the vizierate, he appeared, and Ibn al-Furāt summoned him and brought him near.
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