Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3752
Then the Year 313 AH Began
عَزْلِ الْخَاقَانِيِّ عَنِ الْوِزَارَةِ وَوِزَارَةِ الْخَصِيبِيِّ فِي سَنَةُ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ، عُزِلَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْخَاقَانِيُّ عَنْ وِزَارَةِ الْخَلِيفَةِ وَكَانَ سَبَبُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ الْخَصِيبِيَّ عَلِمَ بِمَكَانِ امْرَأَةِ الْمُحَسِّنِ بْنِ الْفُرَاتِ، فَسَأَلَ أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى النَّظَرَ فِي أَمْرِهَا، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ الْمُقْتَدِرُ فِي ذَلِكَ، ( فَاسْتَخْلَصَ مِنْهَا سَبْعَمِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ وَحَمَلَهَا إِلَى الْمُقْتَدِرِ )، فَصَارَ لَهُ مَعَهُ حَدِيثٌ، فَخَافَهُ الْخَاقَانِيُّ، فَوَضَعَ مَنْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ وَسَعَى بِهِ، فَلَمْ يُصْعِ الْمُقْتَدِرُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا عَلِمَ الْخَصِيبِيُّ بِالْحَالِ كَتَبَ إِلَى الْمُقْتَدِرِ يَذْكُرُ مَعَايِبَ الْخَاقَانِيِّ، وَابْنِهِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ وَعَجْزِهِمَا، وَضَيَاعِ الْأَمْوَالِ، وَطَمَعِ الْعُمَّالِ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْخَاقَانِيَّ مَرِضَ مَرَضًا شَدِيدًا وَطَالَ بِهِ، فَوَقَفَتِ الْأَحْوَالُ، وَطَلَبُ الْجُنْدُ أَرْزَاقَهُمْ، وَشَغَبُوا فَأَرْسَلَ الْمُقْتَدِرُ إِلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ، فَحِينَئِذٍ عَزَلَهُ، وَاسْتَوْزَرَ أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ الْخَصِيبِيَّ وَخَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِأُمِّ الْمُقْتَدِرِ، فَلَمَّا وَزَرَ كَتَبَ لَهَا بَعْدَهُ أَبُو يُوسُفَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَكَانَ قَدْ تَزَهَّدَ وَتَرَكَ عَمَلَ السُّلْطَانِ وَلَبِسَ الصُّوفَ وَالْفُوَطَ، فَلَمَّا أُسْنِدَ إِلَيْهِ هَذَا الْعَمَلُ تَرَكَ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الزُّهْدِ، فَسَمَّاهُ النَّاسُ الْمُرْتَدُّ. فَلَمَّا وَلِيَ الْخَصِيبِيُّ أَقَرَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ عِيسَى عَلَى الْإِشْرَافِ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ مِصْرَ وَالشَّامِ، فَكَانَ يَتَرَدَّدُ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَيْهَا فِي الْأَوْقَاتِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ الْعُمَّالَ فِي ( الْأَعْمَالِ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ ) أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْقَاسِمِ الْكَرْخِيَّ بَعْدَ أَنْ صَادَرَهُ بِثَمَانِيَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ عَلَى الْإِشْرَافِ عَلَى الْمَوْصِلِ وَدِيَارِ رَبِيعَةَ.
Translation
✧ The Dismissal of al-Khāqānī from the Vizierate and the Vizierate of al-Khaṣībī In the year three hundred and thirteen, in the month of Ramaḍān, Abū al-Qāsim al-Khāqānī was dismissed from the vizierate of the caliph. The reason for that was that al-ʿAbbās al-Khaṣībī learned of the whereabouts of the wife of al-Muḥsin b. al-Furāt, and he asked to be put in charge of looking into her affair. Al-Muqtadir gave him permission for that, (and he extracted from her seven hundred thousand dinars and delivered them to al-Muqtadir). Thus he gained access to him, and al-Khāqānī became afraid of him. So he set someone upon him and denounced him, but al-Muqtadir did not heed that. When al-Khaṣībī learned of the situation, he wrote to al-Muqtadir mentioning the faults of al-Khāqānī and his son ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, their incapacity, the squandering of funds, and the greed of the officials. Then al-Khāqānī fell severely ill and it lasted long. Affairs came to a standstill, and the soldiers demanded their stipends and rioted. Al-Muqtadir sent to him about that, but he was unable to do anything. Thereupon he dismissed him and appointed Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Khaṣībī as vizier and bestowed a robe of honor upon him. He had been a secretary for the mother of al-Muqtadir. When he became vizier, Abū Yūsuf ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad wrote for her after him. He had been ascetic and had abandoned the service of the sultan, wearing wool and rough cloth. When this office was entrusted to him, he abandoned the asceticism he had practiced, so the people called him al-Murtadd (the apostate). When al-Khaṣībī took office, he confirmed ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā in the supervision of the affairs of Egypt and Syria, and he used to travel back and forth from Makkah to them at certain times. He appointed officials in the (provinces, and he appointed) Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. al-Qāsim al-Karkhī, after confiscating from him fifty-eight thousand dinars, to supervise al-Mawṣil and Diyār Rabīʿa.
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